Asks Boegiboe: Are infant and toddler size-weight percentiles useful things for parents to be looking at, as opposed to just aggregations of data for physicians to use? The latter. Dear God, the latter. Weight, height and head circumference percentiles are similar to… Continue Reading
This makes me terribly sad: “After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America has emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays,” The Associated Press reports. According to the wire service, Scouts spokesman Deron Smith said the 11-member committee… Continue Reading
Last week I asked with genuine interest if allergy sufferers and people with food sensitivities would find themselves moved to subscribe to a lifestyle magazine for people with same. Turns out that at least some of you might find recipes… Continue Reading
Asks Randy Harris: Are children overmedicated (Particularly with regards to ADHD)? Good question, Randy. I’m not sure, but I think the answer is probably “yes.” Before I dive into my thoughts, I should stipulate that I am not a specialist… Continue Reading
I’ve been thinking more about the Rory Staunton case since I wrote my first post about it a few days ago. As I think is clear from that post, my thoughts about the terribly tragic circumstances of his death changed… Continue Reading
In the comments on my post on the hollowness of Seventeen magazine’s promise to avoid Photoshopping, beloved readers Tod and Will brought up some related points. Tod asks: How do we collectively, and also women specifically, square the desire to… Continue Reading
That is the only possible explanation for this question: I don’t know if you saw JB’s comment over on the main page, about wishing someone would do a post on what things *shouldn’t* be covered in whatever reformed HC we… Continue Reading
To say there are spoilers in this post seems faintly silly. We all know what happens at the end of Bring Up the Bodies. Anne Boleyn gets her head lopped off. It’s her primary claim to centuries-long fame. If we… Continue Reading
This story is heart-breaking: For a moment, an emergency room doctor stepped away from the scrum of people working on Rory Staunton, 12, and spoke to his parents. [snip] Two days earlier, diving for a basketball at his school gym,… Continue Reading
My son’s physical therapist mentioned a while back that she wanted to fix me up with another mom who had a kid on a very similar developmental path as my middle son (i.e., severe cognitive and psychomotor delays plus a… Continue Reading