API signed on to the the USBC's letter to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works urging them to discharge the Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act so that it can go to the Senate floor for a vote. The Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act would require that certain public buildings that have a public restroom provide a lactation room, other than a bathroom, that is hygienic and is available for use by a member of the public.
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"Toddle About" magazine in the UK covers some of the controversy of Attachment Parenting - AP may not be what you think it is - in its just-released Spring issue. Check out page 17, and the entire issue! |
Strive for Balance in Personal and Family Life
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“I think this is quite a wake-up call,” says Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a professor of psychology and education at the University of Southern California (who was not affiliated with the new study). “These findings are coming together with other kinds of evidence that show we’re not supporting our adolescents in developmentally appropriate ways.” |
"That parent who puts their child in front of one of those fraudulent “learning DVDs” isn’t being lazy — they’re worried they won’t get it right for their kid. This issue of a “skills gap” isn’t unusual" |