“One in eight women who will get breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. Only now you probably won’t, and I can tell you a little of what you’re missing out on.”

usatoday:

This is the full op-ed from Angelina Jolie on her double mastectomy. 

“My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer.”

Unlike many other kidnapping cases, Berry’s story has a happy ending, but the road to recovery will be a long one.

Have you ever cleaned your kid’s pacifier by sucking on it? 

ourpresidents:

Happy May!

May Day in 1929 was Child Health Day.  Here’s First Lady Lou Hoover receiving a basket of flowers at the annual May Day festivities held at the White House.

-from the Hoover Library

(via todaysdocument)

Please read and share these 6 little-known facts about childhood depression.

If your kid takes this dare, he could end up in the hospital.

One in three babies in the U.S. are overweight by nine months of age. Yet one in five American children are “food insecure,” meaning that they must skip meals, cut back on the quality or quantity of food they eat, or rely on emergency food from charities.

We are living in a country with record numbers of obesity, and food related disease like diabetes, yet it’s also home to an almost equal number of kids who aren’t sure where their next meal is coming from. But here’s the real paradox: These are the very same children.

Starting to think you should put your child on a good old-fashioned diet? Stop. We’ve got a much better idea for changing the whole family’s diet.

braiker:

I interviewed writer Emily Rapp about her powerful new book, Still Point of the Turning World, which chronicles her experience as a mother to a child dying of Tay-Sachs disease. Equal parts heartbreaking and, oddly, hopeful. 

Check it out. 

Stop whatever you’re doing and read this.

In a powerfully moving new book, Emily Rapp writes about being the mother of a child dying from Tay-Sachs disease

It took me six years, 430 mozzarella sticks, and 1,200 never-even-attempted crunches to realize the simple truth: To be a good dad, you have to be an active dad.

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As a result of a groundbreaking new study, researchers conclude that ADHD should no longer be viewed as a disorder primarily affecting the behavior and learning of children, but as a major health condition with lifelong implications and need for effective treatment.

Having multiple sons may shorten women’s lives more than having daughters, according to new research.