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The Generation X Report: U-M Survey Paints a Surprisingly Positive Portrait
They’ve been stereotyped as a bunch of insecure, angst-ridden, underachievers. But most members of Generation X are leading active, balanced and happy lives, according to a long-term University of Michigan survey. “They are not bowling alone,”...
Australian Government Looking to Introduce Stronger Laws to Deal with International Child Abduction
Australia’s Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced the Gillard Government will introduce new measures to strengthen Australia’s laws that deal with international parental child abduction.
Breastfeeding Regulations in Indonesia to Target Formula Companies
For Naslima, a mother of two in the fishing village of Genteng Parakan, there was never any doubt over how to feed her babies. “It’s better to breastfeed than to give formula. Babies that breastfeed are healthy,” Naslima, who like many...
Raising a Child Doesn’t Take a Village, U-M Research Shows
It doesn’t take a village to raise a child after all, according to University of Michigan research. “In the African villages that I study in Mali, children fare as well in nuclear families as they do in extended families,” said U-M researcher...
South Africa’s Health Minister on a Mission to Encourage Mothers to Breastfeed
South Africa’s Health Minister is on a mission to encourage mothers to breastfeed as a way of promoting optimum infant health.
Limpopo Health And Social Development MEC Dikeledi Magadzi Expected to Lead Campaign to Promote Breastfeeding
Limpopo Health and Social Development MEC Dikeledi Magadzi is expected to lead a campaign to promote breastfeeding as part of World Breastfeeding Week. How People Arrived Here: Limpopo Health and Social Development
Patsy Kensit Launches Parents For Playgrounds Campaign
New research released by Play England reveals 90% of adults played out regularly in their street as children, however 29% of today’s children say they don’t play or hang out in their street at all. The research also reveals that 50% of parents...
Mothers in South Africa Encouraged to Breastfeed
Natal MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has called on mothers to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of their baby’s life. The call was made as the province prepares to roll out the Infant and Young Child Feeding policy from January...
