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No 'him' or 'her'; preschool fights gender bias

JENNY SOFFEL Yahoo! News 06/26/2011
No 'him' or 'her'; preschool fights gender bias

At the "Egalia" preschool, staff avoid using words like "him" or "her" and address the 33 kids as "friends" rather than girls and boys.

Parents keep baby's sex a secret, seek to raise 'genderless' child

“So it’s a boy, right?” a neighbour calls out as Kathy Witterick walks by, her four month old baby, Storm, strapped to her chest in a carrier. Each week the woman asks the same question about the baby with the squishy cheeks and feathery blond hair. Witterick smiles, opens her arms wide, comments on the sunny spring day, and keeps walking. She’s used to it. The neighbours know Witterick and her husband, David Stocker, are raising a genderless baby. But they don’t pretend to understand it.

Mohammed is now the most popular name for baby boys in Britain ahead of Jack and Harry

Mohammed has become the most popular name for newborn boys in Britain. It shot up from third the previous year, overtaking Jack, which had topped the list for the past 14 years but was relegated to third spot.

Babies know the difference between good and evil at six months, study reveals

At the age of six months babies can barely sit up - let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk. But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code - and can tell the difference between good and evil.

Low Serotonin Levels May Be Key to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Lower levels of the hormone serotonin may help explain why some infants succumb to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to a new study.

Universal Screening Lowers Risk of Severe Jaundice in Infants

Screening all newborns for excessive bilirubin in the blood can significantly decrease the incidence of severe jaundice which, in extreme cases, can lead to seizures and brain damage, according to researchers at UCSF Children's Hospital and Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research in Oakland, CA.

Girl, 3, raised by dogs in her home after her alcoholic mother neglected her

A three-year-old girl has been found being cared for by dogs while her alcoholic mother neglected her. Social workers discovered the girl in her mother's house in Russia, naked and walking on all fours, gnawing bones with the dogs who she clung to for warmth.

More than a cuddle: Baby massage works miracles in a project for underprivileged families

We know it can ease our aches and pains, but massage also has an impressive track record in helping improve infants' development.

Octuplets' mum defends risks

Bangkok Post 02/06/2009

Angelina Jolie 'wants another baby'

Mayer Nissim Digital Spy 02/06/2009
Octuplets' mum defends risks

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- The single mother-of-six who gave birth to octuplets in California last week defiantly defended her personal choices as risky, but insisted: "it turned out perfectly.''

Angelina Jolie 'wants another baby'

Angelina Jolie reportedly wants to have another baby and is doing all that she can to fall pregnant.


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