JLo urges parents to protect kids from whooping cough

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Strict parenting might not be bad for kids at all - it helps them develop leadership qualities as adults, says a new study. Researchers using data from a Minnesota study of twins found that kids raised with an authoritative parenting style, where parents set clear limits and expectations while being supportive of children, assumed more leadership roles at work.

September 17th, 2009 Kids in Washington town say gum made them sickMAPLE VALLEY, Wash. — A half-dozen kids at a community center in a Washington state say they were sickened by gum they accepted from a stranger.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Background TV in homes takes a toll on the interactions between parents and young children, according to a new study. In the study, researchers at the University of Massachusetts analysed about 50 kids between the age group of 1-3 years, each of whom was with one parent.

September 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Seven out of 10 Americans consider H1N1 virus a "very" or "somewhat" serious problem, a new CBS poll has found. In May, just 49 percent described H1N1 as "very" or "somewhat" serious.

September 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Enrolling kids for sports also seems to imbue parents with positive qualities like self-confidence and team spirit, says a new research. "We found that parents also are affected when their children play organised team sports," said Travis Dorsch, doctoral student in health and kinesiology at the Purdue University (P-U).

August 7th, 2009 Don't rush to close schools for swine flu _ Gov'tWASHINGTON — Don't panic, schools. The government is urging school officials to stay calm when swine flu strikes this fall, closing buildings only in drastic cases and allowing sick students to return as soon as 24 hours after their fever is gone.

July 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their kids to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer. For the study, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Duke University examined a sample of 681 parents of 433 fourth- and fifth-graders from 12 schools in Houston.

June 25th, 2009 Obama promotes United We Serve programWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will be spending part of his day as a volunteer, helping fill backpacks with assorted goodies for kids whose parents are serving in the military. He and first lady Michelle Obama will be joining hundreds of congressional family members at Fort McNair under his United We Serve program.

April 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan has rubbished reports of his having split with wife Suzanne saying that he is having 'a picnic' with her and their kids. A leading Mumbai tabloid reported that Hrithik and Suzanne have parted ways when she had moved to her parents' house.

April 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - While parents worry over the link between cell-phone and cancer, mobiles are making their way into the hands of kids as young as nine, according to a study. The prevalence of mobiles among kids came to the fore at the time when the independence of Australia's peak mobile phone research group was being questioned.

April 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Kids born to parents under stress-induced by low income, having little education, and being a single parent-are more likely to have tooth decay, according to a study. Researchers from The Ohio State University examined the stress levels of parents whose young children either had no cavities or so many cavities that they had to receive anaesthesia before undergoing dental treatment.

March 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON -'We can't afford our kids to be mediocre at a time when they're competing against kids in China and kids in India,' US President Barack Obama has said. Interacting with local residents at California's Costa Mesa town hall Wednesday, Obama said, 'It can't just be a single high-stakes standardized test - but we do need to have strong, powerful measures of performance, because schools are like anything else.' 'We can't afford our kids to be mediocre at a time when they're competing against kids in China and kids in India who are actually in school about a month longer than our kids.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen may have got married only recently, but she is already all geared up to start a family. Gisele, who married American footballer Tom Brady this February, is keen to have kids to complete her happy family picture.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - British parents have been named among the worst informed in the world as to how much time their children spend surfing the Internet, and what they look at online. A Norton Online Report says that parents in the UK believe that their children spend 18.8 hours a month on the Internet, while they actually spend about 43.5 hours online.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The finale of a kids talent hunt event turned chaotic Wednesday after disappointed parents of children who failed to win prizes got into a heated argument with the organisers. Children and their parents came in large numbers for 'India's Little Prince and Princess', an annual event organised by Gurgaon-based NGO DiyaDeep.