Parents – September 2019

IN A WORLD of 24/7 news,

keeping up with the latest

advice about children’s health

and development can be

overwhelming. (Let’s face it;

some days it’s a win just to

make time to f loss.) Plus, it’s

impossible to decide which

study du jour to trust: Should

you give your kids vitamins?

Yes. No. Maybe. Repeat.

To keep you from falling

down a rabbit hole, we asked

leading pediatricians and

medical-journal editors to

share the recent studies that

savvy parents should have

on their radar. Of course,

research is ongoing, and

scientific consensus can

happen at a snail’s pace. But

these findings highlight

key emerging trends in our

understanding of children’s

physical and emotional

well-being—and they may

help you raise healthier kids.

Probiotics can

soothe colic.

The research: A large review

of smaller studies found that

giving colicky babies daily

New Science That Could Change

the Way You Parent

Medical research dominates the news, and it’s hard to know

which findings are worth your attention. Couldn’t someone just curate

a cheat sheet about the studies that really matter? We did.

by JENNIFER KING LINDLEY

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