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Hey, Kid, Coffee, Red Bull or Coke? Kindergartners Chugging Caffeine Drinks

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Apr 18th 2011 12:00PM

Coffee is becoming a buzz kill. Credit: Getty Images
It might be time for parents of kindergartners to be buzz kills -- literally -- if they want their 5-year-olds to get any shut eye. Caffeinated drinks are the beverage du jour ...Kids ages 5-7 are drinking the equivalent of a Coke every day.
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The Joys of the Neighbourhood Playgroup

by Carrie Snyder, Posted Feb 5th 2010 12:05PM

It's 9:30 on a Wednesday morning, and the older children have made their way to school. The smell of fresh-brewed coffee wafts through our house. A loaf of banana bread, baked and frozen last week, has been thawed and sliced, and sits on a plate ...
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Reusable Coffee Sleeves: Cool Cover for Your Cuppa

by Meryl Levin, Posted Dec 16th 2009 2:35PM

Reusable sleeves are better for the Earth. And cuter. Credit: K Studio
You love your daily latte, and you love the Earth, too. Save a tree by using one of these cute Kwilty coffee sleeves instead of hundreds of the cardboard ones. They fit ...
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Twitter Follow Friday on ParentDish!

by Amy Hatch, Posted Oct 30th 2009 3:00PM

Love Twitter? So do we! It can be tough to keep tabs on all your favorite "Tweeters" from the "Twitterverse" -- but don't worry, we've got you covered! Here's our favorite parenting Tweets of the week, raw and uncensored, typos and all, just as you ...
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Boys Spike Teacher's Coffee, Send Her to Hospital

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Apr 20th 2009 3:00PM

At our house, we love a good practical joke. But we also have a rule: It's not really a joke unless everyone is laughing. The idea, of course, is that a prank that hurts someone else isn't really funny ... it's just mean. An Auburn, Washington ...
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Top Holiday Cocktails

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Dec 10th 2008 11:01AM

At some point it seems the holidays have gotten away from the adults. Now that I am an adult with children, holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah have become synonymous with what presents we can get for the kids. Most parents forego giving presents ...
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How much time do you spend with your OBGYN?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 17th 2008 11:01AM

Don't worry, I'm not referring to getting coffee. What I mean is, when you go in for a visit, say your annual exam or for a specific reason--like you're pregnant--how much time does your OBGYN spend talking with you? Is it enough? I've read ...
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Red Bull gives you... heart problems?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 17th 2008 1:01PM

Red Bull, the popular energy drink may give you wings in more ways than one -- according to an Australian study, they might get you a harp as well and a new, fluffy home in the clouds. Researchers found that even one can of sugar-free Red Bull ...
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Coffee makes infertility worse

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 9th 2008 3:02PM

For women undergoing IVF, it may be wise to cut out the coffee to increase the chance of getting pregnant. A study suggests that drinking upwards of four cups of coffee leads to being 26% less likely to conceive. The study followed 9,000 women who ...
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Mother's little helper in liquid form

by Angie Felton, Posted Jun 30th 2008 10:00AM

"Things are different today," I hear ev'ry mother say Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak And goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper And two help her on her ...
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Could your java habit help you live longer?

by Susan Wagner, Posted Jun 19th 2008 11:00AM

Good news if you're a coffee junkie: that venti drip could possibly prolong your life, and it certainly won't kill you. A new study has found that coffee drinkers -- even those guzzling decaf -- had slightly lower death rates than their coffee-free ...
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Cheap gifts for Father's day (the inexpensive kind, not the dinky kind)

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 13th 2008 5:00PM

Let's face it--the economy stinks. Or, maybe, we never had any money anyway. Still, we love dad and want to get him something special--or at least useful and not (too) gimmicky--for Father's Day. We don't have the money for the new watch he ...
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The fibs moms tell

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 24th 2008 11:58AM

I remember it clearly. When we finally got a TV, my mother repeatedly told us not to sit too close to the telly or we would go blind. Well, according to this site, that's just one of a number of white lies moms tell their kids. It apparently was true ...
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Coffee: suddenly very good for you

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Apr 3rd 2008 8:05AM

When my friend Lisa had her first baby, I bought her a slightly unconventional gift. She already had most of the essential baby supplies, and while deciding what to get for her, I tried to think back on what most saved my life in those early days of ...
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Caffeine linked to miscarriages

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jan 21st 2008 2:04PM

A new study links caffeine consumption with increased rate of miscarriage. Just two cups of coffee--or 200 milligrams--per day was found to double the rate of miscarriage. In addition to that, the study found that women who consumed less than 200 ...
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