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The Dog Ate My Kid
Certain dog breeds -- German shepherds and Dobermans -- are more likely to bite children than other breeds; children age 1 and younger are most likely to be bitten; and most children are bitten by dogs they knew, researchers reported last week as they urged putting off the purchase of a dog until kids are school-age . And those who must have a dog might want to avoid ones large enough to swallow a toddler.
Don't Blame It on the Tube
Data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study suggest that there is no meaningful relationship between exposure to television and symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder . Of course, the researchers didn't turn up any specific benefit from parking the kids in front of the tube, and they did report that very active and inattentive children may use it as a "babysitter" more than do parents of less active and more attentive children.
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