Commandment 5: Don’t Think Like a Lawyer
Fanelli, James, and Mike Scholl. “Base Accusation: Injured Kid’s Mom Sues ‘Slide Fool’ Coach.” New York Post, May 20, 2007, p. 3.
Howard, Philip K., chair of Common Good. Congressional testimony on liability and childhood to the judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives, June 22, 2004. (http://commongood.org/assets/attachments/80.pdf).
Mahoney, Dennis. “Lawsuit Threat Forces NU to Ban Evening Legion Games.” Evanston Review, June 26, 2008. (http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/sports/highschools/1024046,ev-legionsun-062608-s1.article).
Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch (www.mlaw.org).
“Past Winners of M-Law’s Wacky Warning Label Contests.” (http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/pastwinners.html).
“School Principal Survey Reveals Fear of Liability Limits Educational Opportunities for America’s Children.” Survey conducted in conjunction with the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the National School Boards Association’s Council of School Attorneys, 2007. (http://www.atra.org/show/91).
“Schools Keep Our Kids Safe from Hula-Hoops.” Chicago Sun Times, Sept. 5, 2008, features section, p. 32.
Commandment 6: Ignore the Blamers
“Illinois Babysitting Laws.” Labor Log Talk blog (blog.laborlawtalk.com/2006/11/10/Illinois-babysitting-laws/).
National Child Care Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Children Home Alone and Babysitter Age Guidelines,” Oct. 14, 2008. (http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/poptopics/homealone.html).
Singer, Jen (MommaSaid.net).
Commandment 7: Eat Chocolate
Henderson, Tom. “Be Very Afraid, You Giant Wimp.” Lewiston Morning Tribune, Oct. 25, 2006, p. 6A.
“Man Ordered to Take Down His Halloween Decorations Because They Are Too Scary.” Daily Mail (England), Oct. 29, 2008. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1081614/Man-ordered-Halloween-decorations-scary.html).
Safety.com.
Commandment 8: Study History
Heffernan, Virginia. “Sweeping the Clouds Away.” New York Times Magazine, Nov. 18, 2007, p. 34. (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html).
Lou and Lou Safety Patrol. Playhouse Disney. (http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/safetypatrol/index.html).
University of Chicago News Office. “Most Americans Think People Need to Be 26 to Be Considered Grown-Up: Seven Steps Toward Adulthood Take FiveYears. Norc Survey at University of Chicago Finds.” May 9, 2003. (http://www.News.Uchicago.Edu/Releases/03/030509.Adulthood.Shtml).
Commandment 9: Be Worldly
Lancy, David. The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Commandment 10: Get Braver
Balter, Lawrence. (ed.). Parenthood in America: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Stearns, Peter. Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America. New York: NYU Press, 2004.
Commandment 11: Relax
Breznican, Anthony. “Angelina and Clint See Eye to Eye; Famous Mother Had to Push Feelings Aside for Director’s Kidnap Drama ‘Changeling.’ ” USA Today, Oct. 16, 2008, p. 9b.
Bruer, John. The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning. New York: Free Press, 2002.
Harris, Judith Rich. The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do. New York: Touchstone, 1999.
Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, with Diane Eyar. Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn—and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less. New York: Rodale Books, 2004.
Marano, Hara Estroff. A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting. New York: Broadway Books, 2008.
UrbanBaby.com.
Commandment 12: Fail!
Bluefishtv. “Big Failures.” (http://www.wimp.com/bigfailures/).
Dweck, Carol. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books, 2007.
Grolnick, Wendy, and Kathy Seal. Pressured Parents, Stressed-Out Kids: Dealing with Competition While Raising a Successful Child. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2008.
Rosenfeld, Alvin, and Nichole Wise. The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2001.
Commandment 13: Lock Them Out
Clements, Rhonda. “An Investigation of the Status of Outdoor Play.” Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004, pp. 68-80.
Crimes Against Children Research Center (http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/).
Ginsburg, Kenneth R., the Committee on Communications, and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health at the American Academy of Pediatrics. “The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds” Jan. 2007. (http://www.aap.org/pressroom/playFINAL.pdf).
Greenhearts Institute for Nature in Childhood. “An Annotated Bibliography for Nature Play.” (http://www.greenheartsinc.org/uploads/Green_Hearts_annotated_bibliography_2.pdf).
Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books, 2005.
Sawyer, Keith. Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration. New York: Basic Books, 2008.
Solomon, Pablo (www.pablosolomon.com).
Safe or Not? The A-to-Z Guide to Everything You Might Be Worried About
Animals (Being Eaten By)
Rubenstein, Steve. “Escaped Tiger Kills Visitor to S.F. Zoo.” San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 26, 2007, p. A1.
SFzoo.org.
Bats (Metal)
“Epidemiological Features of High School Baseball Injuries in the United States, 2005-2007.” Pediatrics, June 2008, pp. 1181-1187.
“First Onfield Study Comparing Wood to Nonwood Bats Finds Both Safe. ‘No Statistically Significant Difference in Injuries,’ Says Illinois High School Study by School of Kinesiology and Recreation at Illinois State University.” (http://www.dtmba.com/docs/New%20Field%20Study%20Shows%20NonWood%20Bats%20Safe.pdf).
“An Issue of Life and Death.” New York Times, July 16, 2006, sports section, p. 1. (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/sports/baseball/16bats.html).
“Little League International Statement on Non-Wood Bats.” (http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/Unknown_Dates/bats.htm).
“Wood and Metal Bats—USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee” (youth baseball fatalities study), Mar. 27, 2007. (http://mlb.mlb.com/usa_baseball/article.jsp?story=medsafety10).
Bottle Feeding: Formula for Disaster?
Goldein, Rebecca, Emer Smyth, and Andrea Foulkes. “What Science Really Says About the Benefits of Breast-Feeding.” STATS.org, June 20, 2006. (http://stats.org/stories/breast_feed_nyt_jun_20_06.htm).
Gordon, Catherine M., and others. “Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Healthy Infants and Toddlers.” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, June 2008, pp. 505-512.
Kramer, Michael S., and others from the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial Study Group. “Effects of Prolonged and Exclusive Breastfeeding on Child Behavior and Maternal Adjustment: Evidence from a Large, Randomized Trial.” Pediatrics, Mar. 2008, pp. e435-e440.
Kukla, Rebecca. “Ethics and Ideology in Breastfeeding Advocacy Campaigns.” Hypatia, Winter 2006, 21(1), 157-181.
BPA Poisoning Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups . . . and Everything Else
“Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Expert Panel Finds No Consistent Affirmative Evidence of Low-Dose BPA Effects.” Sept. 3, 2004. (http://www.bisphenol-a.org/whatsNew/20040903Harvard.html).
McDermott, Nancy. “The Great American Baby Bottle Scare.” Spiked-online .com. (http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/5179/).
Willhite, Calvin. “Bisphenol A and Public Health.” June 10, 2008. Testimony prepared for U.S. House of Representatives. (http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ctcp-hrg.061008.Willhite-testimony.pdf).<
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Cell Phones and Brain Cancer
Watson, Richard. Future Files: The 5 Trends that Will Shape the Next 50 Years. London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2008.
Choking on Food and All the Other Little Things Around the House
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Nonfatal Choking-Related Episodes Among Children—United States, 2001.” (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5142a1.htm).
“Holiday Safety Tips from the American Red Cross.” (http://www.redcross-semn.org/index.php?/Chapter-News/holiday-safety-tips-from-the-american-red-cross.html).
Cough and Cold Medicinitis
Harris, Gardiner. “Experts Seek Ban on Cold Medicine for Very Young.” New York Times, Sept. 29, 2007, p. 1A.
“Infant Deaths Associated with Cough and Cold Medications—Two States, 2005.” Journal of the American Medical Association, Feb. 28, 2007, pp. 800-801.
OTCSafety.org. “Parents—Safe and Appropriate Dosing in Children.” (http://www.otcsafety.org/content/?id=157).
Death by Stroller
Pavey, Ainsley. “Up to 200 Children Are Injured in Pram Accidents Each Year in Queensland, Statistics Show.” Sunday Mail (Australia), Dec. 17, 2006, p. 5. (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20939848-3102,00.html).
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. “Infants Can Die When Their Heads Become Trapped in Strollers.” Consumer Product Safety Alert. (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5096.pdf).
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. “Nursery Product-Related Injuries and Deaths to Children Under Age Five.” (http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/nursery05.pdf).
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls and Product Safety News (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html).
Eating Snow
Christner, Brent C., and others. “Ubiquity of Biological Ice Nucleators in Snowfall.” Science, Feb. 29, 2008, p. 1214.
Germs, Anti-Germs, and Shopping Cart Liners
Adler, Alan J. “Study Shows Lower Asthma Rates Among Farm Children.” (http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002434.html).
Braun-Fahrlander, C., and others. “Prevalence of Hay Fever and Allergic Sensitization in Farmer’s Children and Their Peers Living in the Same Rural Community.” Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 1999, 29, 28-34. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10051699).
“Day Care Prevents Asthma.” (http://www.connectwithkids.com/tipsheet/2008/405_oct1/thisweek/081001_asthma.shtml).
Strachan, David. “Hay Fever, Hygiene, and Household Size.” British Medical Journal, Nov. 18, 1989, pp. 1259-1260. (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1838109).
Internet Predators and Other Skeeves Online
The Internet Safety Technical Task Force. “Enhancing Child Safety & Online Technologies.” The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Dec. 31, 2008. (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/ISTTF_Final_Report-Executive_Summary.pdf ).
“Kids and Teen Online Safety.” Love Our Children USA. (http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org/kidsteens_onlinesafety.php).
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “Keeping Kids Safer on the Internet.” (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/ResourceServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2954).
Wolak, Janis, David Finkelhor, and Kimberly Mitchell. “1 in 7 Youth: The Statistics About Online Sexual Solicitations.” Prepared for Crimes Against Children Research Center, Dec. 2007. (http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/internet-crimes/factsheet_1in7.html).
Ybarra, Michele L., and Kimberly J. Mitchell. “How Risky Are Social Networking Sites? A Comparison of Places Online Where Youth Sexual Solicitation and Harassment Occurs.” Pediatrics, Jan. 2008, pp. e350-e357.
Lead Paint, Lead Toys, and Lead Everything from China
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Blood Lead Levels: United States, 1999-2002.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5420a5.html).
“Dangers of Lead Still Linger.” F.D.A. Consumer: The Magazine of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jan.-Feb. 1998. (http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/1998/198_lead.html).
Mayo Clinic Staff. “Children’s Health: Lead Poisoning.” (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lead-poisoning/FL00068).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Pediatric Lead Poisoning: Is There a Threshold?” Public Health Reports. Nov.-Dec. 2000. (http://es.epa.gov/ncer/childrenscenters/full_text/33615.pdf ).
Vedantam, Shankar. “Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity.” Washington Post, July 8, 2007, p. A2.
Plastic Bags and Why There Are Warnings All over Them
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. “Children Still Suffocating with Plastic Bags.” Consumer Product Safety Alert. (http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5064.pdf).
Playground Perils
“It’s Good for Children to Hurt Themselves at Play, Says Safety Charity Chief.” London Times, Nov. 12, 2007, p. 13.
Tinsworth, Deborah K., and Joyce E. McDonald. “Special Study: Injuries and Deaths Associated with Children’s Playground Equipment.” U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Apr. 2001. (http://www.cpsc.gov/LIBRARY/Playgrnd.pdf).
Pools and Water and Kids and Toilets (Not the Fun Part)
Safe Kids Pierce County. “Drowning and Water Related Safety.” (http://safekidspiercecounty.health.officelive.com/Documents/Drowning%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf ).
Safe Kids USA. “Injury Facts: Drowning.” (http://usa.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=540&content_item_id=1032).
Safe Kids Worldwide. “Safety Tips: Water and Drowning Safety.” (http://www.safekids.org/tips/tips_water.html).
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. “CPSC Warns: Pools Are Not the Only Drowning Danger at Home for Kids—Data Show Other Hazards Cause More Than 100 Residential Child Drowning Deaths Annually.” May 23, 2002. (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml02/02169.html).
Raw Dough’s Raw Deal
Centers for Disease Control. “Outbreaks of Salmonella Serotype Enteritidis Infection Associated with Eating Raw or Undercooked Shell Eggs—United States, 1996-1998,” Feb. 4, 2000. (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4904a1.htm#tab1).
Hope, B. K., and others. “An Overview of the Salmonella Enteritidis Risk Assessment for Shell Eggs and Egg Products.” U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12022671).
School Shootings
“Controversy Erupts over School Proposal to Teach Kids to Fight Back Against Gunmen.” Fox News, Dec. 10, 2008. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464848,00.html).
National Center for Education Statistics. “Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007.” (http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/crimeindicators2007/tables/table_01_1.asp).
National Center for Education Statistics. “Number of Student-Reported Nonfatal Crimes Against Students Ages 12-18 and Rate of Crimes per 1,000 Students, by Location and Year: 1992-2005.” (http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/crimeindicators2007/tables/table_02_1.asp).
Spoilage (of Lunch)
O’Connor, Anahad. “The Claim: Mayonnaise Can Increase Risk of Food Poisoning.” New York Times, July 1, 2008, science section, p. 5. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/health/01real.html?pagewanted=print).
Rourke, Mickey. “Study Finds That Mayonnaise Can Inhibit Spoilage of Food.” New York Times, May 12, 1982, Section C, p. 4. (http://Query.Nytimes.Com/Gst/Fullpage.Html?Sec=Health&Res=9d03e3d61438f931a257 56c0a964948260).
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Brosco, J. P. “The Early History of the Infant Mortality Rate in America: A Reflection Upon the Past and a Prophecy of the Future.” Pediatrics, Feb. 1999, pp. 478-485.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Healthier Mothers and Babies.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Oct. 1, 1999. (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4838a2.html).
“Positioning and
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Update.” Pediatrics, Dec. 6,1996, pp. 1216-1218. (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/6/1216?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=task%252Bforce%252Bon%252Binfant%252Bsleep%252Bpositioning&searchid=1049232258104_6231&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=1/1/1992&tdate=12/31/2002&journalcode=pediatrics).
Task American Academy of Pediatrics. Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. “The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.” Pediatrics, Nov. 2005, pp. 1245-1255. (http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;116/5/1245).
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. “Retailers Join CPSC in Promoting Safe Bedding Practices for Babies—Each Year 900 SIDS Deaths May Be Caused by Soft Bedding.” News from CPSC, Mar. 14, 2000. (http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml00/00078.html).
“U.S. Policy: ‘Back to Sleep’ for Babies.” New York Times, June 22, 1994. (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9500EFD9103DF931A15755C0A962958260 ).
Sunscreen, Vitamin D, Skin Cancer, You Name It
American Academy of Pediatrics. “Summer Safety Tips—Part I.” (http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/summertips.cfm).
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