News for Parents - Weekend of Feb 2
Here are the news stories every parent needs to know this week.
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Goji Team
Date Posted
February 2, 2023
- Not getting enough sleep as an adolescent may increase risk of multiple sclerosis - a study published in Neurology, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry showed risk for adolescents who sleep less than seven hours a night.
- World-famous professional tidier Marie Kondo has given up on tidying - now that she has three kids, she acknowledges that the trade-off between neatness and quality time with her kids. And the internet lost its collective mind.
- New York is banning laundry detergents containing high levels of human carcinogen - the chemical byproduct, 1,4-Dioxane is present in popular detergents. Arm & Hammer Clean Burst, Tide Original, Arm & Hammer Sensitive Skin Free & Clear, and Gain Original + Aroma Boost would all be banned if they aren’t reformulated. Crunchy moms tried to tell us to wash our clothes in just wind and water, but did we listen?!
- Babies who consumed two or more hours per day performed worse cognitively - a study of more than 400 children showed long-term negative effects as measure at age 9.
- The pandemic upgraded dads! - recent data from the UK showed dads spent 65% of the time working mothers do on childcare in 2022, a jump from 54% in 2015. Great improvement, dads, but you’ve still got work to do. Do better.
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