Children

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and local organizations are holding a candlelight vigil tonight at the Flint Flat Lot to remember the children lost to abuse and neglect.

While some parents prefer the use of non-violent disciplinary actions against their mischievous children, others take no shame in dishing out some good old-fashioned corporal punishment as a means of teaching little junior some of the lessons of life.

Pediatricians and development experts have strongly urged parents, once again, to limit the amount of television their young children watch. The American Academy of Pediatrics released a recommendation to all parents of children under 2 years old Tuesday. It stressed that any time spent in front of a video screen provides no educational benefits for children under age 2 and can even delay developm

Naming a child is usually the first big decision a new parent makes, and one that almost one and ten would like to do be able to do again.