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There's plenty to keep author Adam Mansbach awake at night

Last updated Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 7:29am

LOS ANGELES -- A year ago, Adam Mansbach was an award-winning novelist and aspiring screenwriter wrapping up a two-year teaching job at Rutgers University. That was before his off-color picture book, "Go the F -- to Sleep," became an international phenomenon, catapulting the sleep-deprived father of one to the tops of best-seller lists and into the eye of a parenting maelstrom.

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(ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner) Children, including Andrew Soto (center), 5, and Carson Gailey (right), 4, run during a game of musical hula hoops as they spend their recess playing outside Friday at the Let Them Be Kids! Childcare Center in Clearfield.

Care providers increasing children's healthful eating, exercise

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 12:01am

OGDEN -- Healthy food choices and more exercise are among the lifestyle changes being made by dozens of child care centers in the Top of Utah. Both Weber-Morgan and Davis County health departments are participating in the pilot program called "Targeting Obesity in Preschool and Child Care Settings (TOP Star)," coordinated through the Utah Department of Health.

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Pregnant mom arrested on meth charges

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 1, 2011 - 2:01pm

FARMINGTON — A woman accused of giving her 13-year-old daughter methamphetamine has a felony arraignment hearing scheduled.

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Report: Fight fat in infants, toddlers

Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 11:48pm

WASHINGTON — A food pyramid just for the under-2 set? Contrary to popular belief, children don’t usually outgrow their baby fat — and a new report urges steps to help prevent youngsters from getting too pudgy too soon.

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Some desperate parents sedate their babies

Gary T. Pakulski, Toledo Blade

Last updated Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 3:28pm

A frazzled mother on a crowded flight tries to coax a screaming baby to sleep as surrounding passengers stare -- some in empathy, some in barely disguised annoyance. When the child doesn't calm down, the parent discreetly pulls a bottle of children's Benadryl from a diaper bag and administers a small dose.

Surveys and parental testimonials suggest that this scene is repeated every day in the skies over America and in other settings.

But the use of the antihistamine, known generically as diphenhydramine, to sedate babies is controversial, with at least one study suggesting it is a form of child abuse.

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