Away-facing strollers stress out babies, according to a study published on Friday by the British charity National Literacy Trust. CNN reports that “parents who choose a stroller that seats their baby facing away from them could risk long-term development problems in their children”—-and I say to myself, now what kind of stroller did we push Charlie around in, once upon a hot Missouri afternoon or down Summit Avenue on early fall days in St. Paul?
We started him off in one of those bulky EvenFlo stroller-detachable baby seat combinations, referred to as “the buggy” by Jim (the baby seat alone, with …read more

Remember the Got Autism?” that PETA put up in downtown Newark, New Jersey? The billboard that was subsequently taken down by the ad agency hosting it?
Well, it’s traveled West, to St. Louis, Missouri. From a PETA press release today:
In light of two scientific studies that link milk consumption to autism in children, PETA will be displaying a new billboard parodying a ubiquitous milk ad. The ad shows a bowl of milk and cereal next to the tagline “Has Your Child Got Autism? Learn About the Link Between Autism and Dairy Products at PETA.org.”
The bad news is that data from …read more