What We Read This Week

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This Week, Here is What Caught Our Eye!

PARENTING

Halloween’s Over, But the Junk Food Deluge Isn’t

As many of us are witnessing the ill-effects of unfettered access to candy: the poor sleep, mood swings, sluggishness. Not many school kids are going to be in top learning shape today…Read Full Article

From The Washington Post: On Parenting

WEATHER

9 Records Blown Away by Superstorm Sandy

Although not quite a hurricane by the time she reached landfall in New York, superstorm Sandy stunned with her strength, size and tenacity, setting a striking number of records…Read Full Article

From Treehugger

HEALTH

A New Look for Prescription Drug Labels

According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), about 77 million Americans have limited “health literacy,” the ability to access, process and understand information related to their health care…Read Full Article

From The Washington Post: The Check-Up

LIFESTYLE

Keep Calm and Carry On: 15 Motivational Posters from the Past That Are Just as Relevant Today

The Keep Calm poster has become a classic. One of a series developed by the British Ministry of Information in 1939, it was pretty much lost for 60 years, and was rediscovered…Read Full Article

From Treehugger

DAILY LIFE

Making Sense of Hurricane Sandy

Adults may be used to these occasional bouts with Mother Nature, but to a child the unpredictability of natural disasters can bring a special sort of anxiety. They watched their parents preparing…Read Full Article

From The Washington Post: On Parenting

NEWS

Florida’s ‘Mystery Monkey’ Captured After Three Years on the Lam

The “mystery monkey” who had been on the loose in the Tampa Bay area for more than three years was captured Wednesday…Read Full Article

From NPR: The Two-Way