Bits and Pieces after Christmas

  Well, I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday.  I did.  But of course, it's back to the grind.  So many things have caught my eye the past few days.
   Our paper reports on an article from the Atlantic, on how terrible the US school system is. Here it is, " Your Child Left Behind ".  I have yet to dig into it, but just from the reading I have done over the past year or so, and my observation of both children and young adults, I do have to wonder what is going on in public school.  I'm going to go on a limb and say that private has it's own set of problems as well.
   The news, had a few eye catching tidbits.  Apparently, milk based infant formula, contributes to obesity.  Formula's that increase weight gain, I did a little searching around on the type of substitute formula's that are recommended for those infants who can not tolerate milk.  I'll probably have a whole blog article on it, with the information I found.  How about this?  Let's just educate women and families about the benefits of Breastfeeding, the effects of formula, and help women accomplish breastfeeding and overcome any problems that arise.
    Here was another new bit-SIDs and New Years Day.  Well, who exactly is researching SIDS, what causes it, the contributing factors etc?  Every so many years, there is something new to do, to try to avoid SIDS.  That would bring us back around to the above mentioned formula, and a slew of other things.

Rudolph..a child's first look into conforming?

   Hmmm, Rudolph may be a nice deer, but the holiday cartoon sure isn't. And at one time in my life I believed it to be okay. I looked forward to watching it as a child. As I grew up, I got it that you are supposed to be nice. And hey, everything works out in the end, right?  But what damage is done?