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The costs of raising a child

Aug 22, 2012
Breaking down the numbers of raising a family. The Department of Agriculture estimates middle-income families will spend about a quarter of a million dollars raising one child.

Over half of U.S. babies born last year were non-white

May 17, 2012
In a development that is changing society as well as marketing, the Census Bureau says that for the first time, most babies born in the U.S. were not white. That's babies born last year. The general population is not expected to become mostly "minority" for about another 33 years.

Genetic testing gaining popularity, dropping in price

Mar 12, 2012
A study by the UnitedHealth Group released this morning says we spent about $5 billion on genetic tests in 2010 and could spend $25 billion by the end of the decade.

A whole lot of videos of babies playing with iPads

Oct 18, 2011
Our Wednesday Tech Report is all about kids under the age of two and whether they should watch TV. What no one knows yet is whether they should b...

Gestation cut from nine months to two minutes

Sep 22, 2011
And by gestations, I'm talking about the kind of fake gestation you get when you try on a Mommy Tummy. Mom-Tum, as I'll call it from now on, is...

Need help naming your baby? Social Security is here.

May 23, 2011
The government agency has compiled popular baby names for the past 130 years and built a baby naming app called Baby Name Playroom. You can sort in...

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