A 25-year-old man is dead in a shooting that police described as targeted.
Update, Dec. 20, 3:20 p.m.: Nicoh Mayhew, who was slain Wednesday in Seat Pleasant, had witnessed a prior shooting, accordingly to a WJLA report. He was reportedly offered protection but declined, the report said. He and his son were shot, while he was holding the 2-year-old, according to WJLA. Original Post: A 25-year-old man died after he and a boy were shot in Seat Pleasant, MD, Wednesday morning, according to Corporal Maria McKinney, Prince George's County police spokeswoman. The man was declared dead at the scene, in what an investigation suggests was a targeted shooting by two male suspects, McKinney said. The boy was taken to a local hospital with injuries that are non-life threatening, according to McKinney.The Gazette reported …
"Time" magazine's new issue explores a trend in attachment parenting, including breastfeeding beyond babyhood, but a pediatrician at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore warns against creating codependencies in both parent and child.
Time magazine has glommed onto a trend called attachment parenting, which includes "extended breastfeeding," when a mother breastfeeds her child past infancy, babyhood, and into toddlerdom and older. The cover of its May 21 issue features a controversial photo of a mother who has one breast partially exposed as she breastfeeds her toddler. And the cover article focuses on Dr. Bill Sears who, along with his wife, Martha, wrote The Baby Book that has spawned a trend in attachment parenting. The trend includes co-sleeping and "baby wearing"—wearing your baby on your body in a sling, according to a "Behind the Cover" article by Karen Pickert in Time. "Some parents subscribe to his theory that attachment parenting ... is the best way to raise …
Olayinka Sunday Kolawole
9:58 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
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