Mother Talk

Baby boomers seem gifted with perpetual youth.  But they are also people of passion.  From the moment this generation arrived on this earth, they seemed to be bringing a mission and a different vision for society than had existed before.  This sense of knowledge and of vision accounts for the incredible drive baby boomers have shown throughout their adult lives which have resulted in changes to society so profound that life in America today only faintly resembles how we lived in the 50s and 60s.

Each era of life has brought its own challenges to baby boomers.  As parents, baby boomers were committed to having a different kind of relationship with their children.  They are more hands on, participatory and interactive with children in a much greater way than generations before.  In a very real way, baby boomers parents sought to be both parent and best friends to their children.  The outcome has not always been positive but you do see a sense of family unity and emulation of parents in children of boomers that is even more committed than the family model of the past because baby boomers viewed parenting as a mission and job one of their lives.  Read more...

The normal temperature of human body is 98.6°F. If the temperature is taken rectally, the thermometer will show a rise of 1°F, that is it will show 99.6°F. The normal body temperature can vary slightly among individuals. The doctors consider the rise in body temperature as fever if it crosses the mark of 99.4°F when taken orally and 100.4°F when taken rectally. Rectal checking of temperature is done in infants and children who are older than four years have their temperature checked orally. Infants under three months should be rushed to the hospital if they have fever above 100.5°F. The same applies for children older than three months and having a body temperature above 102°F.  Read more...