Jeanne Faulkner

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Jeanne Faulkner — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:55:34 +0000

Niger: Food Crisis or Ground Floor Opportunity

Jeanne Faulkner — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:49:32 +0000

Huffington Post Niger: Food Crisis or Ground Floor Opportunity

Ask a woman when she was hungriest, she might say when she was pregnant or breastfeeding. Ask a man and he might remember being a teenager, growing several inches a year. If you ask me, it was when I was driving home from work, pregnant with my first baby.

It’s All About the Wedding: How Preventing Child Marriage Can Help Eradicate Poverty

Jeanne Faulkner — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:15:07 +0000

Despite her obsession with My Fair Wedding, when my daughter turns 12 next month she’ll have a birthday cake and a slumber party, not a wedding cake and marriage. As an American girl, she’s lucky to grow up in a culture where girls can choose who and when they’ll marry, that values women’s contributions to the workplace and society; where motherhood is something a girl can aspire to (or not) when she’s ready, not while she’s still a child herself.

Little girls getting married sounds like a reality TV mash up of Toddlers & Tiaras meets Housewives of the Developing World. Unfortunately, it’s reality for 25,000 child brides (and grooms, but mostly brides) who get married every day. In the developing world, one in three girls under the age of 18 is married, one in seven is under 15 and it’s not uncommon for 10 year-olds to marry men three times their age…Continue reading this Huffington Post article (Click Here)

Jeanne Faulkner

Jeanne Faulkner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:32:09 +0000

As a writer, I offer in depth coverage of issues effecting our lifestyles from health and family life to politics, fitness, food and more. I add a reassuring slant that takes the focus off fear-based journalism, a global perspective to expand our view on universal issues and humor to take the edge off serious subjects. My goal is to educate, inform and entertain my readers with stories that impact their lives and show them how their lives impact others. If they have a little fun along with that, all the better.

This Week’s Work

Jeanne Faulkner — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:51:27 +0000

January 16, 2012 – How Safe is Vaginal Birth for Twins?

SheKnows.com - Ask a Labor Nurse – 9 Things You Need to Know about Pregnancy and Birth

ParentNetwork – The Cost of Raising Children

Cost Effective Contraception

Tone Your Body With 6 Kinds of Dance

The Risks of Cold Weather Running

October, 2011

On parenting, pooping and losing control

How it all works best when you let it go

I had coffee with my friend, Desiree, an OB-GYN and mother of three. After we caught up on all the nonsense and shenanigans our kids are up to, we talked about what every parent is obsessed about: gaining some semblance of control in our lives. Read more here

Is Your Chair Killing You?

Stand up and find out about the risks of sitting down.

Creating Super-germs

Why you should think twice before using antibiotics or antibacterial soap and cleaning products.

Vitamin K shots, Antibiotic Eye Treatment And Hepatitis B Vaccination Of Newborns

05.26.11: Public health for private matters

Shortly after your baby is born, he’ll receive his first shots and medications for some very serious health issues, including a rare bleeding disorder and a few sexually transmitted diseases. Very few parents question why their baby needs these medications, but a few who do, ask: Why should my child be treated for health problems he probably doesn’t have? Because your child is part of the general population. Read More here

Jeanne Faulkner — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:10:41 +0000