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Carnival of Homeschooling celebrates home-grown teaching and learning
Filed under: Development/Milestones: BabiesThanks to Glenn Reynolds' Instapundit for turning me on to the Carnival of Homeschooling, a collection of delicious links for those of us who have converted...
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Group to sue Nickelodeon, Kellogg to stop junk food advertising
Filed under: Work Life, Development/Milestones: Babies, MediaTalk about a Quixotic quest. The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood have served...
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Teacher's missing iPod leads to student pat-down, enraging parents
Filed under: Work Life, Development/Milestones: BabiesYou know, it's sad that a sixth grader thought it was okay to steal a personal piece of equipment valued at anywhere from $200 to $400. I feel for...
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High School Musical party: How we survived
Last week, before my wife left to go cover Sundance, my eight-year-old daughter Neve asked if she could have a "High School Musical party". High School Musical, she informed me, is "the newest DCOM" -...
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Disposable vs. cloth diaper debate rages in Britain
Filed under: Work Life, MediaSucks to be you, Great Britain. You blokes appear to be entering the throes of a debate we parents in the states have been having - uselessly, I might add - for years:...
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School nurses a thing of the past?
Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies, Development/Milestones: BabiesRemember the school nurse? I sure do. For most of middle school I was in her office at least twice a week, attempting to dream up...
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For your amusement: "Duck and cover" school video from 1951
Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies, Development/Milestones: Babies, MediaWant a hilarious blast from the past? The Internet Archive hosts this video on "Duck and Cover", a production of the...
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Fathers 4 Justice will be "household name" in US, says coordinator
Filed under: Just For DadsFathers 4 Justice, the father's rights organization in Britain that's become (in)famous for dads protesting in superhero costumes and for flinging purple powder at Tony Blair,...
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Blogger launches anti-physical punishment campaign
Filed under: Just For Moms, Just For DadsPanthergirl, who has blogged for what seems like a dog's age over at The Dog's Breakfast, has launched a new blog devoted to making physical punishment of kids...
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Dad (wrongly?) slugs teaching assistant after teen alleges molestation
Filed under: Teens, Just For Dads, Day Care & EducationIn Buddhism, it's taught that you should always keep your anger in check, for reacting in anger does nothing but perpetuate the negative...
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New Jersey lesbian couple demands both be listed as birth parents
Filed under: Just For Moms, Adoption, Gay ParentingBack in July, Stefania Butler reported on the conflict in Massachusetts over how to change birth certificates to acknowledge same-sex parents. The...
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When kids starting doing chores...be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
Filed under: Tweens, Just For DadsYesterday I saw what had to be the strangest thing I've ever seen in my parenting career: my nine-year-old daughter Neve taking out the trash. No one had asked her to...
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The label un-maker: My toddler terrorizes our canned goods
Filed under: Toddlers Preschoolers, Nutrition: HealthAh, I love the age of 2. It's an age of exploration, of discovery...and of driving your parents absolutely freaking insane. The latest devilish...
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A physical punishment detente: Education over criminalization?
Filed under: Just For Moms, Just For DadsMy previous post on physical punishment and spanking has sparked a wonderful discussion about the issue that's caused me to step back and think thinks over....
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Groovy Girls: cute, durable - and doomed?!
Filed under: Toddlers Preschoolers, Preschoolers, Big Kids, Tweens, Teens, ToysI was reading Karen Walrond's latest post about Barbie sales being off, and was pleased to see a comment by Mary...
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Faustian opera broadcast angers elementary school parents
Filed under: Big Kids, Tweens, Development/Milestones: Babies, Day Care & Education, That's EntertainmentDid an elementary school teacher encourage his students to strike bargains with the Prince...
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Student essay draws Secret Service to school for President, Oprah threat
Filed under: Development/Milestones: Babies, Day Care & EducationYou know, I've read a ton of parenting advice books, and for the life of me I've never seen one that contained a section urging...
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Cell phone for baby? Better get him these pants to boot!
Filed under: Babies, Toddlers Preschoolers, Development/Milestones: Babies, DecorThanks to Kim at Three Dogs and a Baby for this pointer to Old Navy, where you can make your child the proud owner of a...
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35 percent of American parents are video gamers, says survey
Filed under: Toys, That's EntertainmentThanks to our peeps at Joystiq for this news about the video game habits of American parents. It seems the digital distractions aren't just for kids anymore: 35...
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Yahoo! tells us why we squirt baby bottle milk on our wrists
Filed under: Newborns, Babies, Toddlers Preschoolers, Your Pregnancy, Health & Safety: Babies, Nutrition: Health, Development/Milestones: Babies, Day Care & Education, Feeding & Sleeping,...
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