February, 2009 Archives
Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 28, 2009 in 7:30 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
If you think your kids are growing up too fast, just wait until they get kidney stones.
… and erectile dysfunction?
A new study concludes that ADHD drugs have no long term impact on symptoms and actually stunt children’s growth.
An early study using stem cells looks like a dramatic breakthrough in the treatment of diabetes.
In a disturbing trend, another teenage girl is arrested, facing child pornography charges and a lifetime label as a sex offender for posting nude photos of herself on MySpace.
For some reason, the Texas Board of Education is still debating evolution.
Kansas has a new law requiring abortion clinics to offer patients the option to see sonograms or listen to fetal heartbeat monitor before proceeding with their procedure.
For the family that has everything (including a spare $57K), Tesla Motors reveals their new electric family sedan foe 2011.
The brain thirsty aliens at Hulu.com took another big step toward global domination by signing up Disney’s ABC network shows.
Wallace and Gromit want to inspire young inventors with a grand day out at the Science Museum.
It’s a girl! Madonna is adopting a baby in Malawi (or trying to, but not if the grandmother has anything to say about it).
Posted by: honestbaby, February 28, 2009 in 12:00 am
Queen Latifah and John Mayer will visit Elmo on Sesame Street in the primetime special Coming Home: Military Families Cope With Change premiering April 1 at 8 pm ET/ PT on PBS. This half-hour special tells stories of service members who return home with injuries, visible and invisible, and explores the heroic struggles their families face in discovering a new way of finding a “new normal.” It salutes the extraordinary courage and strength of these military families and offers the general public a powerful glimpse into what they often must endure. The special will air in conjunction with April as the “Month of the Military Child.”
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 27, 2009 in 7:11 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
Natasha Richardson’s legacy lives on and saves a little girl’s life.
Pregnant smokers take note- you have 15 weeks to quit before you risk harm to your baby.
A new study shows that kids with ADHD may have impaired short term memory.
Earth Hour is tomorrow night, so get ready to shut off the lights and enjoy an hour by candlelight.
Can you pass the salt? Pass it on, I mean. The CDC says Americans are overdosing on it.
The CDC is also looking at how many times you get tripped up by your pets.
Mortgage rates just hit an all-time historic low of 4.85%.
They must have missed class the day they taught that all the money was in the banks because these two held up a high school.
And this public school principal missed the whole ‘don’t make the kids say Buddhist prayers‘ rule.
Retired world champion tennis player Kim Clijsters is heading back onto the court one year after having her baby.
Lindsay Lohan’s latest film, Labor Pains, gets a premature birth on basic cable.
Posted by: Bad Mommy, February 26, 2009 in 10:20 pm
I received a call from a parent in my son’s first grade class asking for a playdate. I said sure. I asked my son if he wanted to play with the little boy and he was excited. All was good until we got there. The little boy opened the door and looked at my son. They both didn’t look happy. Then the boy yelled out to his mother in distress, “I didn’t mean BIG Jason, I meant LITTLE Jason!!” My son, the unwanted Jason, looked at me and said, “I don’t know this boy. Please don’t leave me here!” and he started to cry. The mother finally emerged and we realized that the boys were in fact not in the same class. There are three different kindergarten classes. She had mistakenly called our home instead of the more desirable LITTLE Jasons’s house. Apparently Jason is a common name in our town. I of course never checked to see if the kid was in my son’s class but I assumed she had done her playdate legwork! In any event, we both laughed it off and I took my rejected yet relieved child home.
Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 26, 2009 in 7:05 am
After being threatened with jail time and a lifetime label as sex offenders for taking a picture of themselves in bras, three 15 year old girls are fighting back against the out of control prosecutor.
The Obama administration is being asked to create an agency to safeguard the mental health of children.
A new study shows that circumcision significantly lowers the risk of cancer and STD’s.
Toddlers are listening but don’t understand the consequences of not doing what they are told.
Do some twins really have telepathic connections?
Concern is growing over the America’s failing food safety inspection system.
Even sperm banks are hoping for a bailout with a recession clearance sale.
Web series turned sitcom In the Motherhood premieres on ABC tonight at 8 PM and some reviews are in.
Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are is coming to the big screen and now we get a look at the trailer.
49 year old mom Valerie Bertinelli is revealing the results of her Jenny Craig diet on the cover of People.
Nadya Suleman’s nurse accusses her of only caring for her children when the cameras are on.
Posted by: Jason Mayo, February 25, 2009 in 1:19 pm
I first noticed it a few months ago. I was exercising one morning and as usual my oldest daughter was watching television and keeping me company. I wasn’t paying attention to the television or anything in particular except not having a heart attack on the treadmill. My daughter turned to me and tried to get my attention. “Daddy.” I tried to signal to her in between strides to give me a second to finish up. “DADDY!” She was very impatient. Something seriously important was on her tiny little mind. I smacked the emergency stop button and practically fell off the machine.
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Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 25, 2009 in 7:30 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
How will you celebrate Diabetes Alert Day? Forget the chocolate cake with a candle- Why not take the risk test?
The Mayo Clinic thinks early exposure to anesthesia by babies can lead to learning disabilities.
A 2 month old baby, abducted from a health clinic, is back home safe after a harrowing 24 hours.
At 4 years old, Shayne Abegg weighed 22 pounds. Now he has $6 million because the state ignored numerous child abuse complaints filed on his behalf.
A new study gives the thumbs up to snacking during childbirth.
The next time your teen tells you he doesn’t remember what you said, he may be telling the truth.
Why does Facebook need rights to your family photos?
And HuffPo wonders if kids are really emotionally ready for sites like Facebook.
… just as a Texas 8th grader is stabbed over a MySpace page.
How Not To Reconcile With Your Spouse
Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 24, 2009 in 6:34 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
By federal court order, 17 year old girls will now have access to the ‘morning after’ Plan B birth control pill.
Law enforcement is struggling to keep up with the growing number of online predators.
One mother fights for new laws after “sexting” leads her daughter to suicide.
Shadowing his mothers tragic demise, Sylvia Plath’s son kills himself, furthing speculation that there might be a hereditary link to suicide.
30 years after getting polio from his daughter’s vaccination, a father is awarded $22.5 million.
In news we have never heard before- less read meat is better for you than more.
Publishers Weekly stocks up on a shelf full of children’s book reviews.
Four months after arresting a 13 year old student for passing gas in class, Florida is full of hot air again as they suspend an eighth grader for doing the same on a school bus.
No, you’re not being punked – it’s marriage advice from Ashton Kutcher.
Ugly Betty star Eric Mabius is working the late shift caring for his new 3 month old son.
Nadya Suleman has fired the free nanny service helping her, believing that they are spies and reporting her to child welfare.
Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 23, 2009 in 7:49 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
Wisconsin medical professional are tracking cases of teenage girls self-inducing abortions with veterinary drugs.
One child suicide hotline in Scotland sees a shocking increase in calls.
Ruben Coronado is having twins. He is due to go into labor in September.
“Sexting” teens beware – grandma might be in your friends and family network.
The new stimulus bill contains relief for some families on COBRA health insurance.
Are robots the future to helping kids deal with learning disabilities?
And the next time your child can’t think of anything to do for the school science fair, show them this.
Help Wanted: International pop superstar seeks new nanny.
Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, February 22, 2009 in 10:51 am
Today’s top headlines for parents
In an unexpected but entirely rational turn, the Vatican defends abortion.
Missionaries finally admit that their documentary, Hakani, showing children being buried alive, was faked but they insist the problem of infanticide in Brazil is all too real.
Sugar is now the healthy choice as the tide turns against high-fructose corn syrup.
Looks like some of that bailout money might be going toward vasectomies.
… just as the recession is turning more brides to more economical, church weddings.
Let me get this straight- the wife catches the husband with two prostitutes and she gets arrested and he gets vacation with kids?
Three months too late for Christmas (or maybe nine months early), stores finally have enough Nintendo Wii’s to meet demand.
Singer M.I.A. sets the record straight, her newborn son is not named Ickett, he’s named Ikhyd.
Bachelor star Andrew Firestone has a baby boy, Adam Brooks, with model wife Ivana.
UK reality TV star Jade Goody, loses her televised battle with cancer, leaving behind two sons, Freddie, 4, and Bobby, 5.
Half of octuplets are now home just as Nadya Suleman reveals she was in denial about how much work she faces in caring for them.
And because Nadya doesn’t want to reveal the identity of the father of her 14 kids, she’s talking about him again.
