the honest scoop – 02-21-10
This week’s top news headlines for parents
The Sunday Best Edition – honestbaby is putting on its Sunday best today and presenting our most interesting and important news stories of the past week…
In a disgusting and outrageous violation of privacy, a school district allegedly used the webcams on students computers to secretly spy on them while they were at home.
And now the FBI is now on the case, investigating the Philly school district that allegedly spied on its students in their own homes via the webcams on their laptop computers.
To cut the budget, Utah considers dropping 12th grade completely:
Spirit Airlines decides that the best way to deal with a 7-months pregnant passenger who asks for a glass of water after being stranded on the tarmac for 2 hours is to refuse her request and throw her off the plane for complaining.
Most states are not even taking minimal steps to check their standardized tests for cheating and experts think they should if the surprising results of Georgia’s spot check are indicative of what’s really going on.
The FDA warns against the danger posed by some asthma drugs especially in regard to the risk of hospitalization and death posed to children.
Let that ear infections heal on its own:
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From the What Were They Thinking File: A four year old disabled boy was forced to remove his leg braces and walk through the metal detector alone, without any parental assistance, before being allowed to continue on his birthday trip to Disney World.
Score one for the First Amendment as a federal court upholds a student’s right to criticize teachers on Facebook without facing disciplinary action in school.
After the FDA’s turnaround on BPA last month, finally admitting “some concerns” over the safety of the chemical, more states move toward banning it in baby and toddler products.
Parents and teachers need to take the lead when it comes to helping kids deal with the cruelty of their peers.
Inherited diseases are on the decline as parents are deciding not to have kids:
One surprising factor that increases the risk of childhood obesity – being cared for by grandma and grandpa.
If they won’t eat healthy, the doctor says it’s okay to send kids to bed hungry.
It can take as little as one week at a gluten-free camp is enough to improve the self-esteem of most kids suffering from celiac disease.
Oxytocin, a hormone which promotes social skills including bonding between mother and child, may just turn out to be a miracle cure for Asperger’s Syndrome.
Keeping track of your kid’s vaccinations is best done as a do-it-yourself project.
Jennie Garth know how to get kids to eat their veggies:
An eye opening study reports that the rate of chronic disease for children has doubled in the last twenty years and 1 out of every 2 kids will suffer from a long-term health problem.
Watch for the simple signs that your baby is sending to let you know they’ve eaten enough.
With symptoms taking approximately six months to a year to first show, screening for autism in children younger than that is not productive.
Guidelines for exercising while pregnant:
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C-sections, even multiple cesarean section deliveries, do not necessarily rule out a vaginal birth for later children.
The real deal about milk expiration dates.
If you want to lower your baby’s risk for developing certain allergies, eat more fruit and vegetables while you’re pregnant.
One unexpected tool that helps obese girls in their effort to get fit turns out to be reading fictional books about heavy girls who succeed in losing weight.
Social Media Moms celebrate at Disney World:
GeekDad has a few recommendations to offer for new children’s music.
From The Quiet Book to a look at how The Robin Makes a Laughing Sound, Publishers Weekly covers the new releases on the children’s bookshelves this week.
With Presenting… Tallulah, the latest celebrity turned children’s book author will be…
The librarian is in and she has a few recommendations for children’s books about the Olympics.
Perhaps foreshadowing it’s almost certain success at the boxoffice, Toy Story 3 dominates the news coming out of the Toy Fair.
Barbie goes geek.
The 10 must-have toys for 2010:
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