the honest scoop – 10-18-09
Today’s top news headlines for parents
The chance that the balloon boy’s parents can avoid criminal charges are floating away fast.
A 16-year old girl sets off alone on her dangerous adventure to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
Breathalyzers hit the classroom:
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Some moms turn to “Wash Hands Before Touching Baby” signs.
A new report out of England suggests that kids should not start formal learning until age six and instead focus on play based learning until then.
Some teachers are turning to sign language as a way to limit learning time lost on all those “can I go to the bathroom?” requests.
A lesbian high school student has a fight on her hands after her school decides that she can’t wear a tuxedo in her yearbook photo.
After a deadly salmonella outbreak that killed 9 people and drove sales way down, peanut butter is back in a big way as a cheap lunch of choice.
Day care centers prepare for potential liability issues with swine flu outbreaks.
Will you only need to pay for 3 years of college?
Where The Wild Things Are is not the first children’s book brought to life with real actors.
These celebrity parents take the road less travelled when it comes to raising their kids.
Pete Wentz would love to have a soccer team’s worth of kids but wife Ashlee is a little too busy on Melrose Place right now.
Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza turns into a celebrity family night out at the circus
Hillary Swank explains her comment about nudity in front of children:
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