the honest scoop – 11-10-09
Today’s top news headlines for parents
The parents of an 8-year old boy who shot himself in the head while playing with an Uzi at a gun show are suing because they think it’s other people’s fault that their little boy killed himself while shooting a deadly machine gun.
A Congressman is calling on the Government Accountability Office to report on the potential threat that E. coli poses to school lunches.
A cafeteria food fight at a Chicago charter school has lead to charges for more than two dozen students… and parents are worried about their kids criminal records.
A look at the Maclaren stroller recall:
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Vegetarian kids become a growing trend.
It’s not a lack of exercise that has tripled the rate of childhood obesity over the last quarter century, it’s the sheer amount of calories they’re consuming.
Back to school: parenting classes are back in the curriculum.
Dad is second on the parent totem pole… until Mom goes out of town and he finally finds himself in charge.
Team sports bring a decrease in the likelihood that participating students will smoke or be depressed but actually increases the risk of fighting and binge-drinking.
A talk with the mom who is giving birth online:
From a 3-D fairy tale to a handbook for ballerinas, these new books hope to get kid’s reading this week.
And these are the best illustrated children’s books of the year.
Saved By The Bell alumni Tiffani Thiessen is expecting her first baby in May.
Levi Johnston wants joint custody of his son with Bristol Palin and he’s going to take the matter to court.
Ella Bleu Travolta goes into the family business:
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