the honest scoop – 12-18-09

Posted by: Michael Sajkowicz, November 18, 2009 in 12:08 pm


Today’s top news headlines for parents

the honest scoop   12 18 09With the death of a 7-year old in September, the already recalled Simplicity cribs claim their 11th reported victim.

Sean Goldman won’t be home for Christmas as the Brazilian Supreme Court makes a last minute reversal, stopping the return of the boy to his father after a 5-year parental abduction nightmare.

Give birth the way you want:

The Back to Sleep education campaign works when it is followed as parents listen to their pediatrician’s advice about safe sleeping positions for babies… when they give it.

A prolific mommy blogger faces criticism for being busy tweeting while her 2-year old son fell in a pool and for tweeting from the hospital as he died.

Turns out that orphanages, for the most part, are doing just as good a job at raising healthy, well-adjusted kids as adoptive parents.

California elementary school students pull together a “library in a box” to help the kids of Samoa recover from a devastating earthquake.

Oklahoma fights to post online the private medical and personal info of women received abortions.

Smiles all around:

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Make your dollars last this holiday with toys that have long-term playing value.

For the season of giving, an inner-city middle school in Atlanta gets a special Christmas present in the form of a $1.5 million donation from Oprah Winfrey.

With the birth of her daughter two days ago, actress Leelee Sobieki is now a mom.

Christina Milian reveals that her baby is going to be a girl too.

And Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen still have yet to pick a name for their newborn baby boy.

Disney gets ready to celebrate Christmas:
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