the honest scoop – 12-4-09
Today’s top news headlines for parents
Through their e-STOP initiative, New York state kicked over 3,500 registered sex offenders off Facebook and MySpace this week.
An Indiana teen confessed to strangling his 10-year old brother to death in order to satisfy his craving to kill.
Sexting-related bullying leads an 8th grader to suicide:
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From psychologists to economists, experts warn that parents should pick their baby’s names carefully because it can have a serious adverse impact on them throughout their lives.
After catching E.coli as a secondary infection from a student who ate an undercooked school lunch, a child’s life was changed dramatically as she is forced to live with kidney disease.
Thanks to a global vaccination program that saw 700 million children inoculated, measles deaths around the world have dropped 78% over the last 8 years.
Doctors said she would be fine after two swine flu tests came back negative but 9-year old Hayli Murphy ended up in intensive care on a ventilator as H1N1 shut down her lungs.
Know the warning signs in children:
TV’s Dr. Oz has a few tips for pregnant women.
Even after 45 years, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer hasn’t lost any of its shine as it trounced its competition last in the ratings last night.
Get the ink and needles ready – 17-year old Miley Cyrus, role model and idol for many tweens and teens, shows off her new under-the-breast tattoo.
Britney trades in her pop star spotlight and puts on her mom hat as she poses for pictures with the boys for Elle.
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