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For kids, it’s better to give than receive
CNN: There’s a good chance you’ve seen the 7-year-old tragicomic superstar of TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo declare in a jaw-dropping video clip: “A dollar makes me holler.” Whether you almost fell off your Visit Page
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Consumer Product Safety Commission begins to consider bans in addition to warning labels
The Washington Post: Today, warnings are so pervasive that they’ve become a nearly meaningless safety tool in some areas, more useful in protecting manufacturers against legal liability than in guarding consumers from harm, according to Visit Page
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Babies learn humour from parents: study
The Telegraph: Researchers discovered that between the ages of six months and one year, small children learn what is absurdly funny by watching the reaction of their parents. A study of 30 children carried out Visit Page
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A Worksheet for Math-Phobic Parents
The Wall Street Journal: Parents who hate math often fear raising kids who will feel the same. Tammy Jolley is one of them—”a horrible math-phobic,” she says. After struggling through algebra and statistics in high Visit Page
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The Trick to Being Satisfied
MSN Living: Questionnaires and daily diary entries showed that fathers in particular expressed greater levels of happiness than men without children, says S. Katherine Nelson, lead study author and a doctoral candidate at University of Visit Page
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‘Helicopter Parenting’ Discourages Kids
“Helicopter parent” is a 21st century term for parents that “hover” over their children, monitoring and micromanaging their every move. Although parents may find this hard to do, research shows that giving kids space may Visit Page