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Radar gun toting boy aims to stop speeders
Filed under: kids 8-11, health & safety, Weird but true, Gadgets & techLots of little boys dream of careers in law enforcement. In preparation, they spend hours playing cop, arresting their little friends and writing tickets. But this sort of pretend police work is just child’s play for Landon Wilburn of Louisville, Kentucky. He found an effective way to actually enforce the law and has become a neighborhood hero because of it.Like a lot of subdivisions, the one where 11-year-old Landon lives has a problem with cars speeding through the streets. Residents have complained to police and Landon and his friends regularly yell at drivers to slow down. But when these efforts failed, Landon came up with a better idea. He got out his Hot Wheels toy radar gun, donned a bright orange vest, and grabbed his siren-equipped flashlight. He set himself up on the side of the street and began tracking the speed of passing cars.Yeah, it’s a toy but it actually works! The speed limit in Landon’s neighborhood is 25 mph, but he clocked some cars going close to 55 mph. At least they were until they spotted what they assumed was a police officer with a radar gun aimed at them. Neighbor George Ayers says, “When I saw it happening, I got the biggest kick out of it. People were locking up their brakes when they saw him.”Fortunately, Landon may soon find his radar gun is no longer needed. After commissioning a study on speeding in the area, speed humps are being installed in the neighborhood. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Children See — parents as role models
Filed under: Just for moms, Just for dads, Alcohol & drugsWe’ve all seen it — a child says something wildly inappropriate and shocks the adults around her. Her parents shake their heads, “We don’t know where she gets this stuff.” It’s happened to me, and because my kids spend nearly all day, every day with me alone, I can’t look much farther than my own behavior. I think that most, if not all, parents slip now and then — a curse word slips out, voices get raised, carefully honed parenting techniques fly out the window in the face of fatigue and stress. kids are resilient, they learn that grown ups make mistakes just like kids do. And we try harder not to make those mistakes the next time.An Australian organization called ChildFriendly.org recently put out a children’s rights video titled “Children See.” It depicts parents at their worst — abusive, violent, careless, angry — as well as their children following their lead. It’s disconcerting, disturbing, startling, but it’s also an excellent reminder for even the most thoughtful parent that our children are watching us, every minute of every day. Watch the video below, then share your thoughts with us in comments. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Cell-phones as ‘mom-avoidance’ devices
Filed under: Just for moms, Teens & tweens, Gadgets & techWhen answering machines first became affordable, I ran right out and got one. How great to be able to communicate with others without having to actually talk to them! These days, of course, our options for impersonal communication have increased. With the advent of email, instant messaging and text-messaging, one could conceivably go for days without actually having to speak to another person. According to this article, such non-verbal communication has big-time appeal for the average teenager.Stephen Saiz, manager of consumer insight and strategy of the Walt Disney Internet Group’s North American mobile division, says that text-messaging has become a handy parent-avoidance device for many teens. “Teens are pushing their parents to go on mobile because they don’t really want to communicate with them directly,” he said.Because of this, more and more parents are jumping on the texting bandwagon. Saiz says that most of the older people using their cell phone mobile applications are mothers who were pushed into the world of texting by their kids. And why don’t kids want to talk to mom on the phone? Saiz believes it is due to the fact that they are busy pursuing much more important activities: playing video games and hanging with their friends.Does this happen to you? Do you call your child’s phone only to end up in voice mail? Does your kid respond to you with a text message? Is this okay with you? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

The long, sordid tale of E.B. White’s “Stuart Little”
Filed under: Preschoolers, kids 5-7, kids 8-11, SleepAfter a bedtime routine of bath, brushing teeth, and book reading, my daughters still often resist settling in under getting under the covers and settling in for the night. So we started a new routine where, once they are tucked in and quiet, we turn off all the lights and I read them a few pages from a chapter book (with my booklight). Not only does this give them incentive to get settled into bed, I figure, they’re imaginations get a workout as they try to picture the story in their heads. Last week, my three-year-old pulled out Stuart Little. I wasn’t sure if they were ready for it yet, but they seem mesmerized by the story so far, and it’s so much fun to sink back into an old children’s classic. Stuart Little has delighted children for decades, but did you know that the book got off to a rocky start? The New Yorker has an excellent piece about the relationship between E.B. White, his wife Katherine, and book reviewer Anne Carroll Moore. Moore is credited with creating the idea of a children’s library and story time, and became a powerful influence in children’s literature. Though she pushed White for years to finish his book, once the manuscript was finished she fought its publication. Saying “I was never so disappointed in a book in my life,” and that it had been written by “a sick mind,” she refused to order it for the New York Public Library, and therefore influences libraries across the nation as well.It’s a story that’s nearly as interesting as the book itself. parents with an interest in children’s literature, classics, or even the history of the New York City Library will find this piece of the past engrossing. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Self breast exams - Are they worth the effort?
Filed under: Just for moms, health & safety, In the newsMost OB/GYNs have the box right on their patient information form: Do you perform a self-breast exam? Some women check yes, others check no, some may even guiltily check yes when they mean no, to avoid a lecture from their doctor. When it comes to self breast exams, the information coming from the medical community can be confusing. While one study found that 35% of breast cancer patients discover their own lump, another recent study found that self breast exams had only a tiny affect on breast cancer survival. In fact, the leads behind that study took their findings one step further and suggested that self breast exams may actually lead to more biopsies and invasive testing. Continue reading Self breast exams - Are they worth the effort? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

US-Based Airlines Asking Customers to Help Stem Increasing Oil Prices
Unbelievable as it may sound, a number of US-based airlines are asking passengers to help them get Congress to start doing something about spiralling oil prices. A letter published online, with the subject heading, You Can Help Keep Travel Affordable directs people to the website, StopOilSpeculationNow.com. On the site is …

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Although I like to think of myself as an eco-friendly person, I am not using cloth diapers for our new baby. I am just too tired and too busy to add more dirty laundry to our overflowing hamper. With two active, older boys, I am constantly spraying stain remover onto dirty …

Image of the Day: Sweetness
Filed under: Image of the DayJust TRY to deny this precious little face. (And perfectly clasped hands!) Thanks to PhillipCarl Photography for brightening our day with this photo.If you’d like your own picture featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr Pool - We’ll highlight an image every day. Remember: we’re on the lookout for shots with interesting backgrounds, cool angles, or original composition. Be sure to read the intro on our main Flickr page for more information and limit your uploading to 5 photos per day. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Teen’s braces save his life
Filed under: Teens & tweens, health & safety, Weird but trueMost kids wear their braces grudgingly. The pay-off for the pain is usually a long time coming and teens aren’t known for their patience. But there is at least one kid who got more than he bargained for from his braces, and he didn’t have to wait years for it.Police in Pontiac, Michigan say that 18-year-old Anthony Pittman’s braces probably saved his young life. Pittman was among a group of teens who got into an argument that turned into a gunfight. At least three different weapons were fired and a bullet from one of them - a .45 caliber - hit Pittman in the mouth. Police believe that Pittman survived the injury because his braces fragmented the bullet.”We believe what happened is that the bullet was split, in part by the braces, so it fragmented and continued into his mouth, tongue and teeth,” said Pontiac police Capt. Wendy Keelty. “But because it was fragmented, it didn’t penetrate through the back of his neck.Pittman didn’t escape completely unscathed. He is currently in critical condition with a mouth full of broken teeth and a severely injured tongue. He may not end up with straight teeth, but hopefully the experience will lead him to straighten out his life and choose some better kids to hang with. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

‘Cindy Brady’ teaching her son about hangovers
Filed under: kids 8-11, Celeb kids, Celeb parenting, Behaving badlyThey say that experience is the best teacher, but I don’t think that applies in all cases. For example, Susan Olsen, better known as Cindy from the Brady Bunch, is teaching her 10-year-old son the dangers of alcohol by binge drinking and showing up for work with a vomit-inducing hangover. The 47-year-old Olsen was being interviewed on a Colorado radio show when she began showing signs of intestinal distress. Clutching her stomach and covering her mouth, the former cutie-pie suddenly bolted for the bathroom. When asked what happened, she proudly told the truth: she drank too much wine the night before and was dealing with a bad hangover. “Of course I threw up in the bathroom. It’s better than throwing up on their face,” she said. “I’m a very, very, very honest person. I also am a person who doesn’t drink.” I agree, cookies are better tossed in the bathroom than on the table. And honesty usually is the best policy. But what about her 10-year-old son, who was with her in the studio? When asked if she was at all bothered by the fact that he witnessed this display, she she insisted she was not. “That’s the way kids learn,” she said. The way that kids learn what, exactly? That mom can’t hold her booze? That getting drunk the night before you have to work is perfectly acceptable as long as you are honest about it? And if she really never drinks, what prompted her son to invite listeners to come “watch her drink like a pig” at a local bar? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Our wedding cake, six years later
In all of the chaos over the last few weeks/months we have failed to mention a very special day that past last weekend. Yes, Father’s Day is an important one (Happy belated Dad’s day folks), but that’s not the day I’m talking about. On Saturday, June 16, Heather and I “celebrated” our sixth year anniversary. […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Our wedding cake, six years later”, url: “http://davemadethis.com/twoboobs/index.php/2007/06/19/our-wedding-cake-six-years-later/” });

Adoption site: no gays allowed
Filed under: Adoption, 2Moms2Dads, In the newsMaking the choice to adopt requires a big commitment. You really have to be prepared and know what you’re getting into. It’s not something that can happen by accident or in the heat of the moment. In New York, you can even get certified as “Qualified Adoptive parents” by the New York City Surrogate Court. That’s what Rosario Gennaro and Alexander Gardner did.When they went online to register with parentProfiles.com, a website that lists prospective adoptive parents’ information, however, they ran into an unforeseen obstacle — discrimination. You see, Adoption Profiles, LLC, the company that runs the website, limits profiles to “Qualifying Husband and Wife Couples”.The same company chose to stop doing business in California rather than take on the state’s antidiscrimination laws after being sued in 2004. Now they may have to give up New York as well — Lambda Legal, a national, non-profit, civil rights organization, has filed, on behalf of Gennaro and Gardner, a discrimination complaint with the New York attorney general’s office.It’s a shame that someone would let their prejudice get in the way of finding a loving home for a child that needs one. “We are committed partners who can provide a loving home for the child,” says Gennaro. It’s too bad that Adoption Profiles won’t let a child into that loving home. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

baby smiles affect the brain like drugs
Filed under: Newborns, Babies, Development, In the newsWhen it comes to describing a baby’s smile, words like “addictive” and “intoxicating” are frequently used to explain the feeling those gummy rays of happiness have on exhausted parents when they finally appear on baby’s face at around 6 weeks of age. A recent study has people marveling just how accurate those descriptors were. When new mothers were shown photographs of smiling infants, the picture of their own smiling baby triggered a surge of dopamine in their brain, the same chemical the body produces when a person uses drugs, alcohol, or nicotine. These findings of the study may assist scientists in understanding why some mothers fail to bond with their children and lead to early treatment. Unattached parents can lead to children suffering from abuse or neglect. So when Huey Lewis sang about wanting a new drug, it turns out all he really needed was a baby! Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Amanda Peet calls non-vaccinating parents “parasites”
Filed under: Newborns, Babies, Toddlers, health & safety, Celeb parenting, Behaving badlyVaccinations are a hot-button topic that never fails to get parents on either side of the issued riled up. Amanda Peet, who will soon be appearing in a a pro-vaccination video, likely stirred the pot a little more with her recent comment to Cookie magazine.”I was shocked by the amount of misinformation floating around,” she said, “Particularly in Hollywood. Frankly, I feel that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are parasites.” Somewhere in Hollywood, Jenny McCarthy’s ears just started burning.Continue reading Amanda Peet calls non-vaccinating parents “parasites” Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Driver keeps mum on baby’s sex, daddy
Filed under: Pregnancy & birth, Bump watch, Life & style, Rumors, That’s entertainment Actress Minnie Driver is refusing to play the Hollywood game with her pregnancy. Unlike some stars, who finally give in the the pressure of the media, Driver is refusing to comment on the sex of her baby. She’s also sticking to her guns and not revealing who the baby daddy is. Naturally media tongues are wagging with rumor, but Minnie will not satisfy them. The actress, who is set to give birth any minute now, doesn’t know the sex of the baby, which makes it easier to keep that item a secret. Apparently the suspense is killing her, too (although she seems to think the baby is a girl)! Driver also revealed she has no plans for a C-section, stating she isn’t “looking for any type of intervention.” Good luck, Minnie! Time will certainly tell what the sex of the child is, but who knows if we’re ever going to find out who the daddy is. Who knows–maybe she’ll keep it up and the answer to that will be one of life’s great unresolved mysteries. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Church cancels teen gun giveaway
Filed under: Teens & tweens, health & safety, Weird but true, Religion & spiritualityI used to teach in an area where school shut down for two days once a year for hunting season and where gun safety classes were practically an extra-curricular activity. So I realize that there are some instances where a responsible teen, under reasonable adult supervision, may have a reason for handling a gun. I can’t think of any good reason, however, to put a semiautomatic assault rifle into the hands of a teen who may or may not have the knowledge or supervision to handle it correctly. But that’s what Windsor Hills Baptist church was planning to do as a incentive for teens to come their youth retreat. Organizers say that a shooting competition was part of last year’s event, and that a gun had been given away then too.The giveaway has been canceled, not because someone finally grew some common sense, but because an event organizer couldn’t attend. Maybe I just don’t know enough about guns. Can someone explain this to me? Is this appropriate? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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The Departed (Widescreen Edition) Martin Scorsese makes a welcome return to the mean streets (of Boston, in this case) with The Departed, hailed by many as Scorsese’s best film since Casino. Since this crackling crime thriller is essentially a Scorsese-stamped remake of the acclaimed 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, the film was intensely […]

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