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New Survey Reveals More Teenagers Try Drugs and Alcohol During the Summer
While the summer months are supposed to fun and a much needed break from the previous school year, a new survey finds that many teens are using their summer vacation to try drugs and alcohol.
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Can Spanking Your Children Lead to Mental Illness?
While some parents prefer the use of non-violent disciplinary actions against their mischievous children, others take no shame in dishing out some good old-fashioned corporal punishment as a means of teaching little junior some of the lessons of life.
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When Should Kids With ADHD Start Taking Medication?
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Judge Punishes Teen By Having Her Ponytail Chopped Off – Is It Fair?
You’ve certainly heard of “an eye for an eye,” but what about a ponytail for a ponytail?
In a strange criminal trial that was recently adjudicated in Utah, 13-year-old Kaytlen Lopan stood accused of the confusing crime of befriending a 3-year-old she met at a McDonald’s and then cutting off her ponytail right then and there.
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Smartphones Are the Chic New Way to Keep Babies Quiet
In years past, parents would often quiet a crying child by giving him a toy or popping a pacifier in his mouth. But these days, it’s more likely that fussy kid will wind up with mom’s cell phone instead.
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What Parents Need to Know When Their Kids Move Back Home
Most kids eagerly await the day when they get to move out on their own to either go to college or simply join the workforce and live by their own rules.
However, sometimes things do not work out quite like junior thought he might – giving him no option but to move back home to live with mommy and daddy.
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Which Cities in America Are the Best for Raising a Family?
When considering the best possible place to raise your children, certain criteria should be top of mind. Things like a safe family-friendly neighborhood as well as an exceptional school system are great places to start.
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Mother Outraged Over Daughter’s Award for ‘Most Homework Excuses’
Humorous academic superlatives are generally handed out in high school yearbooks. Maybe it’s best to keep it that way because a ”Catastrophe Award” for having the most homework excuses given to a third grader at Desert Springs Academy in Arizona is causing controversy.
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Mother of Boy in Washing Machine Speaks Out on ‘Today’
Sakia David, the New Jersey mom of a one-year-old boy who became trapped in a washing machine while being watched by a babysitter, is fighting mad and wants to press charges, she told ‘Today.’
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Should Young Children Be Allowed on Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg Says Yes
Facebook only allows people 13 and over to sign up for an account — but the social site’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, wants that to change.
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Michigan Mom Leaves 5 Children Unattended to Visit Boyfriend in Jail
May 11, 2012 29-year-old Jessica Abernathy from Lawrence, Michigan, has been charged with child endangerment after she left 5 children unattended while she visited her boyfriend in the Van Buren County jail.