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A mother’s decision not to give her child the swine flu shot has landed her in court. But it isn’t the government sending her there. It’s the child’s father.
Neither of the parents are being named to protect the identify of their nine-year-old daughter, but the Telegraph reported Dad wants his daughter to get the shot. Continue reading »
The Thanksgiving feast left most of us stuffed. For one in four American kids, though, just getting food on the table every day is enough of a struggle that the government is stepping in to help.
The New York Times ran an article this weekend looking at food stamp use. They found food stamps currently feeding one in four kids, and one in eight Americans overall. This is just a few weeks after a different report showed that half of America’s kids will rely on food stamps at some point during their childhoods.
A Falls River, Massachusetts was arrested last week after eye witnesses saw him lock his two sons, ages 6 and 3, into the trunk of his Pontiac Trans Am while he stepped into a sailing shop to run an errand.
Michael Monahan, 35, left his children alone for several minutes while he shopped, until onlookers called police. The reportedly distraught father told police that locking his kids in the trunk was a “game” that the boys enjoyed playing.
Last week Night at the Museum made its TV premiere, just in time to get kids excited for Night at the Museum 2 to hit DVD – and hopefully your shopping carts – this week.
Night at the Museum 2 hits shelves on Tuesday, and Babble found a crazy pre-order deal on the Web to help the pocketbook. Plus, we took a peek to see whether it’s worth the buy.
The verdict: Continue reading »
Clearly, live hand grenades make a poor gift for children. So too do gift certificates to the local strip club. And don’t even think about wrapping up some left over marijuana. Okay, so no one in their right mind would even for a moment consider any of those to be acceptable gifts for children — or adults, even. The Huffington Post, however, has compiled a list of 15 toys that aren’t much better and are clearly aimed directly at kids.
Workers at a children’s hospital aren’t being forced to submit to an H1N1 vaccine, so why are they suing the hospital? Because the facility is forcing those who don’t take the shot to wear a mask to protect the sick children from possible contamination.
A rep for the nurse’s union at the Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego told 10 News it’s like a scarlet letter that they’re being forced to wear. Continue reading »
Pets can be a real pain. You have to feed them, clean up after them, play with them — why, they’re almost as bad as kids. At least you don’t have to pay for college for your collie. This year, it seems that the hot gift for the holidays is a hamster. Don’t worry about having to clean out any cages, though — these rodents are robotic.
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