Justin Bieber Rep Jailed for Not Using Twitter
We knew Twitter messages could lose you your job, but who knew you could go to jail for NOT using Twitter?
A record label representative working with teen pop star Justin Bieber was sent to jail this weekend for not getting on the star’s Twitter account and warning his fans to calm down. Continue reading »
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Tags: Disney, Jeanne Sager, Justin Bieber, kid music, teen girls, teen music, tween girls, twitter
3-Year-Old Drives Into Building
The “driver” behind a traffic accident in Zanesville, Ohio this year won’t be able to get his license for another thirteen years. He’s only three.
Left alone in a running car, the three-year-old knocked the car out of gear, sending it rolling backward into an apartment building. Continue reading »
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Tags: car accident, car accident with kids, Jeanne Sager, kid at the wheel, kid driving
Parents Get a Bill for Kids’ Detention
If your kids are troublemakers, it could one day hit you in the pocketbook. And we’re not talking bail. A New Jersey school has announced plans to charge parents a fee for keeping their kids after school in detention.
The fee would cover the cost of paying a teacher for the after school time, but parents are angry that the district is adding to their financial woes. Continue reading »
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Train Door Shuts 3-Year-Old Out While Dad Rides Away
It played out like my number one fear when hopping a subway with my toddler - Dad got on the train, with his three-year-old son behind him. He thought.
Instead a malfunctioning door shut the three-year-old outside on the platform, and the train pulled away with Dad frantically watching through the window. Continue reading »
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Tags: child safety, Jeanne Sager, subway safety, train safety, trains
Opening that Moral Vacuum of New Moon for the Vatican
You’ve got to wonder who at the Vatican sits down to watch teen movies before swiftly denouncing them as coming from a sordid den of iniquity (aka. Hollywood). New Moon may be sappy and sophomoric, but did they bother to catch the flick before calling it a “moral vacuum with a deviant message?”
Advance warning on a few spoilers here, but we’re going to disagree. Largely because as sappy as it is, the second installment in the Twilight saga is rife with a few moral lessons made startling by their presence in a film so popular with today’s average teen. Continue reading »
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Tags: Jeanne Sager, moral lessons in New Moon, new moon, New Moon and the Vatican, Stephenie Meyer, twilight, vampires, werewolves
Baby’s First Taser For Playground Brawls?
The next time you hear a kid on the playground screaming “don’t tase me, bro,” you might want to come running. Because now Kid Fun’s got a “Tazzr” just for them.
My First Tazzr promises your kid can subdue another within 2.1 seconds, ensuring their reign as king or queen of the playground. Continue reading »
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Tags: behavior, discipline, don't tase me bro, Jeanne Sager, My First Tazzr, Olie Bollen, Playdate, playground, punishment, taser, tasering kids, tasing kids, Tazzr
School Paper Shut Down for Being Too Honest
Kids were writing stories about teen pregnancy, shoplifting and honor students who drink and do drugs. So did the school call an intervention? No, they shut down the student newspaper.
The Stevenson High School paper has long been regarded as one of the most hard hitting in terms of high school journalism. Earlier this year, an issue on “hooking up” disappeared. Continue reading »
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2-Year-Old Delivers Baby Brother
You hear stories about dad delivering the baby all the time. But who ever heard of a two-year-old stepping in to catch his baby brother?
Two-year-old Jeremiah Favazza literally helped mom Bobbye push brother Kamron into the world. Continue reading »
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Burglars Pause to Heat Bottle for Crying Baby
It was either the holiday spirit or two robbers really wanted a crying baby to shut up. They stopped midway through an armed robbery to heat up the baby’s bottle.
Then they untied the family’s teenage son so he could feed the baby. Continue reading »
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In Defense of the Editor Who Reported Teacher’s Dirty Net Comments
A teacher who was spending the school day online posting vulgar comments on a local newspaper’s website has lost his job. So why is everyone mad at the editor who turned him in to school officials?
Kurt Greenbaum of the St. Louis Post Dispatch e-mailed the school when he noticed the it was the source linked to a commenter who had repeatedly tried posting a dirty word for part of the female anatomy. Continue reading »
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