Women Shamed Outside Court for Stealing from Kid
Two adult women stood outside a Pennsylvania courthouse for four and a half hours with giant signs: “I stole from a nine-year-old on her birthday! Don’t steal or this could happen to you!”
A little girl had placed her gift card on a shelf while a Wal-Mart employee assisted her - ostensibly with her purchases. Continue reading »
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They Say: Born in Winter, You’ll Never Catch Up
What if the day you’re born, you could already tell how long you’ll live and how well you’ll do in school? Scientists think they can.
But where studies have long posited that a winter birthday is to blame for poor test scores, lower earnings and poor long-term health, there’s a new theory about birthdays. Continue reading »
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Baby Girl Born on 9/9/09 Has Sister Born on 8/8/08
Remember the baby who was born on 9/9/09 at 9:09? She’s not the only star in this numbers game. Arkansas woman Alison Miller, husband is Andy, gave birth to daughter Molly Reid on September 9th — special, but not quite as flashy as a baby who can time it to the minute.
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Born at 9:09 on 9/9/09
To all those people who lined up at City Hall to be married on 9/9/09, you’ve just been topped. A mom in Queens gave birth to her baby girl at 9:09 a.m. on, you guessed it, Sept. 9.
And no, it wasn’t a planned birth. Continue reading »
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Postal Worker Convicted for Stealing from Kid’s Birthday Cards
And finally, a whole new definition of going postal: a guy who works in a post office and steals money from little kids’ birthday cards.
Do you think he was just mad that people violated the rules and stuck cash in the mail? Yeah, I doubt it, but either way Dean Hudson of California’s going to jail. Continue reading »
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Two Parents and a Birthday Party? Never
I had a slightly out-of-the-ordinary request on a birthday party invite this week: “To keep the ratio more kids to adults, we suggest only one parent accompany one’s toddler.”
With the mom heavily pregnant, and their daughter’s last birthday party plenty massive, I could totally understand the request. It did get me thinking, however, about how rare it is that I see TWO parents attend a birthday party with their kids anyway. Continue reading »
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Kids + Clothes = Crappy Gift?
There were plenty of rocking gifts at my daughter’s birthday party over the weekend, but some of the best of the bunch were supposed to bore my daughter to tears.
At least that’s what my friend’s boyfriend said as she picked out a pair of shorts and two cute tops for the birthday party. You don’t get kids clothes for their birthday, he said. Continue reading »
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Happy Birthday, Let’s Eat Junk
Pick up time at my daughter’s nursery school is always hectic, but nothing like this. I could hear the shrieks from the sidewalk.
Walking into the church hall where her classes are held, the echo factor forced me to scrunch my shoulder up toward my ears. They were all on sugar overload. Oh yeah, and it was all my fault. Continue reading »
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Hey Kid, Open Your D*$M Present
Part of being a parent is attending a LOT of kiddie birthday parties. And when I tell you things have changed, I don’t just mean the size of the affairs.
When did kids stop opening presents during their parties? Continue reading »
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