Posted by cole gamble on November 18th, 2009 at 10:00 am

Day Care Sells Cocaine

image of cocaine Day Care Sells Cocaine Finding a good day care is so hard these days, you have to accept compromises. Maybe your kid’s day care is a little pricey, doesn’t stay open as late as you’d like, or maybe the day care sells cocaine.

An Arkansas couple was arrested for selling cocaine out of the same house where they operate a day care. Husband Timothy Boston got caught in a sting operation by police. Catching a whiff of the jig being up, Boston fled to Texas where he was arrested. His wife, Denise, was arrested at the couple’s home/child care center the same day.

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Posted by bethanysanders on November 16th, 2009 at 10:00 am

They Say - Arguments Are All Mom’s Fault

3968783385 80116c79e61 They Say Arguments Are All Moms Fault A survey of 3,000 British families found that arguments break out among family members about three times a day — adding up to four solid days of arguing a year.

That’s it? Four days? I might have guessed a little higher.

The survey also found that most arguments are “caused” by moms.

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Posted by CFagan on November 5th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

Keeping Kids Safe Behind the Wheel

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The parents of Hamilton County, IN want to reduce teen traffic accidents in a big way, and have come up with safe driving initiatives called Now Think Now and Buckle Down.

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Posted by CFagan on November 3rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm

Should You Tell Your Kid You Were Canned?

fired 287x300 Should You Tell Your Kid You Were Canned? So you figured that it would happen at one point in your life and it finally did. You’ve been fired. Pink-slipped. Handed your walking papers. Now what on earth do you tell the kids?

My initial gut would have been to sugarcoat it…spin a fairy tale worthy of Walt Disney himself. But then I read a piece in the Huffington Post by Mika Brzezinski’s, co-anchor of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. A few years before landing the cable gig, Brzezinski was a hot shot at CBS News: anchor of the weekend newscast and correspondent for 60 Minutes Wednesday. A network shakeup sent her to the unemployment line, clutching a severance package and a bruised ego.

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Posted by bethanysanders on November 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 pm

What Would You Give Up for Your Child?

As parents, we’re used to making sacrifices for our kids. We sacrifice “me” time to play yet another game of Chutes and Ladders. We sacrifice designer clothing and high-priced vacations to sock money away for college. And sometimes, we sacrifice time with our kids in order to put a roof over their heads and food on the table.

But sometimes, our kids need an even bigger gift, a sacrifice that says, “Yes. I can put my own needs aside and do that for you.” In his column “Modern Love,” Joe Blair writes about that gift and why he’s giving it to his special needs son.

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Posted by Roger Sinasohn on October 22nd, 2009 at 12:25 pm

Every Kid Deserves A Family

mg 3269 crop Every Kid Deserves A Family Kids are different from grown-ups: they don’t know everything, they can’t take care of themselves, and they have much to learn. That’s why they need parents and caregivers — to teach them what they don’t know, take care of them, and keep real world distractions at bay so that they can concentrate on learning, growing, and maturing. Unfortunately, for a myriad of reasons, not all kids have families.