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Nothing to Fear in Public School as Costco

Author/radio host/mom Sandra Tsing Loh outlines latest quest

(Newser) - For many urban, middle-class parents, sending kids to public school is a terrifying prospect. If you’re among that fretting class, Sandra Tsing Loh has a message: Chill out. In Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting, Loh recounts her own journey through the school conundrum, and realizes...

UK Weighs Taking Fat Kids From Parents

Dangerously chubby children may end up in social service system

(Newser) - Local government leaders in Britain warn that they may need to take drastic action to protect the health of dangerously overweight children—including taking them away from their parents, the Independent reports. They predict that a million British children will be clinically obese within four years, and that the social...

Tenn. Dad Saves Son From Bear
 Tenn. Dad Saves Son From Bear
Aug 13, 2008 7:21 AM CDT

Tenn. Dad Saves Son From Bear

Pop uses rocks to beat back bear in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

(Newser) - A desperate dad pried open the jaws of a black bear and pelted him with rocks as the animal attacked his 8-year-old son during a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. "The bear was staring at me," said the boy, Evan Pala, who was...

Reality TV: Bad for Child Stars?
 Reality TV: Bad for Child Stars?
Jul 26, 2008 5:41 PM CDT

Reality TV: Bad for Child Stars?

Critics says it's exploitation, but others call it education

(Newser) - CBS’ Kid Nation has drawn its share of controversy, which hasn’t stopped a new crop of kid-centric reality shows from cropping up. NBC is letting teenagers care for babies and toddlers on The Baby Borrowers; a Nickelodeon channel probes children’s emotions on The N’s Student Body; and...

Obamas Keep Girls' Feet on Ground

Despite bid for White House, girls don't feel special because dad's running for prez

(Newser) - It can be hard enough to keep kids grounded, but Barack and Michelle Obama's task might be complicated by his quest to be the most powerful leader in the world. Not so, the Obamas tell People, in a look at how they keep it real on the campaign trail. The...

Junkie-Turned-Reporter Writes His Own Story

Former addict, now a Times journalist, reports on his dark past

(Newser) - The junkie's tale of redemption is nearly a cliché by now, and David Carr acknowledges as much as he writes his own. But Carr, now a reporter for the New York Times, takes pains not to sugar-coat the years he spent as a "fat thug who beat up women...

How to Work Museums Into Kids' Summers

Teach your cubs something—and make sure they, and you, actually enjoy it

(Newser) - For kids, summer means endless hours at the pool—but parents don't want them to grow up culturally underfed cretins, either. Emily Bazelon offers Slate readers a few suggestions for turning a summer museum trip into an outing the young'uns (and you) will actually enjoy:
  • Keep it simple. Kids have
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Jerry to Mick's Kids: Don't Date Men Like Dad

Jagger girls have more confidence than to date womanizers

(Newser) - Mick Jagger’s ex stomached his philandering for 20 years but Jerry Hall insists their daughters—Elizabeth, 21, and Georgia May, 15—will never date a wild womanizer like their Rolling Stones dad, the Daily Mail reports. “No, never. But I don't think they would. They have far more...

A Call for Dads to Step Up
 A Call for Dads to Step Up  
opinion
Jun 14, 2008 2:10 PM CDT

A Call for Dads to Step Up

Fatherless upbringing can help doom kids

(Newser) - As Father’s Day approaches, it’s important to recognize that alarming numbers of America’s youth don’t know their fathers, leaving them feeling like “throwaway people,” writes Juan Williams in the Wall Street Journal. The lack of a dad “to push them, discipline them,”...

Jolie Talks Mommies, Killers
 Jolie Talks Mommies, Killers 
Jun 12, 2008 12:33 PM CDT

Jolie Talks Mommies, Killers

Actress gives scoop on 2 very diverse roles

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie was shocked to learn she and Brad Pitt were expecting twins but also, perhaps unnecessarily, tells Entertainment Weekly that pregnancy can be good for the sex life. She also discusses talking politics with Clint Eastwood, the challenges of getting ready to have six kids under 8, Billy Bob...

Mommy Spears-est Memoir Unshelved

Parenting book had been on hold after Jamie Lynne turned up preggers

(Newser) - Lynn Spears’ book about raising daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn will hit stores in the fall, the publisher tells People. Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World was shelved when Jamie Lynn became pregnant last year. A spokesman for the publisher says the...

Summer Tips for Greener Kids
 Summer Tips
 for Greener Kids 
Jun 12, 2008 10:14 AM CDT

Summer Tips for Greener Kids

Going outside would be a good first step

(Newser) - Summer is the perfect season to turn your rugrats into ecomaniacs, as warm weather and school vacations collide. Grist lists some basic steps to green up your family’s summer:
  1. Get outside: The best way to commune with nature is to experience it first-hand, but the time kids spend outdoors
...

45 Reasons to Have a Kid. ASAP
 45 Reasons to Have a Kid. ASAP 
Jun 5, 2008 2:38 PM CDT

45 Reasons to Have a Kid. ASAP

Babble : The world is changing for the better, so procreate. Now.

(Newser) - If you're planning on having a kid at some point then now's the perfect time, advises Babble, which lists 45 reasons to produce a curtain-climber without delay. Here are the top 5:
  1. Halvies: Unlike the old days, fathers are expected to do half the dirty work like changing diapers
  1. Your
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Tatum Thanks Cops for Drug Bust

O'Neal says arrest saved her from backsliding

(Newser) - Tatum O’Neal is thanking the police who busted her for buying drugs Sunday. "Just when I was about to change that and wreck my life, the cops came and saved me!" the actress tells New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser. She says the death of her Scottish...

Want a Skinny Kid? Don't Tell Her She's Fat

Chunky teens pushed by parents to diet fare worse than peers

(Newser) - A new study of obese teens has produced a counterintuitive indication: Parents should under no circumstances tell pudgy youngsters to diet, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. A group of teens correctly identified by parents as overweight and encouraged to diet were more likely to still be chunky 5 years later than...

Angelina: Woman, Uninterrupted
 Angelina:
 Woman,
 Uninterrupted 
GLOSSIES
Jun 2, 2008 11:56 AM CDT

Angelina: Woman, Uninterrupted

Vanity Fair gets in touch with Jolie's feminine sides: actress, daughter, mom

(Newser) - The every mood and move of "Brangelina" results in frantic flashbulbs and screaming headlines, but when Rich Cohen sat down with Angelina Jolie for Vanity Fair, he found a complete woman whose life perhaps imitates her art. The "ultimate avatar of fantasies," her onscreen roles have reflected...

Sect Moms Say Kids Scarred
 Sect Moms Say Kids Scarred 
May 29, 2008 12:39 PM CDT

Sect Moms Say Kids Scarred

State blasted ahead of ruling on whether it had right to take custody

(Newser) - Taking young children away from their parents has harmful effects, say mothers from the polygamist sect in Texas, and numerous studies agree—which is why federal and state guidelines require a “reasonable effort” to keep children with their parents before removing them. Texas authorities don't appear to have done...

Cruise Threatens Baby Shop Over Leaks

$400K spending spree on Suri?

(Newser) - Always-bristling actor Tom Cruise had his attorney read the riot act to a luxury Los Angeles baby boutique for allegedly leaking word that he and wife Katie Holmes went on a $400,000 buying binge after their daughter, Suri, was born. The owner of the Petit Tresor, who received a...

Germany Seizes 'eBay Baby'
Germany Seizes 'eBay Baby'
May 24, 2008 6:53 PM CDT

Germany Seizes 'eBay Baby'

Couple listed son 'as a joke,' but unamused cops suspect child trafficking

(Newser) - Germany has taken a seven-month-old baby from his parents after they tried to sell him on eBay, the BBC reports. The yet-unnamed child was advertised as “nearly-new” and had a starting price of one euro. “It was only a joke,” the child’s mother said. “I...

This Is 'Playing.' This Is 'Outside.'
This Is 'Playing.' This Is 'Outside.'
OPINION
May 16, 2008 5:48 PM CDT

This Is 'Playing.' This Is 'Outside.'

Backlash against oversheltering kids gains some traction

(Newser) - Using the flap over a New York 9-year-old allowed to find his own way home from Bloomingdale's as an example of a sea change, Rosa Brooks, writing in the Los Angeles Times, reminds us that allowing children to be outside on their own used to be the norm. "'Play,...

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