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blogs.babble.com - 30 hours ago
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That headline might be a little misleading. The
parents in question didn’t win the battle with their
children over doing their daily homework. No, these parents went to court to have their children declared legally exempt from being assigned homework in the first place.
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Canadian Parents Win Homework Battle
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blogs.babble.com - 2 days ago
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If you think you are making a better
choice for your kids by serving fruit juice instead
of soda, think again.
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Fruit Juice as Bad as Soda?
blogs.babble.com - 4 days ago
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, there
were 115,779 women in prison as of 2008. Of
those women, most are single mothers. So what becomes of a child whose only parent is serving time? At the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, OH, babies are serving time with their mothers.
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Babies Behind Bars: Ohio Prison Program for Mothers
blogs.babble.com - 6 days ago
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According to the Urban Dictionary, “meep”is sometimes used
in place of a swear word, but is also
often used as an exclamation (ouch!), as a greeting, or just as a random fill-in word expressing happiness. As versatile as “meep” is, there is one place where you cannot use it: at Danvers High School.
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Meep Banned at High School
blogs.babble.com - 7 days ago
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While most eighth graders would agree that sexual
innuendo and risque jokes are just part of being
a teenager, they are usually shared by classmates, not teachers. Likewise, getting in trouble at school for an off-color joke is generally the job of kids, not faculty.
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Kansas Teacher Fired Over Florida Joke
blogs.babble.com - 8 days ago
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In a move that should surprise absolutely no
one, Wayne County school administrators in North Carolina have
put the brakes on a planned cash-for-grades fundraiser at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro.
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Cash-For-Grades Fundraiser Dropped
blogs.babble.com - 10 days ago
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The Environmental Health Sciences Organization has been studying
the effects of certain vinegars on children and what
they have discovered could potentially change the way many of us cook.
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Vinegar Can Be Hazardous to Kids' Health
blogs.babble.com - 14 days ago
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Kellogg’s Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies are being
taken down a notch with the food company agreeing
to remove the banner from their boxes that claim the cereals help boost immunity.
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Rice Krispies Won't Prevent Swine Flu After All
blogs.babble.com - 14 days ago
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A popular YouTube video shows a young man
in a car at a McDonald’s drive-through. It isn’t
clear in what city this rapping McDonald’s video took place, but it probably wasn't American Fork, Utah.
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Teens Cited for Rapping at McDonalds
blogs.babble.com - 16 days ago
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Think your kids are stressed? According to the
American Psychological Association, you don’t know the half of
it.
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Kids More Stressed Than We Think
blogs.babble.com - 18 days ago
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According to researchers, there is one thing that
women undergoing artificial insemination can do that might help
increase their chances of getting pregnant: Nothing.
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Lie Still to Get Pregnant
blogs.babble.com - 18 days ago
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Kids are neglecting studies and friends to fake
farm in Farmville.
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Facebook Farmville a Classroom Obsession
blogs.babble.com - 21 days ago
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We are all taking great care to protect
ourselves and our children from H1N1, but what about
our pet?
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Pets and Swine Flu
blogs.babble.com - 23 days ago
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...an ABC News article suggests that the mother
at the center of the Balloon Boy hoax might
be a little too devoted and raises the question of whether she may in act be an abused wife suffering at the hands of a domineering husband.
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Balloon Mom: Why She Fessed Up
blogs.babble.com - 24 days ago
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From warnings all the way to expulsion, school
teachers and administrators have many tools at their disposal
when it comes to disciplining unruly students. But as an employee at Palmer Elementary School in Denver has learned, none of these acceptable means of discipline involve duct tape.
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School Administrator Tapes Student's Mouth
