Babble Wrap: 08.01.09: Survey Reveals Australian Kids Want More Freedom
Posted by Amber Robinson at 11:39 AM on January 8, 2009
Survey reveals Australian kids want more freedom
A Cartoon Network survey has found even 11-year-olds want to hang out with friends in the holidays, parents are often unwilling to let them break preferring to keep their children at close range well into the teenage years. news.com.au
Mother gives birth at home… then FIVE hours later gets up to make Christmas dinner
Karen Holmes was woken at 5am on December 25 by the onset of labour pains and by 7.42am she had given birth, at home, to a 7lb 4oz boy. After a few hours’ rest, she was up and in the kitchen preparing the festive dinner for her partner and two daughters. Daily Mail
Dogs kill child, maul young sister
A three-year-old girl was killed and her 15-month-old sister injured after the girls and their babysitter were set upon by two large dogs in NSW. SMH
11 things to hate about the word ‘Mum’
Let’s be honest, you spend maternity leave trying to coax your baby to say the m-word and it’s downhill from then. Once they’re past age five they make the transition to calling you “mum” in an “I want something” whine, eventually petering out to a grunt in their teenage years. Alpha Mummy
US teen birth rate continues to rise
The US teen birth rate has risen by 40 per cent, with some experts have blamed the national increase on increased federal funding for abstinence-only health education that does not teach teens how to use condoms and other contraception. MSNBC
Jilted hsuband wants ex-wife to return kidney
A Long Island surgeon who donated a kidney to his wife wants it back – or $1.5 million in cash – because she cheated on him. NY Daily News
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