How Kids Slowly Kill A Restaurant
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How Kids Slowly Kill A Restaurant

Loud shrieks, broken plates and food ground into the carpet aren’t the only reasons restaurants can be a bit grudging when parents show up with their kids. Restaurants that welcome — but don’t particularly cater to — children, are getting killed at the end of the night, especially in this rough economy. One restaurant in California’s B...
Advert: Cadbury Kids’ Eyebrows
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Advert: Cadbury Kids’ Eyebrows

Just how on earth did they do this - without getting put up on charges of child abuse?!...
Nude Awakening
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Nude Awakening

My ten-year-old son storms into my bedroom, plants his feet, fixes his eyes on me and bellows, "I can't take it anymore. He won't stop banging his drums when I'm trying to play Guitar Hero! Can you pleeeeeeeease help me? Now?" "Sure — just give me two secs." He huffs back towards the playroom, glancing over his shoulder...
The Babble Do-It-Myself Guide
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The Babble Do-It-Myself Guide

"I can do it myself!" Surely, a battle cry for the ages? well, ages 2-18. In the spirit of the DIY revolution, we've put together our own home schooling guide, Babble style. Here are 25+ tips and how-to's for teaching kids lots of useful and, frankly, not-so-useful-but-really-fun new skills, from floating in the pool to curing an ice-cream heada...
Kids’ Nuclear Power Toy Sets Off Radiation Alert
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Kids’ Nuclear Power Toy Sets Off Radiation Alert

Most kids play house. Pirates. Unemployed mortgage broker (hey, you go with what you know). But a couple of kids in Germany were entirely more hip to the world. Two little boys were playing nuclear power station when they had to go home for dinner. Their abandoned “power station” prompted a scare that closed down their entire town. A pass...
Dropping F-Bombs On Facebook: NSF Kids?
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Dropping F-Bombs On Facebook: NSF Kids?

I was pissed, and I needed to let out steam. So I left it in my Facebook status: a big ol’ F-bomb. And now I’ve got a situation of a possible “un-friending,” from an angry grandmother who thinks the F-word doesn’t belong on Facebook. WTF? My original message, or status report, was put up Thursday. It said “To the f—wad who wa...
Why Are People Such Jerks To Children?
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Why Are People Such Jerks To Children?

There’s a worth-reading post over at Hipmama.com under the headline “Kids Are People” that makes some great points about the incredible double standard so many people apply to what’s considered “respect” when interacting with children versus with adults, not to mention how willing we are to offer our decidedly uninformed opinions (good,...
What Do Your Kids Think About?
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What Do Your Kids Think About?

Sometimes I'll catch my three-year-old son staring off into space, looking so pensive I just have to ask him, "Ronan, what are you thinking about?" He'll turn to me and say, "Gooky poopy head!" So much for deep thoughts. But I do wonder what my kids think about. My efforts at conversation with them are mostly thwarted — How was school?...
They Say: Parents Don’t Care If Boys Get Fat
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They Say: Parents Don’t Care If Boys Get Fat

A study that set out to determine whether restricting what and how much your child eats would eventually lead to obesity (it doesn't; more on that in a second) uncovered a dirty little secret: Parents care more about keeping their daughters skinny than letting their sons get fat. That actually came as no surprise to me and probably not you ei...
Young Lady GaGa Copycats Flood YouTube
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Young Lady GaGa Copycats Flood YouTube

I’m not one to get too bent out of shape if I hear kids singing along with Lady GaGa or Beyonce. Throughout primary school, I listened to songs with risqué lyrics (I remember performing a dance to “Like a Virgin” to my shell-shocked parents in fourth grade), and I didn’t end up pole dancing for a living. But neither did I videotape myself...
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Celebrity Sighting: Hugh Jackman Takes Ava Out For Ice Cream

3:15 PM Yeah, no wonder Hugh Jackman’s kids seem to adore him. Not only is he a hands-on dad and always playing with them, he also treats them to ice cream! Hugh was spotted in New York... read more

Rebecca Gayheart Takes Billie For A Checkup

2:15 PM Rebecca and hubby Eric Dane were spotted in Los Angeles yesterday, leaving the paediatrician's office with two-week-old Billie Beatrice in tow. Only two weeks after giving birth... read more

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Big Deal: All Kids T-Shirts Are $US12 At Busted Tees

4:30 PM A good way to start thinking positively about a change of season is to start figuring out what kind of awesome t-shirts you’re going to make your kids wear. Today over at Busted... read more

EcoSaucer: The Environmentally Friendly Frisbee

2:30 PM Both figuratively and literally green, the EcoSaucer is an environmentally smart Frisbee alternative made from recycled plastic milk jugs that are collected, processed and assem... read more
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