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My Monkey Baby!
Had enough with those ‘human’ daughters? Get yourself a pretty princess ‘monkey baby’! Britain's Channel4 is currently airing a documentary entitled My Monkey Baby that chronicles the bond between Lori and Jim Johnson - an American couple - and their Capuchin monkey Jessica Marie. “If I hear anyone call her a monkey I throw a fit,” says...
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They Say: TV Impairs Kids’ Speech
Here's one for the No Need to Panic files: TV impairs speech development. A new study shows that for every hour a child spends in front of the television, parents speak 770 fewer words. That's both when the parents are watching the show with the child and when they've just plopped the kid in front of the set to take a shower. Also, when the TV i...
Arts & Culture
The Babble List: 25 Best Fictional Parents
Remember when you'd come home from a hard band practice, and your mum poured you a glass of milk and your dad offered homespun wisdom that made everything better? Wait, that wasn't your parents — that was Clair and Heathcliff Huxtable on afternoon Cosby re-runs. Pop culture has always been full of enviable parents, and for a generation of la...
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Move Over Teletubbies – BBC Debuts Waybuloo
Move over Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. There may be new quartet of cute characters that may take over the British TV kid throne. The new animated/live action show Waybulloo debuts tomorrow on the BBC. The series features four cherub-esque Piplings named Lau Lau, De Li, Nok Tok and Yojojo. The crew traipses across the countryside helpi...
Insight
TV-Free
My family doesn't own a television. Our boys don't watch TV. And here's the thing: this is not about you. I didn't want to let the no-TV thing slip. I don't, usually. But my five-year-old spilled the beans when your daughter mentioned Dora and now you're opening your mouth to speak and I know what's coming. So please believe that my choice to rais...
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Baby Einstein Wants You To Feel Good About TV
You might think that making millions of dollars would be enough. But the Baby Einstein Company also wants you to like them. "While we understand and support the importance of the discussion and research on screen time for infants and toddlers, we want to ensure that you are also getting the full picture as it relates to Baby Einstein products."...
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TV Is Neither Good Nor Bad For Babies
Cross the great TV debate off your parental worry list. According to a new study from the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital Boston, television "doesn't seem to have an influence on cognition at age 3." This is despite the fact that 30 percent of parents surveyed believe that watching TV actually helps babies get smarter....
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How Do You Explain Disability To Kids?
Cbeebies, the British children's television channel, have recently hired Cerrie Burnell as a presenter. Ms Burnell, who was born with only one hand, has mostly been a welcome addition to the channel. However, there are a small minority of parents who are concerned that Ms Burnell's condition will frighten their children. One father on an onl...
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ABC Brings Us The ‘Sadistic Bitch’ Method Of Parenting
Last night ABC1 showed the first episode of it's anticipated UK reality series Bringing Up Baby. The premise of the show is interesting: six families choose one of three influential childcare manuals from the last century and practice their chosen method for the first few months of their new babies' lives. The books range from cry-it-out to at...
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