Filed under: Kids 8-11 , Teens & tweens , Health & safety , In the news , Environment , Media Lately, my seven-year-old has shown an interest in playing a rather bloody video game. It’s not exactly violent, but involves a skateboarder who bleeds profusely whenever he wipes out. I refuse to let her play because I don’t like the way the bright red blood oozes realistically across the pavement. Of course it isn’t real, but I am uncomfortable with the idea that she will become desensitized to the sight of massive amounts of flowing blood. Clearly there are many parents who have no such qualms when it comes to blood, gore and assorted acts of violence. According to the journal Pediatrics, an estimated 2.5 million kids ages 10 to 14 watch R rated movies , often with parental permission. The researchers gave 6,522 kids a list of movies, 40 if them rated R and chosen for their extreme graphic violence. When asked to list which ones they had seen, an averag...
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Kids march to protest high gas pricesFrom: go-celebritybaby.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 15:02:00
Filed under: Kids 5-7 , Kids 8-11 , In the news , That’s entertainment Yesterday, my seven year old and I had a conversation about high gas prices. This talk was prompted by my refusal to buy her a new pair of summer shoes and my insistence that we see the cheaper matinee showing of Kung Fu Panda rather than wait for the evening show. I don’t know how much of this economic lesson she really understood, but suffice it so say that she has now joined the ranks of those bummed a...
more Keeping tabs on schoolkidsFrom: go-celebritybaby.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 14:03:00
Filed under: Kids 5-7 , Kids 8-11 , Education Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been used for years to track inventory; now, one school district in Rhode Island is planning to use the technology to track students . RFID chips will be put into the kids’ schoolbags and read by devices installed in the district’s two school buses. The buses will also have GPS units to track their position. Parents and school administrators would be able to track the lo...
more Did lightning strike with Don Imus?From: go-celebritybaby.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 13:00:00
Filed under: Behaving badly , In the news , Media , That’s entertainment
As a person, you know that some people never learn . You see and hear this fact every day. As a parent, you will, at some point, no doubt be forced to share this delightful bit of information with your children, even as you try to teach them to be people who do learn from their mistakes and shortcomings. Sometimes it’s tough to do when those people who never learn continue to be on the receiving end ...
more Product Recall: Jardine cribsFrom: go-celebritybaby.com
Post Date: 2008-06-25 12:03:00
Filed under: Newborns , Babies , Health & safety , Baby essentials , Sleep , Shopping & recalls The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 320,000 Jardine Cribs due to a strangulation hazard. The crib slats and spindles can break, creating a gap in which a baby’s head could become entrapped. There have been 42 such incidents with four children suffering minor injuries. The cribs were manufactured in China and Vietnam for Jardine Enterprises ...
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