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I just pulled down from the attic the bagful of plastic eggs my sister and I refill every year for the Easter egg hunt we set up for our children. We fill the eggs with candy but also with all kinds of non-edible treats. ...

Quaids go public to fight errors
As discussed at length on 60 Minutes last evening, Dennis Quaid’s twins were hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last November for treatment for a staph infection. Babies get Heparin in their IV catheters to ......

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The results are in: Six-word memoirs
I asked for six-word memoirs last week and so far over 60 of you have chimed in with funny, thoughtful and, touching responses. Creating a six-word memoir is a fun exercise. If you haven’t already joined in, I encourage you to take a ......

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Birth certificates for stillborns?
The reasoning behind birth certificates for stillborns is that the official documentation recognizes, in a meaningful way, the who died. Nebraska women who delivered stillborns told the Associated Press that having a birth ......

But ask her if, after hearing the string of the doll pulled for the 1000th time - and that’s by 7:15 am… and Janie only got up at 6:30… if patient Mommy has ever wanted to hang that baby doll by a noose, and you’ll hear a different ...

Is your child gifted? Do you even care? Part I
For all the noise I make about giftedness these days, it’s easy to assume I was always like this. I wasn’t. I used to be a person who believed (strongly) that children always learn something worthwhile at school, even if it’s not ......

Phone calls from school are never any good, so when my caller ID showed the number for Zachary’s school yesterday afternoon, I dreaded answering. I expected the voice on the other side to be the secretary (Zac’s sick), his teacher (Zac ...

Family Matters: Week of March 7-March 14
news1.jpg This week’s news about parenting, education, family life, and children’s health:. Maternal instinct hardwired in mother’s brain: New York Times. Trace amounts of drugs found in US drinking water: Associated Press ......

Thanks to all the readers who commented last week on my post entitled Baby names you don’t hear every day (thank goodness). I laughed at Jordan’s story about someone she knows who is called Beegee because her birth certificate was never ...

Your toddler is lying to you - that’s the truth
A new article came out in New York News & Features about the truth behind kids and lying. Its not terribly long and really worth the read. Having recently been disappointed by my own 4 year-old’s new foray into deception, I was relieved ......

A majority of readers of my post about Vaccine injury award for autism used the words “scared” or “scary” in their reactions. Many felt that acknowledgment of compensation due to this unfortunate family is a long-overdue government ...

What’s mine is now his
In a chair at our four-chair kitchen table sits a stuffed white bear. My husband gave him to me as a gift back in 1987 when we were dating. Zachary discovered him recently, decided to make him his own pal, and invited him to lunch. ......

Today, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Second District Court of Appeal in California has issued a ruling that all from age 6-18 “must attend public or private school full-time until graduation from high school or ...

One of my favorite blogs, The Artful Parent, has brought up a ...
One of my favorite blogs, The Artful Parent, has brought up a topic I’ve been giving some thought to lately: children’s art versus cihldren’s crafts. After a brief and intense love affair with children’s crafts, we have scaled back ......

I’m installing a new tradition here at my blog on Friday. As I type this, in greasy hair, bad skin, and a new wrinkle that is making it’s way into my once chiseled cheek bones (nice image, huh?) my mind is drifting into where I’d like ...

Vaccine injury award for autism
The American Academy of Pediatrics has been seeking more information about a federal court case since last week when a sealed court document detailing the government’s settlement with the family of a child with autism was posted on the ......

I know…it’s almost impossible to imagine getting out of your Uggs and into something sweet and sassy, but trust me, Uggs are not the best warm-weather attire. All that foot sweat + Uggs ultra-thick fur lining = stinky, stinky feet. ...

Three cheers for standardized
While pep rallies and parades are usually reserved for sports teams, some elementary schools are out to get students and parents fired up about standardized tests. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, schools are hoping such ......