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News Round-Up April 5: How to Avoid Excessive Crying, Raising Happy Kids and Adorable Baby Bears

What we’re reading today:

1. Don’t want your baby to be an excessive crier? Make sure you’re getting lots of Vitamin B12 during your pregnancy. Via Parentcentral.ca

2. A new study out of the U.K. shows that a kid’s happiness depends on how happy their mom is with her partner. Via Globe and Mail.

3. A cautionary tale for any parents way into Ayn Rand and Objectivism — this girl says that her father’s adherence to Rand’s principles destroyed her childhood.

4. And we can all breathe easy now; the Tiger Mom’s daughter got into both Harvard and Yale. So, Tiger mothering works, if your goal for your kid is an Ivy League education.

5. Speaking of cubs, what happens when twin baby black bears are abandoned by their mother and made to hang out with a baby tiger?