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What we’re reading today:

1. Travelling with kids: the great benadryl debate.

2. Aw yeah more controversial substances! Can kids try wine? Does exposing your kids to alcohol at an early age make them less likely to abuse it later?

3. Does Snooki’s pregnancy kind of make you want to tune in to the next Jersey Shore season? Someone who’s only famous for boozing, tanning and dancing in some seriously short outfits should have a pretty interesting pregnancy… Ahh Snooki what books are you reading? Will you be getting a doula? Does the nursery look like a nightclub?

4. How much sugar are kids really getting and where are they getting it from?

5. Now how about an episode of My Drunk Kitchen?

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What we’re reading today:

1. “If you lose your patience with a child who is having a melt down, you might just be creating a vicious circle, rather than helping matters.” Even if they’re embarrassing you in front of all the other Whole Foods patrons, keep calm during your kid’s tantrum.

2. Researchers have developed a scale to help kids deal with needles and explain how they feel about them. They probably won’t like the needles any better, but it could help further down the line re: fear of doctors.

3. Why is drug abuse awareness education the same as it was when we had it?

4. NY Times Motherlode blogger KJ Dell’Antonia is instating a no eating in the car rule. Why? We think it has something to do with “the great mouse-nest-in-the-car incident of 2004.” *Shudder*  Read more...

Gavin McInnes of streetcarnage.com did some pretty fun stuff before he became a dad

I wrote a list of things you have to give up being a dad. It goes like this…

Fatherhood is the phase after the STDs and vomit phase and it rules. However, you should only embark on this journey after you’re sure you got your YA YAs out because you have to give up about a hundred things.

Here are the Top Ten…

1- NO OGLING
2- NO FEMALE FRIENDS
3- NO NUDITY
4- NO SNACKING
5- NO SPONTANEOUS PARTYING
6- NO HARD DRUGS
7- NO DEVIL’S MUSIC
8- NO MORE TV
9- NO BEATING OFF
10- NO BAR FIGHTS

Explanations of each on GQ.com

Here are a few I forgot to include:

11- NO MOTORBIKES  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. One school in Florida, like many, many others, has banned any and all peanut products due to one student’s severe allergies. But not all the parents are this school agree with the peanut ban, saying that their kids should be able to bring whatever they want and allergen-fighting activities, like hand-washing and keeping the food contained to a specific area, were cutting into class time. Should the one kid’s safety dictate the rules for a whole school? Via Globe and Mail

2. How and when do you tell your kids you’ve tried drugs? Here’s how one mom on Salon answered those questions.

3. What happens when you’ve got a blog and discover that yes, indeed, people do like to read it? Parentcentral.ca looks at the downside of being a top mommy blogger and Catherine Connors is very wise and sensible about the issue.  Read more...