News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Parenting experts say that parents of teens need to stop talking when their kid is talking back .
2. Doctors say babies should give up soothers after they’re a year old . If you need a little help getting your kid to kick their pacifier habit, Elmo is more than ready to help out.
3. Facebook is only supposed to be available to people 13-years-old and up, but there’s a whole lot of preteens on the social networking site — why’d their parents allow it ?
4. And don’t forget, this weekend Daylight Savings time ends — clocks go back on Sunday morning. Experts say this can really mess with your kids’ schedule .
5. And did anyone see Jimmy Kimmel’s challege to parents on Monday? He wanted parents to tell their kids that they ate all their candy… and videotape it and put it on Youtube. Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. In the NYT Motherlode blog, Lisa Belkin looks at parenting by zip code . Apparently L.A. moms only get birthday cakes from bakeries while Seattle moms whip up something from a mix.
2. Would you let your kids on Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg wants to let kids under 13 sign up for his social network .
3. The genderless baby thing isn’t going away any time soon. Do you think it’s impossible to raise a kid without assigning the baby a gender ?
4. If you have out of town guests, do you have favourite, non-touristy places you like to take them? KidFriendlyDC has some tips for those visiting Washington . Where would you go in your city that isn’t say, the CN Tower?
5. Michelle Obama, Jill Biden, Elmo and Rosita have an important message for you. But here’s what goes into making that message: Read more...
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That least intimidating of all monsters is 26
Well, actually we missed it by a day. Happy belated birthday, Elmo! Our pal Ron Nurwisah tipped us off to this milestone. Our furry, red friend debuted Februay 3, 1985 and has become the most popular of all Sesame Street’s muppets .
Elmo and Ricky Gervais are so good together:
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