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What we’re reading today:

1. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Kids learn through play. (Parents holding their kids back from preschool but feel torn/stressed because of competitive parents teaching their kids to read and write at a super early age.)

2. This Arizona mom is climbing through fastfood playlands and is disgusted by what she sees. She’s combined her playland investigation with a cross-country roadtrip to check out McDonalds, Burger Kings, Chuck E Cheeses and Chick-fil-As all across America. (A note to Americans and those traveling in the States: She says Chick-fil-A has been the most helpful)

3. Check out different herbal teas when you’re pregnant. Mint, ginger, rooibos, red raspberry leaf, lemon balm and others can help various ailments during your pregnancy like nausea, heartburn, inflammation and calming nerves.

4. Colorado daycare centres now have to provide dolls that represent at least three different races.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Is Adam Go the F**k to Sleep Mansbach angry?

2. One mom lost custody of her kids because she spanked her daughter. Catherine Connors wrote about the complicated things involved with spanking and disciplining your kids.

3. What to Expect When You’re Expecting to be made into a movie.

4. White babies are now a minority in the States. So how long until we stop using the phrase “ethnic minority”?

5. Here’s a dreamy Pogo remix featuring a whole bunch of Disney princesses via The Hairpin.

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