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News Round-Up Dec. 9: Dreaded Family Visits, Advice From Jezebel and Using Kids in Politics

What we’re reading today:

1. Is TV too pro-baby?

2. Some people find large family gatherings that happen around the holidays crazy stressful. Here’s some advice for someone who dreads them.

3. Cute: A dad writes into Jezebel asking for book suggestions for his 13-year-old daughter.

4. So yeah, that kid who told Michele Bachmann his gay mom doesn’t need fixing: Should we use kids in politics? With the Bachmann thing, we’d like to believe it was kid coming up with the idea, then getting shy and his mom just encouraging him, not pushing him.

5. The Quidditch World Cup!

Photo by cseeman via Flickr

Kids Table

Create a Kids Table that’s the Place to Be

Make dinner parties suck less for kids

Dinner parties can be torture for kids. When you’re not into food and wine, hours of adult conversation and pork tenderloin can be tough to handle. Kids feel awesome when they have a space of their own, and there’s no reason the kids table can’t be one of those feel good spaces. Without turning into Martha Stewart’s psychotic alter ego, you can easily please your under-age dinner guests.

Here are three components of a kick ass kids table:

An interactive centerpiece:

  1. Finger puppet favours – Felt finger puppets placed on top of candy sticks and arranged in containers make a sweet and simple centerpiece that will entertain kids even after dinner is over.