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What we’re reading today:

According to researchers at Ohio State University, moms and dads might get along better if parenting duties were split according to typical gender roles. Via National Post

Jonathan Liu at GeekDad rounds up and reviews the five best toys ever. Can you guess what they might be? Hint: Neither Barbie nor Hot Wheels cracked the top five.

While Delphine at GeekMom wonders where all the cool moms are in fiction.

Kids need their sleep! The New York Times says that kids who got less sleep than their peers were at greater risk of having metabolic issues.

Eating for two? According to Babble, you should eat these 10 foods. Like we need an excuse to eat coconut!

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What we’re reading on the blogs today:

Over at GeekMom we saw a book review for the Mommy MD Guide to Pregnancy and Birth. Judy Berna writes, “There’s something very comforting about knowing the person giving the advice has actually been in the trenches themselves. review of the Mommy MD Guide to Pregnancy

Just so you know, today is National Coffee Break Day. Grab a mug, folks. (Although we kinda figured National Coffee Break Day would be the day Starbucks fills your travel mug for free or Tim Hortons Camp Day or something.) What sort of coffee will you be drinking today?

Did anyone in Montreal participate in the Nurse-In? Bunchland reader Rina tipped us off to this great comic about a similiar situation in Montreal back in 1994. *Sigh*  Read more...

What we’re reading on the blogs today — science edition!

Curious as to what sort of effect the constant texting and steady stream of facebook updates has on your kids’ brains? Miles O’Brien tells PBS that the tech-savvy millennials might have better brains than we do. Via BoingBoing

Want your kids to get a start on that brain-boosting technology? Check out this interactive Cookie Monster science lesson video. Cookie and his pal Emma prompt the viewer to choose an object and then come up with a hypothesis as to what the object will do in a tank in water. Who knew Cookie could say “hypothesis”? Via BoingBoing

Scientists in South America have uncovered a previously unknown ancestor to the T. rex and other ancient predators. Its name is Eodromaeus (pronounced eyo-DRO-may-us) and it was only four feet long. Lightweight and quick-moving, the name means “Dawn Runner.” Excellent news if you have any budding paleontologists in your brood. Via Huffington Post.  Read more...