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What the cool parents are reading today:

1. All your helmets and guard rails are paying off: the Centre for Disease Control released a report saying that child accident deaths are way down.

2. Lego admits that Lego for girls was poorly thought out. A girls’ advocacy group, SPARK, sat down with Lego to discuss the problems with the “Friends” line. “SPARK asked that LEGO include more girls and women across all LEGO lines (the lines are at present 86.6% male), include more children of both genders in all LEGO lines as well as the “Friends” line, and include more non-stereotypical activities for girls as “Friends” expands. Basically, this means architecture, firefighting, space exploration, etc.”

3. Why you don’t stay together for the kids: parents who yell at each other all the time are affecting their kids’ brain development.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Is there anything funny about the way camp counsellors or fellow campers apply sunscreen? One Maryland camp sent home a sunscreen permission slip after the state sent out a memo about the DOs and DON’Ts of sunscreen application. So, is applying sunscreen to someone inappropriate or is it better to have your kid come home with a sunburn?

2. Do paraents get too into kids’ sports? One mom writes into the NYT Motherlode blog to say she’s discovered that there’s a lot of favourtism and unfairness going on in kids’ sports. (Plus a dad of a girl wants to punch Matt Lauer.)

3. Did you know Israel is the world capital for in vitro fertilization? And it’s free! (for two babies… sorry wannabe-Duggars who need a little help getting pregnant)  Read more...