News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Oh boy who’s excited for this? One of the possible hot new toys this holiday season is a pooping dog .
2. Are you Generation Catalano ? We did have that picture of Jared Leto from Seventeen up in our locker…
3. How do you take a pacifier away from your 3-year-old ?
4. Contrary to what you may have read on a dumb t-shirt, girls are good at math , provided they don’t have to waste energy fighting for equal fights and raging against the patriarchy.
5. Meet the life-saving 2-year-old:
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News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Teach your baby to use the phone! A 2-year-old in Houston called her grandmother when her mom collapsed , indirectly saving her life.
2. A new mom writes to Cary Tennis saying that she was always content with her lot before having a baby , but now that she and her husband had a kid, she can’t help but feel envy towards all the moms with better strollers and less money-related stress.
3. Broccoli news! New research shows that cruciferous veggies like the mighty broccoli have immune system boosting powers .
4. Are educational apps for 3-year-olds really educational ?
5. Here’s Tim Curry doing what he does best:
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News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Psychologists and linguists take on the secret languages of twins .
2. Did yesterday’s earthquake cause your kids to panic at all? (Or maybe they didn’t even feel it?) In case it did give them a scare, here’s how to explain it and make them feel safe .
3. Should you get your kids a genetically modified pet ?
4. Another kid hero: a 12-year-old boy delivers his own brother . Didn’t we see that on Malcolm in the Middle ?
5. Is this how your kids are feeling about school?
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