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What we’re reading today:

1. “In fact, living in cramped temporary housing with two kids who contracted back-to-back pink eye and ear infections was worse than being shelled.” A former war correspondent and gay dad in London says he doesn’t want to raise his twins British. Does his line about biracial kids with gay dads being something of a cliché remind anyone of that Modern Family where Cam and Mitchell discover they don’t have an edge over any of the other prospective private school parents?

2. A 4-year-old has joined Mensa. OK parents who insist their kid is a  genius, time to prove it.

3. Speaking of geniuses, want your kid to do better with math? Get them into puzzles.

4. What to expect from your partner when you’re expecting.  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. Kids get potty trained at different ages, but they have to be into it.

2. A 12-year-old rescued a 12-year-old. Brave girl, well done.

3. When are you sharing your wonder and awe at your kids and when you are just bragging?

4. Because it’s always the parents’ fault, should we be blaming British parents for what’s going on in the UK?

5. More kid heroes: These boys saved their mom from her violent sex-offender husband.

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