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What we’re reading today:

1. Another win for the breastfeeding crew: some new research shows that kids who are fed breastmilk are less likely to have behavioural problems. Via The Guardian

2. The kids these days are growing up with yoga rather than coming to it in young adulthood (We’re betting that unless you’re an adult child of hippies, you probably didn’t try yoga until university or after) Benefits of kid yoga vs. the grownup kind? They move from Mountain pose into Volcano. Via Washington Post

3. Air Canada refused to allow a Cape Breton teen onto their plane because he has a peanut allergy. Air Canada says they need more notice to make a peanut-free zone. (The teen’s mom had informed the rewards program she booked through of her son’s allergies but the rewards program then didn’t pass that news on to Air Canada. His mom is pissed. The teen and his five epi-pens made their way to Fiji to volunteer via American Airlines instead. Via Mommyish  Read more...

What we’re reading today:

1. One school in Florida, like many, many others, has banned any and all peanut products due to one student’s severe allergies. But not all the parents are this school agree with the peanut ban, saying that their kids should be able to bring whatever they want and allergen-fighting activities, like hand-washing and keeping the food contained to a specific area, were cutting into class time. Should the one kid’s safety dictate the rules for a whole school? Via Globe and Mail

2. How and when do you tell your kids you’ve tried drugs? Here’s how one mom on Salon answered those questions.

3. What happens when you’ve got a blog and discover that yes, indeed, people do like to read it? Parentcentral.ca looks at the downside of being a top mommy blogger and Catherine Connors is very wise and sensible about the issue.  Read more...