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News Round-Up June 14: Lion Vs. Baby, the Benefits of Pets and Prenatal Vitamins Could Reduce Risk of Autism

What we’re reading today:

1. Pets are good for kids. A recent study shows that living with a cat or a dog in the first year of life can reduce the risk of developing allergies.

2. This dad waved at his son’s school bus everyday of the school year, and each day was in a different costume.

3. Speaking of the school year, why do the kids get the whole summer off while we grownups have to work through June, July and August?

4. While we still don’t know what causes Autism, one study shows that mothers who took prenatal vitamins reduced the risk of their kids developing autism by up to 40 percent.

5. Plexiglas disrupts the circle of life:

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