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News and Culture Five

News Round-Up Dec. 7: Babies On Planes, Why Toddlers Throw Tantrums and Elijah Vs. Michele Bachmann

What we’re reading today:

1. How to take a baby on a plane OR what one mom learned from the internet about how she’d be regarded should she ever dare to bring her baby on a plane.

2. Understanding tantrums: They’re either angry or sad and you want it make it end as soon as possible. Don’t do anything when they’re angry (throwing stuff) and scoop them up in a hug when they’re sad (throwing themselves on the floor).

3. Those pesky babies taking up space in restaurants even though they’re not eating anything! One UK restaurant has started charging parents a head tax for the baby.

4. Mommy drinks because you cry and other drunk mom jokes. (Some Washington DC parents got together “to talk about the consequences of modern parents’ embrace of wine-accompanied playdates”)

News and Culture Five

News Round-Up Oct. 7: How Steve Jobs Helped Familes, Raising Veruca Salt and a Disneyland Surprise

What we’re reading today:

1. One Apple fangirl of a mom says the things she’s most grateful to Steve Jobs for, is Pixar.

2. If your 5-year-old gets something and your 15-month-old doesn’t, your toddler knows something is up.

3. Steve Jobs wanted your kids to be bored sometimes. How else will they get creative?

4. Fabulous headline: I gave birth to Veruca Salt.

5. Lily’s parents surprise her with a trip to Disneyland and she’s so excited she can’t even handle it. We hope she has a really, really great trip:

Photo by Loren Javier via Flickr