When 10-year-old Antoine Burks’ house in Louisville, Ky., caught on fire, his first instinct was to get outside. But standing out there, watching his home burn down, he realized that his 6-year-old sister Trinity was trapped in the flames. So he bravely dashed back in to get her.
“I thought, if something bad happened to her, it might have been my fault, because I’m the big brother and I gotta protect her,” he said.
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So this is weird.
Authorities say some parents are ordering lollipops licked by children infected with chicken pox, and then giving the candy to their own kids on the theory that the exposure will build up their immunity without the need for shots. One doctor calls the trend a form of “Middle Ages vigilante vaccination,” and health officials warn it’s dangerous and illegal to send infected materials through the mail.
“Can you imagine getting a package in the mail from this complete stranger that you know from Facebook because you joined a group, and say here, drink this purported spit from some other kid?” asks federal prosecutor Jerry Martin in Tennessee. What does it say that some parents actually think this is a good idea?
Study confirms that men get a visceral desire to have babies like women do
Men’s desire for babies actually increased as they age, while women’s baby fever decreases as they get older.
House Republicans’ hopes of stripping all federal funding from Planned Parenthood hit a big obstacle Tuesday, and his name is Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass).
The junior senator from Massachusetts (and one-time Tea Party favorite) said the measure simply “goes too far.” Two other GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), had already voiced their opposition to the House plan. But does having a male Republican vocally support “family planning and health services for women” effectively save Planned Parenthood’s $330 million from the chopping block?
Feminists are mad at Natalie Portman for saying that motherhood is her ‘most important role.’
Parents believe giving their child an unusual name will help him or her stand out as an individual in a crowded classroom and a crowded world, says Jean Twenge, a researcher at San Diego State University. There’s also the hope that a world where children’s names are routinely diverse may become a more tolerant place.
But there’s also a downside: Narcissism.
With this viral ad for the Sienna, Toyota markets the minivan as a “swagger wagon,” and joins the ranks of automakers that have taken on the daunting task of trying to convince buyers that the minivan, that “much-ridiculed mom-mobile,” is actually cool.
Sounds silly, but it’s working. Sienna sales have jumped by 18 percent! As far as the “swagger wagon” ads go, we say bravo, Toyota.
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