By: Hibah Yousuf, CNNMoney.com staff reporter NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Stroller maker Maclaren announced a recall on Monday that affects about 1 million umbrella strollers that can reportedly amputate or lacerate children’s fingertips. So far, the company said there have been 12 amputations across the country. This happens when children get their fingers stuck in […]
A New York Times Article By: ALESSANDRA STANLEY IT is almost too perfect that the first African-American president of the United States was elected in time for the 40th anniversary of “Sesame Street.” The world is finally beginning to look the way that the PBS show always made it out to be. Top, Big Bird, […]
By: Brandy Black So I’m stuck at home, sick and I have no choice but to write. Was this the master plan? I’m up to 12,000 words and I wish writing a book was like writing a blog. Although I appear to be off to a good start, I dare not re-read as I may […]
By: Rosy Barren It has been determined that we will push the next IVF round until next year. Believe it or not, we can’t fit it in this year because the IVF clinic closes somewhere around December 15th and my doctor doesn’t think we will be able to make it happen in that amount of […]
By: TAMAR LEWIN Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses. They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect. “We see it […]
By: Jillian Lauren Of the myriad wondrous and magical things about Tariku, near the top of the list is his amenability to my choice in hats. T-Bone’s birthday was the Mount Royal social event of the year. The mini-monarch seems to love parties and to thrive in social situations, particularly when he’s the center of […]
With great sadness- The Next Family reports this news as read on Google hosted news By: GLENN ADAMS and DAVID CRARY PORTLAND, Maine — Gay-marriage opponents are claiming victory in a closely watched referendum in Maine on a new state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. The law in question was passed […]
By: Brandy Black I had a moment of weakness today, the kind that makes you crumble inside. I was reading my daughter “And Tango Makes Three”, a beautiful book based on a true story about 2 boy penguins in the Central Park Zoo –Roy and Silo –that fell in love and had a baby penguin. […]
By:Jennifer Cerbasi Being a single parent presents the same challenges all parents face but you have two less hands to help. When you are raising a family by yourself you are the one getting lunches ready, giving baths, and driving to and from football practice. You can’t use the good cop/bad cop routine. You don’t […]
By: Paula Brooks Michael Jones of Change.org is reporting that Scholastic Books has reversed their decision to exclude a book from Scholastic’s popular book fairs, simply because that book featured two moms raising a child. Last week Jones launched a petition drive from Change.org after the popular children’s book club excluded author Lauren Myracle’s best-selling […]
