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Mar 10, 2010

Mother Sues Hospital That — Oops! — Let Her Breastfeed Wrong Baby

I have to admit, I laughed when Pam breastfed the wrong baby on last week’s episode of “The Office.” However, it’s no laughing matter for a real-life mother who was handed somebody else’s newborn and then breast-fed him — which is why she is suing the hospital for at LEAST $30,000.
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Feb 4, 2010

School Principal Suspended for Joke Letter Calling Students ‘Stupid’

Ha, haaaaa!  That DOES sound like a knee-slapper. Despite its obvious hilarity, the Arizona school principal who penned the sarcastic letter chiding parents for children who were either “too lazy or too stupid” to complete their assignments in class was suspended after the missive was mistakenly sent home.
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Jan 27, 2010

German Homeschoolers Granted Political Asylum

A German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children was granted political asylum yesterday by a U.S. immigration judge. The best part of their new homebase:  Only a short car ride to DOLLYWOOD!
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Dec 23, 2009

Mother of the Week Contender Turns in Own Kid for Shoplifting, Asks to Collect Reward for Reporting Incident

Most parents would prefer to keep their kids out of legal trouble — especially kids who have yet to enter SECOND GRADE — but not so for an Ohio woman who asked that police be called after she caught her 6-year-old daughter shoplifting a package of stickers.
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Dec 17, 2009

Are Stay-at-Home Moms Wasting Their College Degrees?

As you can imagine, the shee-yit hit the fan when a trouble maker on MSN’s message boards posed the question:  “Have stay-at-home moms with expensive bachelor’s degrees wasted the money?”
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Dec 15, 2009

And The Most Popular Baby Names of 2009 Are…

Come on down, Madison and Matthew!  You – Whoa.  Um, there sure are a lot of you.   On second thought, don’t all come down at once, please. As I was saying… Madison and Matthew topped the most popular American names in 2009. 
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Dec 12, 2009

Target Calls the Cops on Breastfeeding Mother

STOP!  In the name of Hooter Hiders… A Michigan mother who started breastfeeding her four-week-old daughter in the Electronics aisle at Target was told by Security that she had to stop because public breastfeeding was illegal — and, when she disagreed, Target called the police.  D’oh.
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Dec 7, 2009

Parents’ Sex Talk with Kids: Too Little, Too Late

Sadly, this boy’s parents have NOT taught him that condoms are not intended for animal balloons In news that just made millions of parents — and kids — groan with dread, a new study from Harvard reveals that parents are having the Sex Talk with their children way too late. 
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