jeanne
What's the Difference Between a Palestinian Kid and an Israeli One?
If you're looking for some trick answer here, I'm sorry to disappoint. A simple but brilliant advertising campaign about tolerance in the Middle East sporting a nearly identical set of kids actually depicts two kids who share no blood. They've never even met.
jeanne
Melissa Joan Hart Drops the Ball On Being a Role Model
So Melissa Joan Hart packed on the pounds during her pregnancy. That makes her different from any other pregnant woman in America, how? The former Sabrina the Teenage Witch star showed off her bikini-worthy bod in People last week, but it was her words that cut deep into the psyches of moms everywhere.
jeanne
WTF: KKK Selling Kids T-Shirts
I'm vacillating between speechless and spitting with venom. How else do you respond to news that the Ku Klux Klan is selling t-shirts for kids? T-shirts at a Website that actually trumpets itself as a go-to source for "Christian" purchases.
jeanne
Gay Boy Crowned Prom Queen
He's a boy, and he's gay, but Sergio Garcia isn't ashamed to tell people he's a queen. Prom queen that is. Describing himself as "flamboyant," openly gay Garcia was crowned the queen of his Los Angeles high school's prom this week after deciding he could better identify with being a queen than a king, and campaigning hard for the part.
jeanne
Weird Holiday Alert: My Bucket's Got a Hole in It Day
There are certain things every child needs to know. Chief among them: at least one song that will drive their parents absolutely bonkers (or their grandparents if you prefer). And considering today is "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Day," we're happy to oblige.
jeanne
Fifth Graders Double $100K in Stock Market
You might still be content to track the market with CNBC and the Wall Street Journal, but I've got a lead on investing in Wisconsin. A classroom of mini traders in Neenah, Wis. to be exact.
jeanne
Disney Princesses Get Nasty
The following images would scare the bejesus out of half the four-year-olds I know (yes, the other four-year-olds would think they're wicked - in a GOOD way). Artist Jeffrey Thomas is likewise wicked - wicked talented and wicked funny (check out his blog). But he has created a series of "twisted princesses" that gave me the heebie jeebies!
jeanne
Vote On Jon and Kate's Divorce Goes Too Far
With the reports of Jon and Kate Plus 8 and their potential demise coming fast and furious, I wasn't surprised to find a poll over at Extra's Website about whether or not the Gosselins should just call it quits. Not surprised, but a little digusted. Sure, it's just an informal poll. But it seems to fall dangerously close to laying bets. Laying bets on the fate of eight kids.
jeanne
Kelly Ripa Beats Obamas for Your Family Vacation
I've got a bone to pick with American families. Or at least those signing up for nitwit surveys. Because apparently you would rather spend your vacation with a talk show host than the leader of the free world. That's right, Kelly Ripa has topped the vote of who American families want to vacation with this year, outlasting the Obama family by a full seven points.
jeanne
13 Years of Perfect Attendance - Poor Kid
A perfect game only takes nine innings (seven in high school). But perfect attendance takes two thousand three hundred forty days. That's one hundred eighty school days times thirteen years of school. Of this year's crop of seniors, guess how many have that kind of record? Not a whole heckuva lot.
jeanne
Make Your Pencil Do the Robot
The pencil may be the simplest tool there is, but it gets geeked out with this robot.
jeanne
Three Ways To Get to Sesame Street This Summer
The pressure's on to plan the big family vacation? Two words. Sesame Street. And Babble's telling you how to get, how to get there. We've checked in with Elmo and Abby Cadabby and come up with our list of the best bets for Sesame-style summering with your tot.
jeanne
Kid's Hair Chewing Almost Kills Her
That's it. I'm scheduling a haircut for my daughter. After years of pulling it out of her mouth and saying "don't chew on your hair," I read this: a five-year-old in England swallowed so much of her own hair that it formed a rope that was constricting her organs.
jeanne
Black Prom, White Prom for Georgia Kids
Hooray for progress! Er, well, maybe not. Because 55 years after Topeka vs. Board of Education called for the desegregation of public schools, there are still kids in spots around the South who attend segregated proms. White kids have their prom one night. Black kids have theirs another.
jeanne
Fountain Shoots, Um, Breastmilk? (NSFW-ish??)
Still freaked out over breastfeeding in public? Then we're going to guess you won't be posing for pictures in front of any of the host of water fountains around the world that feature women pumping . . .in very public places.
jeanne
Forget Canada, Parents Blame Obama
When in doubt, blame the president. Hey, it works for folks on swine flu, the economy and apparently for parents from Stafford County, Va. The parents of kindergartners slated for a tour of the White House who were turned away after arriving more than an hour late for their visit are blasting President Barack Obama for not being a man of the people.
jeanne
Speaking Engagement Host Tells Kate Gosselin: Be Nice!
You have to hand it to Alyssa Martin. The publisher of a Detroit parenting magazine that brought Jon and Kate Plus 8 mom Kate Gosselin to the Motor City hands the reality star her you-know-what. But she does it nicely. Which is more than Martin can say of Gosselin.
jeanne
8-Year-Old Has Ovarian Cancer
An eight-year-old girl in England has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer after complaining of abdominal pain to her parents that they thought might be appendicitis. She was soon diagnosed as one of the youngest children in Britain to have the disease (there were a few under the age of four in 2005). The little girl's left ovary had to be removed in full, and she's in the midst of chemotherapy.
jeanne
Is It a Lucky Boy Who Dates Obama's Daughter?
The president is nervous. Not about the economy (well, probably) or swine flu (OK, maybe that too). But President Barack Obama is a dad after all, and he can't help but think about what will happen when daughters Sasha and Malia start dating.
jeanne
Creepiest Pregnant Belly Art Ever
I have never been a big fan of the pregnant belly as art to hang on the wall. Got your stomach cast? Good for you. I'm still not buying it. But this isn't just one of those ultra personal pieces of art. It's plain old groooosss.
jeanne
