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Father's Day gifts: bringing dads and daughters closer together
Father's Day gifts should include shared experiences, like a baseball game or gardening project, that allow dads and daughters to explore diverse hobbies and break gender stereotypes.
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Bed bugs: How not to bring them home from summer vacation hot spots
Bed bugs (ick!) hitch rides on summer vacation. With new data on the nation's bed bug hotspots – Philadelphia is No. 1 – there are tips on how not to bring them home.Hint: keep luggage and clothes in the bathroom.
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School is out: Mom needs a panic room
School is out and one mom desperate to entertain the kids may bolt herself in a panic room as she suddenly realizes why book stores have toy sections.
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Kids' online safety: the key is trust and open dialogue, not fear
Kids' safety online is most impacted by open communication and trust with their parents. However, parents are often fearful and confused because of the mixed messages they receive from the media.
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Father's Day thank-you list: Top 10 reasons a mom gushes
Father's Day is a good time for a thank-you list to dads – time to step away from the "mommy wars" and celebrate the Top 10 thank-yous one mom has for the major role a dad plays in raising kids.
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Children of immigrant families lack proper health care, education
Children growing up in immigrant families – now one in four in the US – are less likely to be covered by health insurance and graduate from high school, says report from Foundation for Child Development.
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Father's Day is every day with surfer dad and 'adventure time'
Father's Day can be every day because this surfer dad's wife feels the need to 'give Papas back their John Wayne meets Father-Knows-Bestness' and ditch the popular culture mantra that Dads can be loveable but incompetent nitwits. 'Adventure time' is prime evidence of this dad's awesomeness.
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Town swears off swearing, passes $20 profanity fine
Swearing in public now carries a $20 fine in Middleborough, Mass., after residents voted in favor of the measure aimed at dissuading rowdy teenagers from ruining the downtown neighborhood with their foul mouths.
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Father's Day gifts: personalized, stereotyped for 70 million dads
Father's Day gifts: You can't buy a nap for him, so try any one of 70 million personalized, stereotyped gifts online.
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Disney Princess paint: New way for girls to be fashion victims
Disney Princess paint: Lifestyle branding – from furniture to bedding to clothes – designed to envelope little girls in the cartoon dream is one new way to create fashion victims.
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Michelle Obama receives thumbs-up from daughters on new book
Michelle Obama gets approval from her daughters on her book "American Grown," which traces the story of the White House garden through photographs, recipes and anecdotes from the elementary school kids who help maintain it.
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Father's Day: Celebrate big brothers who support younger siblings
Father's Day is a time to celebrate big brothers who fill a void in caring for their younger siblings. Whether it is fixing breakfast, brushing hair or walking them home, these 'little fathers' deserve recognition.
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David McCullough defends 'you’re not special' speech; we agree (+video)
David McCullough defends the ‘you’re not special' speech he gave at Wellesley High School last week. The English teacher addresses the current ‘everyone is special’ plague that is not helping students, parents or employers.
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David Cameron left daughter at pub. Hey, been there done that
David Cameron accidentally left his 8-year-old daughter in a pub, and the reaction from parents in Britain and abroad has been overwhelmingly sympathetic. It happens to the best of us.
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Father's Day gifts: Skip the grill and let your kids get creative
Father's Day gifts should come from your kids' imagination, so skip the generic grill or tie and let them create something from the heart. The simplest gift is often the best.
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Amber Portwood: MTV 'Teen Mom' a role model for better or worse?
Amber Portwood, the MTV 'Teen Mom' star headed to a five-year jail prison term for drug charges, apparently has some real influence with teens. A poll shows she has convinced 77 percent of teens that pregnancy and parenting are really, really hard. But what about the 23 percent who said she made it look easy?
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Whipping by belt: California official resigns for beating stepson (+video)
Whipping by belt: A California irrigation official in the Imperial Valley resigns after a neighbor caught him on video beating his stepson during a game of catch.
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Youth sports: The problem, say kids in a new poll, is adults
Youth sports, through the eyes of kids polled by i9 Sports, have a problem: the adults who run them. Eighty-four percent of kids said they either want to or have quit a team, and a third wish adults didn't watch their games because it makes them nervous.
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Creflo Dollar: Megachurch pastor denies choking daughter (+video)
Creflo Dollar, the World Changers Church International megachurch pastor, was arrested Friday for allegedly attacking his 15-year-old daughter. He sermonized Sunday calling the incident an exaggeration of an "emotional" family conversation and he denied choking her.
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David McCullough: Wellesley teacher says grads 'not special' (+video)
David McCullough, Wellesley High English teacher, slices and dices teen exceptionalism. 'You’re not special,' he says, 'Your planet ... is not the center of its solar system, your solar system is not the center of its galaxy, your galaxy is not the center of the universe.'
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