Topic: Hello Kitty

'MOMumental': 5 stories about raising children

Author Jennifer Grant advises and confesses in her new book – here are five of her anecdotes.

Kids’ shoe stores: Boys are superheroes and girls are princesses

Kids' shoe stores can be an interesting look into the minds of today's marketers, who continue to promote the 'Frailty Myth' through advertising that urges girls to be pretty princesses, and boys to be tough superheroes.

China's got talent - and its own Susan Boyle

An online video of Cai Hongping singing in her Hello Kitty apron at a chicken stand in China attracted 10 million hits within 10 days, a Chinese record for such a short span of time.

Takashi Murakami brings summer solstice to the Google doodle

Takashi Murakami has become a global superstar since founding the Hiropon Factory collective of young artists in Japan.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2010 a holiday tradition

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2010 is billed as a star-studded affair, with Santa Claus making his initial appearance of the holiday season.

Why you should leave your kids at the park on Saturday -- without supervision

Saturday will be a day devoted to the quaint notion that children can actually play outside, with one another, period. Without their parents and maybe even without a squeeze bottle of Purell. They’ll be fine!

Eyes flashing, I-Fairy robot conducts wedding in Tokyo

Nuptials were led by "I-Fairy," a 4-foot tall robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails.

Taiwan: Hello Kitty digs her claws in