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I'm waiting for Trash Talkin' Barbie, or Barbie that better represents women a little better. Let's give Barbit a little muffin top? This one comes a little closer.

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Fall means school, and school means homework, and homework –- for many a family -– means stress and arguments. But getting homework done doesn’t have to be a daily battle. Here are a few easy ways for parents to make the routine a little easier for kids.

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A child’s day doesn’t end when the final school bell rings. In fact for many children it’s just beginning. Where to go for ideas? Oddly, pull from what your kids love most about school — and think outside the sandbox. From the physical, to the

A doctor has proposed putting severely obese children in temporary foster homes.

Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston, made this recommendation Wednesday in highly respected 'Journal of the American Medical Association.'

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Lately, it seems easier for a small child to score a cocktail than an 18-year-old with a fake ID.

In the most recent story, Pam Bruenning and her three young children went into a Chili's in Longmont, Colorado on July 4 and ordered fruit smoothies. When her daughter complained of dizziness and stomach pains, Bruenning took a sip of the girl's drink and discovered it was loaded with tequila.

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I can totally relate to this subject.  Putting kids to sleep can be a stressful ordeal that you dread.  You love your kids and you think the world of them.  But sometimes you just want to pull your hair out!  Go to sleep!  It's been said (sometimes loudly) countless times in our house

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Seriously?  Do we really need to read a book on how to roughhouse with our children?  Apparently so.  They also have seminars that teach parents how to roughhouse with their children.

Doesn't it just come naturally?  I was bouncing our boy off the couch before he could even walk

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I remember when I coached little league we had a rule: No Pop Allowed At Games Or Practice.  Kids had to bring water, period.  That was years ago, before the energy drink craze, but if I still coached that rule would include those today for the kids.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says sports drinks should be consumed sparingly by kids and teens and the energy drinks should NOT be consumed at all!

The academy warned in the June issue of Pediatrics that downing Gatorade, Powerade and other sports drinks can increase the risk of weight problems in the average child.

It also warned that the effect of large amounts of caffeine and other stimulants have not been tested on kids and there are potential risks. It warns there can be a lethal dose of caffeine.

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Sometimes it's a little difficult to find a way to burn off the energy that a 3 year old has.  I don't know where it comes from, but I'm sure that if we could somehow tap into that energy, our energy crisis would be taken care of

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'Good Morning America' outraged Americans last week when it aired a segment in which a woman named Kerry Campbell admitted to injecting her 8-year old daughter with Botox so she would do better in child beauty contests.

Now, TMZ is reporting that the 'Botox Mom' -- whose real name is Sheena Upton -- made the whole thing up.

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This week, a third grader sauntered home with a loaded Taurus 9mm gun in his backpack and showed it off to his mom.

As it turns out, he bought the weapon from a classmate for $3 at their elementary school in Queens, NY.

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A 6-year-old boy in Oregon confessed that the reason he stole his family's van and a roll of pennies was because he was hungry and wanted to pick up some grub.

Unfortunately for the boy, no food was had.

Instead, the inexperienced, obviously unlicensed driver crashed into a pickup truck while en route. He also hit several mailboxes along the way.

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