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From todays Snide and Moaning Herald: (linakge) . . . and of course the risks of HBV infection are entirely inconsequential when compared with the "big question marks" that concern the idiot grandfather. MtD (Who needs his HBV vaccination redone, come to think of it)

My son (turns 5 tomorrow) has a best friend, let's call him "Johnny". Johnny is in the care of his grandparents who are real church-people. Much of the childrens liturature around their household is bible related in one way or another. Johnny's a really sweet kid, and he and my son get along...

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http://www.parent-shower.org/aboutus.php Really, too strange. If it is a "Royal" society, is it blessed by the Royal family?

"Honour your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you." The punishment for violating this 10-commandment sin is" ""If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12963229/ I recently saw a news story about parents being upset over someone who has been videotaping cheerleaders at high school football games and selling the tapes on eBay. The tapes are obviously being sold to those with a cheerleader fetish and the filming is...

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Who knows best? http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/uov-wkt040606.php Athon

I was watching the Rising India segement this morning on ABC ( I tried to link to it but couldn't find it on the ABC site) They were talking about outsourcing. One of the things they showed was some companies outsourcing tutoring kids with homework. They interviewed a kid in TX who was using...

Some sad, sad facts in the ole newspaper today. All statistics used are cited from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Nearly 50% off all rape victims are under the age of 18. 29% of rape victims are between the ages of 12 and 17 yrs old. Doing a little math, that...

Some sad, sad facts in the ole newspaper today. All statistics used are cited from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Nearly 50% off all rape victims are under the age of 18. 29% of rape victims are between the ages of 12 and 17 yrs old. Doing a little math, that...

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/10/19/145022.shtml This was on the news last night. How awful. ETA: Better news links: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/20/child.death/

We don't need no education

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/02/marshmallow.death.ap/index.html What I found really annoying and a total crock was: "This case was never about money," said the family's attorney, Francis Patrick Murphy. Really? Then I guess the parents will be donating all the money to...

I have a couple of questions about mental illness in families: What's the data on parenting by mentally ill parents? What kinds of effects are there on children? If a mother or father is diagnosed with a mental illness, should the children be taken away and put into foster homes? Why or why...

I can't find a link to the full story, but here is a teaser for it Monroe County IN to survey teens about sex The full story is better, because it shows just how out there some of these parents really are. One is quoted something like, "My son is only in 6th grade. He doesn't know anything...

Sheesh! And people complain that their council tax is too high!! Heres a hint for my countrymen, if you want the government to wipe your arse and spoonfeed your babies, dont be suprised when you asked to pay for it! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3537871.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/25/parents.school.supplies.ap/index.html ...full article More money is spent on "education" than ever before, but schools seem to be getting sh**tier and sh**tier. What's the problem? (and no, I don't buy the contention that schools are suffering because...

I've been reading quite a bit over there since Flaherty posted those links. I have to say it's eye-opening....and more than a little disturbing. One of the things I remember about about being a kid was a sense of wonderment about the world. I was facinated by science in particular and read...

I was recently told by my female cousin that her mother, my aunt, allows her son, my male cousin, to smoke and drink in the house. My cousin, John, is 17 years old and has been in and out of jail and recently drug rehab. John has always been polite around me, and I know that he is actually a...