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1 hr ago | The Daily News Journal

Will Smith: 'We respect our children'

Few Hollywood parents receive more scrutiny than Will and Jada Smith, who have been accused of pushing their children into showbiz and have even come under attack for endorsing "open" marriage.

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Related Topix: After Earth, Celebrities, Black Entertainment, Will Smith, Hip-Hop

Wed May 22, 2013

Globe and Mail

The Canadian government's delaying tactics involving native children are harmful and wrong

Teacher Janie Billy has some fun with the pre-school class at Chief Atahm School in Chase, B.C. Teacher Janie Billy has some fun with the pre-school class at Chief Atahm School in Chase, B.C. Nearly half of the 30,000 children in foster care in Canada are aboriginal, a horrifying figure first revealed by Statistics Canada's National Household ... (more)

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Related Topix: Canada, Family, Opinion

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Scientific Tooth Fairies Investigate Neanderthal Breast-Feeding

Top: Lines on a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth mark the passage of time. Bottom: The distribution of barium shows dietary transition: low barium before birth , high barium during breast-feeding and falling barium as the Neanderthal transitions to a mixed diet .

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Related Topix: Family, Chemistry, Science

KGW-TV Portland

Test reveals 9 parenting types

If you find yourself on a constant quest to become a better parent, you might want to find out your personality type.

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Related Topix: Family

Cleveland Daily Banner

Foster parenting not an easy job

If little girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice while little boys are snips of snails and puppy dog tails, then what does it take to make a foster parent? As it turns out, foster parent qualifications do not fit so easily into a nursery rhyme.

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Related Topix: Bradley County, TN, Sequatchie, TN

Michigan Lawyers Weekly

Family Law - Parenting time, asset valuation rulings affirmed

The trial court's parenting time order, which increased defendant's parenting time, did not modify the custodial environment.

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Related Topix: Family

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Take a Father to School big success

More than 5,000 were expected to turn out for the Pittsburgh Public School District's annual Take a Father to School Day this year.

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Related Topix: Kids

Examiner.com

Salt Lake City ranks as the top city for same-sex couples to raise kids

It would be expected that the top places to raise kids for same-sex couples would be cities or communities with the heaviest concentration of the LGBT population, but researchers have found in new study that the top areas for gay parenting aren't gay meccas like San Francisco and New York.

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Related Topix: Salt Lake City, UT, Family, Kids, Gay/Lesbian, IGN Entertainment

The Village Voice

Film Summer Guide: Club-going Teens Turn Celebrity Burglars in Coppola's The Bling Ring

Maybe it was the toxic convergence of celebrity worship, hyper-materialism, shitty parenting, and Adderall: Starting in late 2008, a gang of spoiled Valley kids walked into the unlocked homes of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge, and others, pilfering over $3 million in designer clothing, jewelry, artwork, and Brian Austin Green's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Somewhere, Arts, Cinema, Family, The Virgin Suicides, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Marie Antoinette, Mystery Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Go Local

Julia Steiny: Public Schools Owe Neglected Kids More Than Academics

Dr. James Comer is a rock star in my world, with sterling credentials and a great personal story.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Brown University, Standardized Testing, Education

Tue May 21, 2013

Chicago Reader

StoryCorps puts Chicago behind the microphone

I'm sitting in a dimly lit recording booth, about the size of an elevator, at a small table opposite my friend Brenna.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Skokie, IL, Chicago, IL

Canada.com

Oh, baby! Researchers explore symbolic meaning behind infant-feeding choices

A group of women gather for a nurse-in in Montreal, Quebec. A new study investigates the symbolic meaning behind infant feeding choices.

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Related Topix: Canada, Family

In Paris Texas

Hands on Parenting

"Hands on Parenting is, hands down, one of the hardest parenting styles out there.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

WMC-TV Memphis

More women arrested for pain pills stresses jails

Ninth Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson told the Knoxville News Sentinel 3 of the four counties in his district have overcrowded jails, largely because of an increase in women being arrested.

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Related Topix: Family

The Baltimore Sun

'Real Housewives of Orange County' recap: Episode 8, 'Hot in Orange County'

Season 8 -- Pictured: Tamra Barney, Heather Dubrow, Gretchen Rossi, Vicki Gunvalson, Alexis Bellino, Lydia McLaughlin -- It's a bright and early morning at the Dubrow home, with Heather getting excited and nervous about starting her first day on set.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Wedding, Family, Kids, Hot in Cleveland

Anorak

Desperate mother who 'sold' her toddler on Craigslist deserves help not hatred

OTHER parents - our occasional look at bad parenting - presents Stephanie Redus, the mother who tried to sell her three-year-old son Conner Danger Redus on Craigslist.

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Related Topix: Family, Texas, Prison

The Austin Chronicle

'Someone Could Get Hurt' at BookPeople Tonight

Someone who's written for Maxim , GQ , Playboy , Penthouse , and Deadspin is probably the last person you'd expect to write a book on parenting.

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Related Topix: Family

Mon May 20, 2013

Noozhawk

CALM's 'I Will Not Be Silent' Campaign Helped Community ...

Raising one's voice against violence and abuse is a simple, yet incredibly important action.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, OH, Family

The Miami Herald

6 months before boy's death, DCF said he was safe

Catalina Marista Bruno had been arrested three times on charges involving drugs or alcohol.

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Related Topix: Family, Miami Dade County, FL

Freshnews

Health & Parenting Releases Pregnancy week to week App for iPad

Health & Parenting, a leading independent developer of healthcare and family-related mobile applications for expectant parents, has launched its 'must-have' pregnancy essentials app, Pregnancy week to week for iPad, available now on the App Store.

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Related Topix: Ipad, Science / Technology, Family