A new study by Canadian researchers shows spanking children can do more harm than previously thought, including causing “long-term developmental damage and may even lower a child’s IQ.” Currently banned in 32 countries, physical punishment is still an accepted practice in large parts of the world. The researchers behind this study hope parents can take... Continue Reading →
Not Again—Hot Sauce Teacher In Hot Water
You might have read about the Hot Sauce Mom, who got into trouble last year for her unusual punishment of making her son hold hot sauce in his mouth for lying to her. It was kind of a modern "I'll wash your mouth out with soap" kind of thing. But although the soap-in-the-mouth threat (and... Continue Reading →
All The [NERD] Rage: Week of October 8 – 14, 2011
It's Friday! That means it's time for another episode of All The [NERD] Rage, a lightning-round style review of the top nerd stories of the week. These are stories the Muggles may have missed. It's time to catch up, so we'd better get started. iOS 5 Released Apple released the newest version of its... Continue Reading →
The Awesome Liebster Blog Award
Yeah! Kat from Keeping Sane nominated me for the Liebster Blog Award, so I get to have one of those fancy bloggie badges on my page. Now I look all official and stuff. But seriously, thanks to Kat for thinking of Five Things At Once, and I suppose thus there is some bookkeeping to do.... Continue Reading →
Status Updates Can Be Trouble For The Whole Family
By now most people know the story of Heather Armstrong, who lost her job as a web and graphic designer due to subject matter she posted on her personal blog. That subject matter, unfortunately for her, was specific details about her workplace. Being one of the first workers fired for blogging, she became famous for... Continue Reading →
The Return of Punch Dancing?
Apparently, Hollywood doesn't have any original ideas anymore. You just can't get away from the remakes, which are all the rage these days. I just saw a trailer for the new version of Footloose. It started out in the same vein- a small town with a bunch of grumpy adults who won't let the kids... Continue Reading →
Kids Pick Up On Your Money Worries More Than You Think
Think you can’t have an adult conversation in front of your kids? Well, you can’t...and maybe you shouldn’t. A new study shows that kids pick up on their parents’ financial woes more than we thought. And that's a concern, considering the state of the world economy. Since we all have serious issues to worry about... Continue Reading →
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