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Study: Kids change how women think, react

According to new study from Ipsos OTX, affluent women who have children act and react differently to nearly everything. According to researchers, women with children have different priorities, are more likely to sacrifice something for a child and have different ideas of the type of lifestyle they want.
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GPS keeps track of Palos Hts. school bus riders

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It is the newest, technological twist in the effort to ease parents' nerves and keep students safe. Today's parents, torn between wanting to give their kids more independence while also keeping them from harm, now can send them off knowing they can call the school to check the minute their child arrives.
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Younger kids are being misdiagnosed with ADHD

Morrill explains that the study shows that children born just after the kindergarten cutoff date were 25 percent less likely to be diagnosed as having ADHD than children born just before the cutoff date. “This indicates that there are children who are diagnosed (or not) because of something other than underlying biological or medical reasons.
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Appeals court allows autism helper dog in class

The Fourth District Appellate Court sided with the family of Kaleb Drew. They had argued that the boy's yellow Labrador retriever is a service animal allowed in schools under state law. The boy's mother had testified that the dog prevents the boy from running away, helps him focus on his homework and calms him when he has a tantrum.
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High fructose corn syrup is causing heath problems

he data suggest that the best choice is to reduce intake of all sweeteners containing fructose. That includes not only the evil HFCS, but also natural cane sugar, molasses (which is just impure cane sugar), brown sugar (ditto) and honey. Even “unsweetened” (no added sugar) fruit juices need to be considered when limiting your family’s fructose intake.
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HERO

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She let her 9 year old son ride the subway alone, "he was ready"

That’s why letting Izzy find his way home alone seemed like a fine idea. Not dangerous. Not crazy. Not even very hard. My husband and I talked about it and agreed that our boy was ready. So on that sunny Sunday when I took him to that big, bright store, I said those words we don’t say much anymore.
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Tembo - online games for kids that are semi-educational

The game is set in the rainforest and you, the player, are tasked with using the natural resources in the environment around you to survive. The challenge is that each time you touch the environment, you risk upsetting the balance between the plant and animal species in it, causing populations to crash and multiply and putting yourself and your neighbors at risk.
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PocketTales - Online book club for kids with quizzes and games

To play Pocket Tales, readers test their knowledge of a recently finished book by taking a short quiz on the Pocket Tales site. Passing a quiz earns the reader points, which helps them level-up and challenge their friends for leaderboard domination.
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FUNNY

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Man punches father of unruly kids at Olive Garden

According to police, Paul Blankfeld, 36, began complaining about noise made by children at another table. He then confronted the father of the children, charging at him and punching him in the neck. Blankfeld told police that the noise of the children, including one with autism, disturbed his dinner.
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Mom arrested for wet t-shirt at water park

On April 24, Lovett kicked off her shoes and joined her son at the newly opened Tavares Splash Park. But after her t-shirt and bra became soaked, parents complained to a park employee that the see-through shirt was "offensive," according to a police report. It's not clear why authorities were called, but park employees told police it was the third time in recent days that Lovett was asked to leave the park because of a wet shirt. Marks said Lovett wrapped a towel around herself and was approached by a Tavares police officer who asked her for her name as she was walking out of the park on the north shore of Lake Dora.
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Junk Food More Than Doubles the Risk of ADHD in Kids

Researchers, who examined the diets of 1,800 teens, found that “western-style” diets more than doubled the risk of an ADHD diagnosis, compared with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, even after adjusting for social and family factors.
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Working mothers not necessarily harmful to child development

Researchers at Columbia University say they are among the first to measure the full effect of maternal employment on child development -- not just the potential harm caused by a mother's absence from the home, but the prospective benefits that come with her job, including higher family income and better child care.
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