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High School Baseball Team Forfeits Rather Than Face a Girl
An Arizona high school baseball team chose to forfeit the state championship rather than face off against an opponent that has a girl on its team.
Our Lady of Sorrows, a fundamentalist Catholic school, was slated to play Mesa Preparatory Academy in the Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship. But they pulled out because of 15-year-old Paige Sultzbach, who plays second base for Mesa Prep.
Teen Takes a Stand Against Airbrushed Models
Do you get frustrated when you flip through a magazine and see advertisements full of models without a single blemish, line or hint of cellulite?
One Maine teenager is protesting the use of airbrushing and Photoshopping in Seventeen magazine, and her cause has gained the support of tens of thousands of people.
Should You Post Family Pics on Facebook?
Do you ever post photos of your children on your social media profile pages? Is it possible that sharing photos of your kids on your Facebook account could actually hurt you career-wise?
Writer Janet Paskin made a compelling point about this issue on the Wall Street Journal’s The Juggle Blog:
Survey: Americans Support Working Moms
In the wake of the political dust-up between Ann Romney and a Democratic consultant who criticized Romney for her at-home motherhood, CNN asked over a thousand people what they thought about mothers and work.
The overwhelming response? Working women get a big thumbs-up.
Good Housekeeping Guilt
Do you feel guilty about your "messy house?"
Working Mother Magazine touched on a sore spot when it asked working mothers about the cleanliness of their households and whether they ever feel guilty about their housekeeping.
Pregnancy, Obesity and Autism
Are very overweight pregnant moms more likely to have a baby with autism? The answer might surprise you.
According to a new study in the journal Pediatrics suggests that children born to very overweight women are 67 percent more likely to have autism. They also faced double the risk of having other developmental delays.
Study Blames Parents for Lack of Kids’ Outdoor Play
After studying data on nearly 9,000 preschoolers, researchers concluded that 49 percent of those children don’t go outside with their parents to play on a daily basis, the Washington Post reported.
Kids and Death Benefits
If you’re widowed and used frozen sperm to conceive children, are those children entitled to their deceased father’s Social Security benefits?
The Supreme Court is now deciding what to do with just such a case after a woman’s request for Social Security benefits for her twins, born 18 months after their father died of cancer, was denied, the Associated Press reported.
TSA Apologizes to Mom
The latest in a series of incidents involving the Transportation Security Authority (TSA) agents searching and questioning people at the nation’s airports comes a new shocking story from Hawaii.
Toddlers with Tooth Decay
Cavities appear to be on the rise among the preschool set, as an alarming number of young children are showing up for dentist appointments with a mouthful of tooth decay.
Dentists nationwide say they are seeing more preschoolers at all income levels with six to 10 cavities or more, according to the New York Times.
