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• Teacher Hoses Down Pre-Schooler Who Messed His Pants

  Posted 10:14 PM 12/13/2011

  A pre-school teacher will be suspended for 10 days, without pay, after she hosed down a boy who messed his pants.  The Pinellas County School said that the teacher used "low pressure water" to wash the little boy off.  She put pants on the boy and then went to the classroom to put a new (More)
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• 5-Year-Old Comes Home From Daycare With Pierced Ears

  Posted 1:04 PM 11/28/2011

  Mom, Eloise Cardenas, said she picked her children up from their daycare center, KinderCare, and her 5-year-old daughter was complaining that her ears hurt. According to the (More)
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• Day care Rating System: Every State Should Have One

  Posted 5:50 PM 11/13/2011

  Georgia will bestarting a new program, to regulate day care centers, in January.  It will help parents know what is going on at their child's day care center.  Centers (More)
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• Do You Have to Settle for Low-Cost Daycare?

  Posted 10:50 AM 11/2/2011

  The economy is tough right now and families are feeling it in every aspect of their life.  Cutbacks come in every part of family budget: groceries, child care, housing, etc.  A study from the Center for Children's Initiatives (CCI) found that many low-income and moderate-income families (More)
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• Would You Have a Man as a Babysitter or "Manny?"

  Posted 8:25 PM 10/30/2011

  Do you remember when Brittany Spears debuted her "manny?" Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, and Kurt Cobain also had or have mannies.  A manny is a male nanny.  Since then, there has been a significant rise in mannies.  They've always been around, think Mr. Belvedere and Charles in Charge. (More)
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• Pre-School Vs. Day Care: What's the Difference

  Posted 9:38 PM 10/20/2011

  Pre-School and Day Care are the two main choices for parents when deciding what's best for their kids.  There are some differences and it largely depends on whether both parents work.  

  Here are some of the big differences in day care and pre-school.

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• Runaway Preschooler Scares Moms Everywhere

  Posted 10:26 PM 10/17/2011

  A 3-year-old boy, in England, decided he didn't want to stay at preschool and took off on his own. According to Samantha Aldridge said the school called to let her (More)
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• Mainstream Parenting Methods: Harmful or Helpful?

  Posted 11:17 AM 10/15/2011

  Most parents, especially first time parents, buy parenting books. Books that help us get our babies on a sleep schedule, a feeding schedule, how to deal with teething, potty training and every other milestone kids have from birth to toddlerhood.  Many parents align themselves with a method (More)
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• Would You Leave Your Baby Alone?

  Posted 7:18 PM 10/13/2011

  This article made me stop and wonder, why would she think this is an ok thing to do? An anonymous mother wrote in and told a (More)
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• Best Cities for Working Moms

  Posted 5:24 PM 10/12/2011

  Forbes Woman has ranked the best cities for working moms in the United States. They analyzed various aspects of the largest 50 metropolitan areas by population. Job opportunity and high earnings potential were at the top of the (More)
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