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Linkin B'logs: Your Chances of Divorce, Toxic Toys, 17+ Children and More
While everyone out there tries to remind us to keep on consuming to save the economy, I just don't buy it. In contrast, Obama's announcement of of his public works program on Saturday feels exciting. He is talking about about things like improving schools, providing universal broadband access and creating programs to increase energy efficiency. I can't help it, the guy makes me feel hopeful!
Keep reading for more of this week's news including a simple test you can take to find out how your marriage will turn out, the toxic toy report and what in particular to avoid, my favorite family that clearly doesn't believe in birth control and more.
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Technology Updates. The Daily News writes about a new service by babycenter.com where they help you track your cycle by sending you reminder text messages. Gotham School's guest student-bloggers from the NYCiSchool explain what it means to be a student at a cyber high school.
Toxic Toys. NPR reports on a study that found toxins in one-third of toys tested one piece of advice, throw away all the cheap children's jewelry which is five times as likely to have elevated levels of lead. And though it may seem like a good thing that stricter regulations are being passed to regulate this, the result is that it may push out all the small and local toymakers, check out this website to see their side of the story.
Love and Loss. The Post writes about the 9-year author of "How to Talk to Girls" and the Times Freakanomics blog posts about a website that claims to tell you the the odds of your marriage ending in divorce.
Parenting Perspective. Whenever parenting feels overwhelming, I like to think about the Duggers who have 17 kids and are expecting. Their new show aptly titled 17 and Counting is on TLC on Monday nights at 10pm and offers some solid parenting tips, none of which are particularly relevant for my tiny family but none the less, fascinating. And, check out the Dugger family site for recipes for their family favorites like Tater Tot Casarole.
NY Times Motherlode Blog reader reaches out to the parenting community with her teen woes and tries to figure out whether rewards work as behavior modification tools, some really good advice from the readers.
