Your parents f-ed you up and how not to do the same: If you live in fear of f-ing up your kids check out Time Out NY's collection of articles by kids on unusual parenting to figure out what not to do. Does anyone's family ever change? This American Life focuses on this question this week. On Food and Zapping. For the one armed chefs out there, though you may feel reluctant about your secret love of the microwave, after reading this article in the NY Times you'll feel better. Apparently the way that microwaves rapidly heat food means that they retain more of their vitamins than when boiled, steamed or baked. Read on for the best tips to get the most out of your microwave. First manicures, now the salon. Hair treatments like full-color dye plus highlights, once reserved for women with salaries and mortgages, have increasingly become the norm for pre-pubescent girls. Child drowning prevention. As swimming weather approaches, it's time to make sure your children will be safe around the water this summer. Check this video, while it totally freaked me out, it is really incredible. I just don't get how they held back the baby's mom to get this video made. Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone. Lenore Skenazy's liberating tale of letting her 9 year old son loose on the subway with a metrocard, $20 and some quarters . Is she more crazy or, maybe, more sane than most other parents today? Which camp are you in?