Hollywood's Hottest Dad
51% of you voted Hugh Jackman the Hottest Dad in Hollywood by a landslide. Wolverine edged out Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp -- and we can see why.
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Best Stepdad
How cool would it be to have Ashton Kutcher as your stepdad? Pretty cool, according to 52% of you. After all, you wouldn't have to teach him how to send a text message or use Twitter! Kutcher is pictured here in 2007 with stepdaughters Rumer and Tallulah Willis.
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Who cares about IQ?
Not ParentDish readers! 80% of you said that this 24-year-old UK mom should be allowed to keep her baby--even after social workers said she was "too stupid" to take care of her.
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Enough With the Gosselins!
Will you buy Kate Gosselin's cookbook? 64% of you say no -- and you're also tired of hearing about her.
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Best Babysitters
31% of you said that you would leave your kids with Ellen and Portia, while only 9% would trust Oprah to babysit. Interesting, since none of the celebs are parents.
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Fav Celeb Mom
Jennifer Garner is your favorite celebrity mom, beating out Angelina Jolie and First Lady Michelle Obama with 37% of the vote.
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Bad Mommy
Dina Lohan and Courtney Love tied for worst celebrity mom, each with 32% of your votes. Only 3% of you said that Kate Moss was a bad mom, though, which says a lot -- mostly what a mess Dina Lohan is.
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Unimpressed
Only 8% of you think Bristol Palin a better parent than baby daddy Levi. [Get the full story]
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Octo Overload?
60% of you are worried about her kids. Maybe because she reportedly once stripped under the name "Angelina?" [Get the full story]
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Tough to Swallow
45% of you said this Burger King ad was "totally inappropriate." What would the King say? [Get the full story]
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Katrina 3-19-2008 @ 1:48PM
I have a bathring, but it attaches securely to the side of the bathtub and provides me with a comfortable padded area for my arms. While it is bulkier than the normal bathrings I never trusted the ones that secured with only suction cups on the bottom.
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Meagan 3-19-2008 @ 2:09PM
How is a wipe warmer a "safety product?" Also on #8, "Syrup of ipecac" it suggests throwing out your ipecac even though only SOME substances cause more harm on the way back up. Obviously if your kid swallows something toxic you should call poison control, but if you do call poison control and they DO tell you to induce vomiting, isn't ipecac preferable to shoving your finger down her throat? I find the link generally amusing just in contrast to the post yesterday that was talking about how much people hate Parenting Magazine because of it's alarmist tactics in garnering readers.
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Nicola 3-19-2008 @ 2:09PM
The only two that we ever had were the plug covers and bed rail. I can see their point, but in both cases I think that the benefit of the product FAR outweighs the risk. The other products did seem a bit iffy and we never had any in our home.
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Sabrina 3-19-2008 @ 3:06PM
We have the outlet covers. I can barely pry them off, let alone my kids, but I guess it depends on the brand of outlet overs and the size/shape of your outlets, and how determined your kids REALLY are to get their little fingers in those outlets. I've never owned any of the other products.
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SKL 3-19-2008 @ 3:39PM
I have the outlet covers and they are pretty big and awkward-shaped and poky. I would be surprised if any child were determined enough to get that down his throat. Anyhoo, you have to pay attention to what your kids are doing. If they can get the outlet covers off, it seems you have more problems than just a choking hazard.
I have the bumpers. I would not have bought them, but they come in those "all in one" bed bags and I wasn't about to throw them out. They are really cute, and I suspect safer to sleep with than a lot of other things my kids have in their beds. I attach them only to the crib sides that are against the walls or other furniture, so they won't likely use them to try to climb out.
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Cynthia 3-19-2008 @ 4:25PM
Bath rings. Bath rings are unsafe when parents are sitting right next to their child. It is idiotic to trust a bath ring to hold your child and then leave the room. The problem isn't the bath ring, which is mightily handy for someone having trouble washing a squirmy baby, but that some people have no sense at all. You child cannot drown because of a tipped over bath ring if you are sitting right there next to them. The safety hazard there is stupidity.
I don't use the outlet covers because I find them annoying. I actually replaced the face plates with childsafe ones that slide over to accomodate a plug. Then I don't have to pull them out when I want to plug something in and I don't need to keep track of them. Elfe sells them and they are pretty inexpensive.
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Cynthia 3-19-2008 @ 4:26PM
There is a crucial "not" missing in my post. Bath rings are NOT unsafe when you are sitting right next to your child.
Sabrina 3-19-2008 @ 5:55PM
Hah, I agree! Inattentiveness and just plain stupidity cause many more accidents than safety products do. If you keep an eye on your kids (I know it's not 100% possible, but most of the time it's pretty easy to do), and don't leave them alone in the bathtub (EVER!), or even the living room for extended periods of time, they're much less likely to get severely hurt.