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It's OK for Kate Hudson to name her baby Bing. If Alicia Silverstone decides Bear Blu is the perfect name for her boy? Fine. But if you live in New Zealand and you decide Lucifer is the perfect moniker for your little tyke, forget it. It will be officially rejected.<br />
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The Star Times</a> reports the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages rejected the devilish name all three times it was attempted to be registered in the last two years. And, just to be fair, the office also said no to the name Messiah.<br />
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According to the newspaper, the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act says names can be rejected if they are offensive, overly long or resemble a rank or official title.<br />
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A list of 102 names rejected included Baron, Bishop, Duke, General, Judge, Justice, King, Knight and Mr., the Star Times reports.<br />
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Parents who thought it'd be cute to name their child a number or computer term were also denied, according to the newspaper. So, it was no to 89, *, . (full stop) and /.<br />
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The letters C, D, I and T were rejected, as well, the Star Times, but J and q were questioned and then accepted. Also eventually accepted: Fanny, Jnr, Shady and Nevaeh.<br />
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<strong>What do you think? Should a government office be allowed to nix your baby's name? Leave a comment below!</strong><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/07/18/wanna-name-your-baby-lucifer-new-zealand-says-hell-no/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/forward/19993805/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/07/18/wanna-name-your-baby-lucifer-new-zealand-says-hell-no/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>baby name lucifer</category><category>baby names</category><category>rejected baby names</category><category>weird baby names</category><dc:creator>Lesley Kennedy</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Video: Kid Calls Mom from Obama's Limo</title><link>http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/24/video-kid-calls-mom-from-obamas-limo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/24/video-kid-calls-mom-from-obamas-limo/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/24/video-kid-calls-mom-from-obamas-limo/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/category/celeb-parents/" rel="tag">Celeb Parents</a>, <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/category/funny-stuff/" rel="tag">Funny Stuff</a></p>Earlier this week, <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/22/barack-obama-crying-baby/" target="_blank">we saw President Obama soothe a crying baby</a> after the first lady had no such luck. Mr. Prez shows his soft side for kids once again when he advises this young boy to call his mom -- and leave a voicemail when she doesn't pick up. We're betting mom wishes she hadn't missed <em>that</em> call!<br />
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"<a href="http://www.sesamestreet.org/" target="_blank">Sesame Street</a>" always seems to have its finger on the pop culture pulse, and this funny preview of the kid show's newest season, set for September, takes a jab at the Broadway opening of the musical "<a href="http://spidermanonbroadway.marvel.com/" target="_blank">Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark</a>."<br />
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After a series of much-publicized delays, accidents and injuries, the comic book-adaptation opened June 15 in New York to lousy reviews.<br />
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"It is only our 17th opening night, sir," Grover tells the lone audience member in the "Sesame Street" spoof. "We still have a few kinks to work out."<br />
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Perhaps an appearance by our favorite blue Muppet would boost the Broadway show.<br />
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Hmm...Who was the speaker at our college commencement? Oh, that's right we skipped it. But, we're pretty sure the 2011 grads at Dartmouth College -- at least those who attended -- won't soon forget their graduation day.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDYXaaT9sA&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Conan O'Brien</a>, himself a Harvard man, took the stage at the New Hampshire school, which gave him an honorary doctorate of the arts.<br />
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The "Conan" late night host pointed out dropout "losers" like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.<br />
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"But don't get me wrong, I take my task today very seriously," O'Brien assures the crowd. "When I got the call two months ago to be your speaker, I decided to prepare with the same intensity many of you have devoted to an important term paper. So late last night, I began. I drank two cans of Red Bull, snorted some Adderall, played a few hours of Call of Duty, and then opened my browser. I think Wikipedia put it best when they said "Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League University in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States." Thank you and good luck."<br />
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Here's a video of the <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~commence/speeches/2011/obrien-speech.html" target="_blank">rest of his speech</a>.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/14/conan-obrien-dartmouth-commencement-speech/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/forward/19966687/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/14/conan-obrien-dartmouth-commencement-speech/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>commencement speech</category><category>conan obrien</category><category>conan obrien commencement speech</category><category>dartmouth</category><dc:creator>Lesley Kennedy</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dad Dresses Up to Embarrass His Son - Every Day of the School Year</title><link>http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/08/dad-embarrasses-son/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/08/dad-embarrasses-son/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/08/dad-embarrasses-son/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/category/in-the-news/" rel="tag">In The News</a>, <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/category/funny-stuff/" rel="tag">Funny Stuff</a></p><!--Starting of UEC -->
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If you thought a little dancing, singing or bad joke-telling was enough to embarrass your kids, you could learn a thing or two from Dale Price.<br />
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The stay-at-home dad from Utah has mortifying his son down to a science -- and it's one that comes with sparkles, capes, makeup and masks. Oh, yes, and drag. Lots of dressing in drag.<br />
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The prankster pop wore a different costume for every day of the school year -- that would be 170 in all -- waving from his front lawn to the school bus carrying his teenage son, Rain, "<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/embarrassing-dad-170-costumes/story?id=13783709" target="_blank">Good Morning America</a>" reports.<br />
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Football player, gangster, soldier, chef. Superman, Wonder Woman, rock star, clown. Michael Jackson, Santa Claus, bride. Every single day, a different costume.<br />
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"The lowest day was the Little Mermaid," Rain tells "GMA."<br />
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Price tells the news show he and his wife noticed the bus had changed routes at the beginning of the school year, driving past their house, so they went outside to wave. Rain, 15 at the time and not thrilled by this, begged his mom to keep his dad from doing it again.<br />
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"I overheard it," Price tells "GMA." "So, once I overheard it, I thought, you know what? It's on. Here we go."<br />
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Price says he used stuff around the house to construct his costumes, borrowed items from friends and neighbors and spent less than $50 total on his creations.<br />
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"This was poor idea just gone crazy," he tells "GMA."<br />
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And, while Rain was at many times horrified by his dad, he tells the news show by the last few months of school, the embarrassment eased.<br />
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"In the end it was just fun and laughing on the bus the whole way," he says.<br />
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So, yes, there are haters out there who say this little boy is singing inappropriate lyrics, but we think he's just as adorable as the singer from "Glee" he's impersonating.<br />
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Dressed like Blaine, the character played by Darren Criss on the show, this "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxuWSXwR4Mc&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Mini Warbler</a>" sings along to Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream."<br />
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Plus, he's giving us Gleeks something tide us over with until the next season begins. We say, warble on, little man, warble on!<br />
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It's a proud day when a father watches his son <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD5OJeLeunc&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">catch his first fish</a>, and we're so glad this pop captured the moment on video.<br />
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"What name is he?" Teddy, 3, asks Dad after reeling in the fish that startled him.<br />
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"I don't know, what do you want to name him?"<br />
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"Free. He's a nice fishy. He's beautiful."
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	And, true to its name, the fish was released back into the water.<br />
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	Talk about your fish tales.<br />
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BERLIN (AP) - Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.<br />
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A teenage girl in Germany who forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook fled her own party when more than 1,500 guests showed up and around 100 police officers, some on horses, were needed to keep the crowd under control.<br />
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Eleven people were temporarily detained, one police officer was injured, dozens of girls wearing flip-flops cut their feet on broken glass and firefighters had to extinguish two small fires at the 16th birthday party in Hamburg, police spokesman Mirko Streiber said Sunday.<br />
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The birthday girl, identified only as Thessa, went into hiding, Streiber said, but "nonetheless the party was a hit."<br />
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Thessa had initially only wanted to ask some friends over to her home in Hamburg-Bramfeld when she posted her invitation on Facebook, but mistakenly she published it so that everyone on Facebook could see it.<br />
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The invitation quickly went viral, and some 15,000 people confirmed online they would come to the party - without even knowing the girl, weekly paper Bild am Sonntag reported.<br />
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When Thessa's parents found out, they made their daughter cancel the party, informed police and hired a private security service to protect their home on Friday night.<br />
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Despite public announcements in Hamburg that the party had been canceled, some 1,500 teenagers and young adults showed up on the street in front of Thessa's home, Streiber told The Associated Press.<br />
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"We had cordoned off the house, some 100 police were on the ground, four of them on horses - but that did not keep the kids from celebrating," Streiber said.<br />
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Some revelers held up signs asking "Where is Thessa?" others brought birthday presents and homemade cake, there was lots of alcohol and the crowd chanted again and again, "Thessa, celebrating a birthday is not a crime," - in obvious relation to the massive police presence, Bild reported.<br />
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The police officer was injured when he tried to keep a party reveler from breaking off the Mercedes-Benz logo of his patrol car.<br />
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"It was sheer insanity but mostly peaceful," Streiber summed up the night with a laugh.<br />
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As for Thessa - she was nowhere to be seen. Police confirmed she "was not at home that night" and Bild reported that she celebrated quietly with her grandparents at an undisclosed location.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/06/facebook-party-spins-out-of-control/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/forward/19959444/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/06/facebook-party-spins-out-of-control/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>facebook</category><category>facebook party</category><category>german teen</category><dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Comedian Wendy Liebman on How She Met Her Husband</title><link>http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/02/comedian-wendy-liebman-on-her-husband/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/02/comedian-wendy-liebman-on-her-husband/</guid><comments>http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/02/comedian-wendy-liebman-on-her-husband/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/category/funny-stuff/" rel="tag">Funny Stuff</a>, <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/category/celeb-news-and-interviews/" rel="tag">Celeb News &amp; Interviews</a></p><p>
	Good comics don't only deliver laughs in their stand-up routines -- some of the smarter ones save their best material for their sit-down interviews. Take a look at the hilarious Wendy Liebman talking about how she met her husband.</p>
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We can't wait to buy a T-shirt that reads, "Thumbs up to rock and roll!"<br />
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When "Saturday Night Live" star <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/22/SNL-justin-timberlake-lady-gaga-andy-samberg-golden-rule/" target="_blank">Andy Samberg</a> isn't making hilarious videos for grown-ups with Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, he's making hilarious videos for kids with Bert from "<a href="http://www.sesamestreet.org/" target="_blank">Sesame Street</a>."<br />
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The actor sat down with the yellow unibrow fellow for a bit called "Conversations with Bert." In <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxg113O_SRI&amp;NR=1" target="_blank">part one of the interview</a>, Bert takes a twist on the Barbara Walters question "If you were a tree, what kind would you be," asking Samberg to name his favorite fabric. It's velour or rayon, by the way.<br />
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Samberg also talks Harry Potter, recalls his pet turtle and discloses that he prefers the modern-day sock to any other in history. "Why fight modern-day progress?" Samberg asks.<br />
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In <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhDIlSdpV-c&amp;feature=relmfu" target="_blank">part two of the chat</a>, Samberg shares a dry white toast joke, confides he'd like to be stranded on a deserted island with a pigeon over a paper clip and names Harold from "Harold and Maude" as his favorite Harold.<br />
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Now, if we could just get Samberg booked on "<a href="http://www.aoltv.com/2011/05/03/glee-videos-fondue-for-two-go-your-own-way/" target="_blank">Fondue for Two</a>."<br />
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Isabella? So common. Jacob? Snoozeville.<br />
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It's basically a requirement for <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2010/04/05/parentdishs-100-weirdest-celebrity-baby-names/">celebrities to give their babies bizarre names</a>. Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon recently named their twins <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/05/05/mariah-carey-names-twins-moroccan-and-monroe/">Moroccan and Monroe</a>. Alicia Silverstone went with <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/05/10/alicia-silverstone-names-her-baby-bear-blu/">Bear Blu</a> for her boy. Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox? They had a boy last week and named him ... <a href="http://www.accesshollywood.com/jay-mohr-and-nikki-cox-welcome-son-meredith-daniel_article_47624?__source=rss|access-originals" target="_blank">Meredith</a>.<br />
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So, how do they come up with these monikers? In a hilarious skit on "<a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live" target="_blank">Jimmy Kimmel Live</a>," there's one man to blame: <a href="http://www.aolnews.com/tag/gary-busey/" target="_blank">Gary Busey</a>.<br />
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Call Gary Busey's Celebrity Baby Name Hotline, and, for $2.17 a minute, he'll deliver names like Scooter Pooter or Snuggie Hammerhead.<br />
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"Boy or girl?" Busey asks in the comedy bit. "OK, blond or brunette ... It's coming to me ... Papaya Aquarium!"<br />
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Don't tell Nicolas Cage. <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2005/10/03/nicholas-cage-and-wife-welcome-baby-boy/">Kal-el</a> doesn't need a brother named after a cross between a blanket with sleeves and a shark.<br />
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We wrote about the <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2011/03/30/breast-milk-baby-doll/">Breast Milk Baby</a> back in March -- you remember, the doll that sucks and cries for kids who want to practice breast-feeding.<br />
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Today, Kathie Lee Gifford tried using the doll on "<a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29054368/ns/kathie_lee_and_hoda#42975250" target="_blank">Today With Kathie Lee and Hoda</a>."<br />
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"There's something just so weird about what's happening right now," Hoda Kotb says.<br />
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And, later, guest Andy Samberg gives the doll a whirl.<br />
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"My mama raised me right," he quips, giving the doll a "burp."<br />
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<em>Don't act like you don't have one, because I know you do.</em><br />
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I have two. I call them my shot-across-the-bow phrases. They are what I say when my kids are getting on my nerves and I want them to know that if they keep it up, there will be trouble. Or, at least I want them to <em>think</em> if they keep it up, there will be trouble, even though sometimes I'm really not all that committed to carrying through, truth be told.<br />
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My first shot-across-the-bow phrase is "Don't peeve me." I can't begin to count how many times I've said it. I use this one when I need them to go amuse themselves, or they start doing something they know annoys me. Sometimes I add the word "child" to make it slightly more serious, as in "Don't peeve me, child."<br />
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Another one of my favorites is "Don't make me beat you." It's a solid step up from "Don't peeve me." I warn them that if they are bad, I will beat them senseless with my Senseless Beating Stick. The Senseless Beating Stick is famous in my house, and has an aura of mystery as it's never been seen before. The kids are beginning to wonder if it even exists. I've explained to them that, if they're lucky, they'll never have to find out.<br />
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I asked a few other moms to share their fave warning phrases with me, and, when they did, I was surprised at how much each saying made me want to chuckle.<br />
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"You're on the edge, mister."<br />
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"Watch it, young lady."<br />
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"Do I need to put you to bed early?"<br />
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I can picture the mom screwing up her face, brows knitted, arms akimbo, delivering her message with the utmost in HUMORLESS VOICE. Warning phrases are serious business.<br />
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As it turns out, they also seem to fall neatly into categories.<br />
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The first type of warning is the Probing Question. These warnings focus on logic, with moms trying to get their children to think through how they are behaving.<br />
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"Are you making a good choice right now?"<br />
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"Do you want to rethink that?"<br />
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"What do you think you're doing?"<br />
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Next, is the old-school Meaningless Threat of Bodily Harm. "Don't make me beat you" would fall squarely into this category. These also are included:<br />
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"I'm gonna take you to Whoopin' Town."<br />
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"I will knock you into next week."<br />
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Some are slightly more subtle and don't even get to the type of harm that will come about.<br />
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"Don't make me come in there."<br />
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"If I have to tell you again, this day isn't gonna be fun anymore."<br />
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We don't know what will happen when she goes in there, or why the day won't be fun, but it sure sounds ominous.<br />
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Then there is the time-tested Name Call<strong>.</strong> This approach involves simply calling the child's name, usually with the voice starting out low and rising quickly at the end. Some moms call the full name. Some just use the first and middle. Some even do the first name and middle initial. I have yet to come across anyone who uses the first name only, but I did find one who just goes with the generic "Child!"<br />
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About as popular as the Name Call is the Mathematical Caution. There are various iterations of this form of warning. Some moms count up:<br />
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"1, 2, 3."<br />
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Some moms count down.<br />
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"3, 2, 1."<br />
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Some go to three, some to go five and some even go all the way to 10. (Not sure what moms have against even numbers.) Some moms just warn that they <em>might </em>start counting if things don't improve.<br />
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"Don't make me count to three!"<br />
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There's the Guilt Inducement. This mom wants the kids to know their behavior is impacting her ability to find any sort of happiness, whatsoever.<br />
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"You're going to drive me to drinkin'."<br />
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"You're riding my last nerve."<br />
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"How much more do I have to do to get you to listen to me?"<br />
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I don't know why, but I find myself very fond of the Exhortation! The moms who use this warning phrase method are all so unique and so adept at using exclamation points.<br />
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"For the love of God!"<br />
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"For the love of Pete!"<br />
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"That's enough!"<br />
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"Knock it off!"<br />
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"Listen, Bucko!"<br />
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And finally, my last category of mom warning phrases is the Exasperation. I totally get where these mothers are coming from. Sometimes you just have nothing left. No names, exclamation points or numbers. No reasonable discussion about the merits of behaving. Just complete vexation.<br />
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"Really? Really, dude?"<br />
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"I'm done with you people."<br />
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We unleashed 7-year-old reporter Aiden on AOL's New York City offices, where he asked kids who accompanied their parents to work that day how they imagine their parents spend time at the office, and, more importantly, how much cash they think their folks are raking in. Hint: If you make more than $200 a year, you're doing pretty well!<br />
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When "nighty-night" or "hush, little baby" just aren't helping to lull your screaming baby to sleep, you may be tempted to take some cues from a new bedtime story: "Go the F@#k to Sleep."<br />
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It's a thought that has probably crossed the minds of many an exhausted parent at 3 a.m., when the wee one refuses shut eye. Now, novelist <a href="http://www.adammansbach.com/" target="_blank">Adam Mansbach</a> has put the idea to pen in his children's book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Go-Fuck-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/1617750255/" target="_blank">Go the F.... to Sleep</a>," which is not due out until next October, and is actually not for kids, he tells "<a href="http://moms.today.com/_news/2011/04/26/6534646-want-another-bedtime-story-sweetie-heres-one-go-the-fk-to-sleep" target="_blank">Today</a>."<br />
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An excerpt from the book:<br />
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"The cats nestle close to their kittens.<br />
The lambs have laid down with the sheep.<br />
You're cozy and warm in your bed, my dear.<br />
Please go the f@#k to sleep."<br />
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"Hopefully, the book is very reflective of what we all feel putting our kids to bed," Mansbach tells the news show. "We all love our kids -- it's not like we stop loving our kids -- but as the minutes tick by, we'll do anything to get out of that room."<br />
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A visiting professor of fiction at <a href="http://www.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank">Rutgers University</a>, Mansbach is dad to a 2-year-old daughter, Vivien.<br />
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He says he hopes the book will be a fun moment of relief for sleep-deprived parents, telling "Today" that despite the "tremendous culture of parenting," there's a lot that doesn't get talked about.<br />
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Sometimes, you just need a good laugh, and this 30-second baby video made us chuckle.<br />
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Posted on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RP4sRKqWEQ&amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">YouTube</a> last week -- with the words: "Who needs a baby-sitter when you've got the Roomba?" -- this tiny tot is just along for the automated vacuum cleaner ride.<br />
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		At first, he got really, <em>really</em> sleepy and put his head down on the table. A few minutes later, he was chattering away -- saying hello to everyone in the joint and generally being Mr. Life of the Party.</div>
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You know how babies are when they get drunk.<br />
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And 15-month-old Dominic Dill-Reese of Oak Park, Mich., was <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20110412/METRO02/104120357/Toddler%E2%80%99s-alcoholic-drink-prompts-changes-at-Applebee%E2%80%99s" target="_blank">definitely plowed</a>. After hitting the ol' sippy copy at Applebee's in Madison Heights April 8, the Detroit News reports he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.10 -- enough go get arrested for drunk driving.<br />
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Fortunately, his parents were driving that night. They tell the paper they had no idea they were taking their son out for a baby bender. They ordered him apple juice. Instead, the waiter served him an alcohol-infused margarita mix.<br />
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When Dominic started acting strangely, his mother Taylor Dill-Reese took a taste and found he was boozing it up.<br />
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"We <a href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/se_mich/child-mistakenly-given-alcohol-at-Applebees" target="_blank">took it from him</a>, and he <a href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/se_mich/child-mistakenly-given-alcohol-at-Applebees" target="_blank">kind of laid his head on the table</a> and <a href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/se_mich/child-mistakenly-given-alcohol-at-Applebees" target="_blank">dozed off a little bit</a>, then woke back up and got real happy and was saying bye to people, hi to people," she tells <a href="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/se_mich/child-mistakenly-given-alcohol-at-Applebees" target="_blank">WOOD, the NBC affiliate</a> in Grand Rapids, Mich. "His food came, and he wouldn't eat it."<br />
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His parents took Dominic to a nearby hospital where doctors told them he would be fine.<br />
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Police tell the Detroit News a bottle at the bar was apparently mislabeled. Melissa Racer, a spokeswoman for Applebee's, released a statement to the paper saying the incident is being investigated internally, as well as by local police. Applebees is also changing its policy for dispensing and storing fruit juice, she adds.<br />
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Specifically, wait staff will pour juice for children "only from single-serve containers served at the table" beginning this week. In addition, "nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages must be stored in completely separate and identified containers."<br />
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"We want to express how thankful we are that the child involved in the incident at our restaurant in Madison Heights, Mich., on April 8, was not seriously injured as a result of accidentally receiving the wrong beverage," Racer's statement reads. "We also want to apologize to his parents, for the stress and worry this caused them."<br />
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This is not the first time a trip to Applebee's has resulted in a tipsy tot, according to the Detroit News. Chad Wuthrick of Salem, Ohio, tells the paper his wife and 1-year-old daughter had a similar experience after ordering apple juice at an Applebee's in Hermitage, Pa., on Dec. 3.<br />
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"After she took a drink she started gagging and spit it out," he says.<br />
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In June 2007, a 2-year-old Antioch, Calif., boy also received a margarita drink instead of apple juice at an Applebee's. A year earlier, a 5-year-old New York City boy was given a Long Island iced tea.<br />
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			Colorful Easter eggs ... err, spring spheres! Credit: Getty Images</p>
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"Christmas vacation" is commonly referred to as "winter break" at many schools, but asking students to call Easter eggs "spring spheres?" Well, that's a new one.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&amp;sid=459668" target="_blank">MyNorthwest.com</a>, reports that a Seattle private high school student called into the "<a href="http://www.mynorthwest.com/category/dori_monson/" target="_blank">Dori Monson Show</a>" on KIRO Radio last week to say she was asked to use that term at a local elementary school.<br />
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A sophomore identified only as Jessica, 16, told the show she volunteered at a Seattle third grade public school as part of a community service project.<br />
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"At the end of the week I had an idea to fill little plastic eggs with treats and jelly beans and other candy, but I was kind of unsure how the teacher would feel about that," she told Monson. "I went to the teacher to get her approval and she wanted to ask the administration about that and see if it was OK. ... She said that I could do it as long as I called this treat 'spring spheres.' I couldn't call them Easter eggs."<br />
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MyNorthwest.com reports that when Jessica took the treats out of the bag to show the kids, the teacher said, " 'Oh, look, spring spheres' and all the kids were like 'Wow, Easter eggs.' So they knew," Jessica told the radio show.<br />
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You don't often get to touch boobs in elementary school, but <a href="http://www.nbc12.com/story/14391026/elementary-students-feel-breast-implants" target="_blank">this was a special occasion</a> at Shady Grove Elementary School in Henrico, Va.<br />
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It was Career Day.<br />
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Can you guess what nice person was kind enough to bring breasts for the children to touch and squeeze? No, not the firefighter. Not the police officer. Not Mr. Hefner. Not even Miss Kardashian.<br />
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It was your friendly neighborhood plastic surgeon. The Daily Mail in London reports he came by just in case any of the kiddies dream of someday <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1374188/Parents-outraged-children-touch-breast-implant-elementary-schools-Career-  Day.html#ixzz1IscR69xb" target="_blank">giving boob jobs</a> to the rich and sagging. He reportedly brought along a breast implant for kids to, uh, examine.<br />
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Believe it or not, this was the first chance many children (some as young as 9) had to touch to a prosthetic breast.<br />
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Parent Jacquie Kelley's 10-year-old daughter was absent on Career Day. Nonetheless, Kelley tells NBC News her daughter may have missed out on the breast implant demonstration, but there's no way she, herself, is going to miss out on the parental indignation.<br /><!--START POLL CODE--><br />
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"I would not have been happy with it nor would I have agreed with it," she tells the network. "I think they're a little young to be having this discussion, and with everything going on with body issues and everything else and bullying and stuff like that, you don't need to add that to the mix.'<br />
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Facebook and Twitter have been lighting up parental rage, NBC News reports, but the kids don't seem to mind.<br />
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They tell NBC the local plastic surgeon comes every year, and the lessons are useful and informative. At least one parent, Marie Bradt, agrees.<br />
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"I think if he was talking about it in the medical sense and trying to explain to him that sometimes this happens to people then I'm comfortable with that," she tells NBC News.<br />
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