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Mennonite College Ends Its Ban of Playing National Anthem at Athletic Events
Goshen College will soon play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at some home athletic events for the first time in its 116-year history. Credit: Joe Raymond, AP
For the first time in more than a century, a college with ties to the Mennonite church is ...
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Inauguration - No Strollers Allowed
Parents know that outings mean planning ahead, and the planners of Barack Obama's inauguration are counting on that fact. Though no one is explicitly saying "no kids allowed," restrictions on strollers, carriages, and backpacks will make it difficult ...Study Finds Children Overmedicated on Purpose
It sounds like an episode from CSI. In fact, if I recall correctly, it was an episode of CSI. A child meets an untimely end due to being overmedicated with cough syrup. Why? The parents wanted her to calm down or be quiet or some such thing. It ...Physicians group wants FDA to ban children's cold medicines
Last winter, the FDA put out an advisory warning parents and caretakers that children under the age of two shouldn't be given over-the-counter cough and cold medications. A leading physicians group, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, thinks that ...Scholastic expels Bratz
We love book order day at our house. Because we're heavy library users, and because we already have a large book collection, we rarely spend money on books. But my kids love to flip through the flimsy pages, oohing and ahhing over the offerings, and ...
Firehack flaming footbag foiled
When I was a teenager, I would have done just about anything to get one of these -- a footbag for playing hackysack that you soak in paraffin oil and light on fire. I suck at hackysack, but that wouldn't have made a difference -- this thing is ...
Some dishwasher detergents banned in Washington state
What are the two chores in a household that are never really finished? Dishes and laundry. Throw in a couple of kids and suddenly a dishwasher becomes very, very important. (Or is it just me?) Families in the Washington counties of Whatcom and ...
Clever kids beat makeup ban
A lot of schools in the UK, apparently, have banned the wearing of nail polish. This includes Albion High School, in Salford, England. The students there, however, aren't about to let a little thing like school rules get in the way of their quest for ...
Toxic toys could be banned in California
Some alarming accusations about the potentially devastating effects of an ingredient in plastic baby toys have provoked debate and a potential ban in California. California may become the first state in America to ban baby toys that some say are ...
Supreme Court okays abortion ban
Not too long ago, I wrote about a woman who told her story of having an abortion -- what would be called a "partial birth abortion" by the current administration. She told her story to explain that not all such procedures are as simple as ...
Should Al Gore's movie be banned from public schools?
Al Gore's global warming documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," was nominated for an Oscar this week -- but according to one parent, it's not appropriate for school-aged children. Frosty Hardiman, a 43 year-old father of 7 in suburban Seattle, told ...
Coca-cola threatening to pull its vending machines out of UK schools
From BBC.com: In light of the Education Secretary's ban on junk food in schools, Coca-Cola has written a letter threatening to pull its vending machines, saying that its business would be unviable in light of the ban. Coca-Cola further ...
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