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For Better or For Worse - What was old is new again

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Aug 28th 2008 2:00PM

(Click the image above to see a larger version of the comic strip.) When I was growing up, there was always a "For Better or For Worse" comic cut from the paper and stuck to our refrigerator. The Pattersons may have been an imaginary family, but ...
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What happens when teachers are falsely accused?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted May 5th 2007 9:05AM

We often write about scandalous behavior by teachers and other educators here at ParentDish. Most of time these educators have admitted wrongdoing -- or, at least, admitted to their actions (whether or not they were right is often up for debate). ...
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Reporter quits due, in part, to breastfeeding assignment

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Feb 20th 2007 9:05AM

I've had some doozie assignments when it comes to my career as a writer. From "go find busy people" to critiquing the mall Santa, I had a variety of assignments that kept me guessing. Once Chicago reporter, fresh from maternity leave, recently got an ...
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Parents get school to drop newspaper due to news content

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Oct 23rd 2006 10:01AM

An elementary school in Minnesota has blocked students' access to free newspapers due to a complaining parent. The parent complained about the "sex, death and general mayhem" of the newspapers, which were provided free-of-charge by the St. Paul ...
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Inmates tattoo convicted child molester

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Sep 29th 2006 3:34PM

Police are investigating how a convicted murderer and sex offender ended up with a tattoo on his forehead while in prison. Anthony Ray Stockelmen is serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of 10-year-old Katie Collman. The tattoo is scrawled ...
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Protecting children from the media

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 13th 2006 7:02AM

I was scanning through my news feeds this morning and I must have seen the gruesome autopsy photos of a dead terrorist at least fifteen times.  I am unconvinced of my need to see that - it doesn't further my education or help me to understand ...
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