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Is nine years old too young for marriage?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 30th 2008 4:00PM

Nine years old is a good age to play jump-rope, dress up dolls, and maybe, just maybe, start thinking about boys as something other than totally gross. Wedding plans should be strictly the fairytales and pumpkin kind and definitely not the actual ...
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News flash: Kids get alcohol from adults!

by Susan Wagner, Posted Jun 27th 2008 1:00PM

A study released Thursday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has news that shouldn't surprise any of us: kids who engage in underage drinking most often get their booze from adults, typically their own parents or their ...
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Two brothers, two babies

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 24th 2008 12:57PM

"I'd have liked to have settled down with a nice man first but it didn't happen. I was ready to have a baby anyway." So says Elizabeth Rawling of Bristol, England. The only thing is, she's not a thirty-something professional with a good job and a ...
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Flickr flicks a kid and his cigarette

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 24th 2007 11:57AM

I don't think much of smoking in general and I certainly don't approve of children smoking. I imagine most people agree, at least on that last part. That's why, in the US and much of the rest of the world, the minimum age to purchase tobacco products ...
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Arresting parents who let kids drink

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 16th 2006 9:23AM

I've yet to understand Americans' obsession with keeping kids from drinking alcohol until their 21st birthday. At a mere 16 they're allowed to drive, at 18 they're allowed to vote, to go to war, yadda yadda -- I'm sure anyone with a teenager has ...
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