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  Child Beauty Pageants as Entertainment
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  Eden Wood, considered a champion in the world of children's pageants, is retiring from pageants at the ripe old age of 6. Pageants are a popular activity for children aged from a few months to 10 and up. These kids perform talents and routines dressed enough makeup, hairspray and sequins to...

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  What Punishment Leads To: The Debate of Child Discipline
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  A world of inconsistencies revolve around the subject of child discipline. With all the material that has been distributed on the suggested methods of appropriate child discipline, neither parents, child psychologists nor pediatricians can seem to come to a consensus on what way is the right...

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  Guns and Children
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  Gun safety has been a revolving issue in congress, but the safety of firearms in the American home has come into question with the increasing number of incidents involving children accidentally shooting themselves, other family members or friends. The Bill of Rights states that under...

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  Boy Scouts' Discriminatory Stance Poses Problem for Inclusive Parents
  Topic by Marta Segal Block

  The other day, out of nowhere, my soon-to-be first grader announced how excited he was that he would finally be able to join Cub Scouts. His sister is a Girl Scout and loves it and he sees no reason why he wouldn't be a Boy Scout. That's because of course, he doesn't know about the Boy...

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  Toy Safety Regulation: Too Far or Not Far Enough?
  Topic by Carrie Kirby

  As soon as the news broke that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is suing to stop the sale of Buckyballs—those insanely fun rare earth magnet ball bearings—eyes began to roll. Skeptics all over America declared that "the feds" had gone too far, taking away the freedom to have fun in the...

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  Little Pitchers, Big Ears and Violent News Reports
  Topic by Carrie Kirby

  When I was a babysitter in college, I once watched the TV news with one of my charges, age 7. The report was on the FBI's raid of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and the deaths that followed. "Why did they burn up all those kids?" the little boy on the couch with me asked. ...

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  Chicago Teachers' Strike: Was It Parents vs the Union?
  Topic by Marta Segal Block

  After seven days, Chicago Public School students went back to school on September 19 and parents throughout the city heaved a sigh of relief. Yet despite the city's attempts to portray the strike as selfish on the part of teachers, a significant number of Chicago parents had supported the...

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  Work Outside or Stay at Home? The Super Mom Dilemma
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  To work or not to work? These are the questions mothers all across America are asking themselves. Stay-at-home and working moms are battling it out to determine who is the better parent. Neither one is more apt than the other; the choice comes down to life's circumstances. In Allison...

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  More Than Half of Mothers are Unwed in U.S.
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  The phrase “shotgun wedding” may be retiring from the American lexicon. Today more than half of all American babies are born to single mothers – single in the sense that they are not married to the father of their child. In a society long associated with Christian values, the trend is...

• Spoiled American Brats
  Topic by Carrie Kirby
• The Debate on Public Breastfeeding
  Topic by Enelda Butler
• Bad Childhood Great Life: Overcoming the Legacy of Adverse Childhood Experiences
  Article by Kathleen A Kendall-Tackett
• Teenagers Affected By Internet and Social Networking Use
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons
• Adults Facing Harassment and Bullying
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons