How young is too young to be sued? How about 4 years old? A judge in New York recently ruled that a young girl can be sued for negligence after a 2009 accident: According to the lawsuit, two four-year-olds were racing their bicycles on a busy New York City street, while their mot …

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Let’s face it, everyone does it. While deemed inappropriate, inconsiderate and frankly disgusting in many circles of society, sooner or later, everyone passes gas.

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Sure, it’s easy to put the blame on Snooki, Simon Cowell, the “Real Housewives” and several other likely targets, but a prevailingly crass level of discourse in our society has spilled beyond the parameters of pop culture and into virtually every facet of our e …

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Looking for opportunities to help your students learn with Highlights? This monthly guide to the magazine will help you find stories and activities that suit your students' reading level. ACTIVITIES Fun This Month (page 2) Get some gift-making ideas and...

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Looking for opportunities to help your students learn with Highlights? This monthly guide to the magazine will help you find stories and activities that suit your students' reading level. ACTIVITIES Fun This Month (page 2) Get some gift-making ideas and...

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Looking for opportunities to help your students learn with Highlights? This monthly guide to the magazine will help you find stories and activities that suit your students' reading level. ACTIVITIES Fun This Month (page 2) Get some gift-making ideas and...

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Last night was the first time we went trick-or-treating with our 3-year-old son, so I’ve officially joined the ranks of moms who are swimming in candy today. We’re not going to let our children eat it all, right (unless maybe you didn't hit up as many houses as we did)? And I'm going to try my best not to “help” too much. Thankfully, there’s another solution. Kids can "sell" their uneaten candy to dentists, who then send it to the troops overseas. Just imagine soldiers in Iraq opening up boxes of Butterfingers and Twix bars -- a nice reminder of home!

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Push too much or not enough, that is the question.

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Attention mothers! We’re running here, hurrying there, multi-tasking, and stretched to the limit — trying to be everything, all the time, to everybody. But sadly, we cannot. We need to slow down, choose our priorities carefully, consciously, and timed well. I notice that women seem to arrive at a magical time in life, when a dormant passion, [...]

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A new study from the JFK Medical Center is asserting that the average teen sends around 34 texts a night after going to bed.

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