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Dead Baby Pills in Chinese Market

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People pop pep pills all the time. In the United States, pep pills contain caffeine. But in China, there is a little bit more. According to a documentary filmed by South Korea’s New Daily, Chinese hospitals contract with pharmaceutical companies and sell aborted and stillborn fetuses. The corpses are dried, ground into a fine powder [...]

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Weird News: “Breast Milk Baby” Breastfeeding Doll Coming to U.S.A.

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There are many strange toys for children, but none are as weird as this . . . The “Breast Milk Baby” doll will be hitting a store near you. This doll, created by Berjuan Toys in Spain, allows little girls to learn all about breastfeeding. For only $89, your daughter can put on a special [...]

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The 12 Foods You Must Buy Organic – The “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15″ of 2011

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away … but if that apple is laced with pesticides and chemicals? According to a new report published by the public health advocacy group, Environmental Working Group (EWG), apples are the # 1 produce to buy organic. They’re the most pesticide-contaminated produce out of the 53 fruits and [...]

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My Kids’ Best And Worst Birthday Parties: Creating Memories, Going All-Out (Or Not) And Having Fun!

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Guest post by Author and Mom Blogger, Christina Simon. Depending on where you live, kids birthday parties can be a really BIG deal. I live in Los Angeles where, starting as early as preschool, the competition heats up to see who can have the most “fun” party. I put “fun” in quotes because it’s also code [...]

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What’s Your Child Worth? According to the USDA, $226,920

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Would you dare put a price tag on your child? The government does each and every year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual report, Expenditures on Children by Families earlier this week, and it estimated the cost of raising a child (from infancy to age 18) at $226,920. This estimate is for [...]

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“MyPlate” Replaces Food Guide Pyramid

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Say goodbye to the Food Guide Pyramid, and say hello to “MyPlate.” MyPlate is the government’s newest food icon, and dietitians and experts argue that it’s easier to understand than the “confusing” Food Guide Pyramid – which was originally introduced in 1992 and updated to “MyPyramid Food Guidance System” in 2005. Critics of the Food [...]

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Study: 80 Percent of All Baby Products Are Potentially Toxic

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Children can’t live and thrive in a plastic bubble environment. Germs exist in our world, as do chemicals and carcinogens. That is the sad reality. As parents, we do our best to protect our kids, but some things are out of our control. Take a scary new finding just released this week – 80 percent [...]

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Mom Gives Botox Injections to 8 Year Old Daughter

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Have you heard about the San Francisco mother who admitted on Good Morning America that she regularly injects Botox into her 8-year-old daughter’s face? The purpose – she wants to enter her daughter into child beauty pageants. Kerry Campbell, the mother, told Good Morning America: “We were getting into the [child] pageants… I knew she [...]

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Young Children Keep Baby Memories Until Age 10

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It has been long thought that very young children don’t form any memories at all. Baby memories are completely lost. A new research study challenges this idea, and finds that young children do form memories, but these memories fade in time.

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