Good morning fellow moms, dads and caregivers! How are you?
I am back with your weekly parenting news update. Here is what we recently discussed at MotherTalkers:
Gloria sparked a discussion on eating disorders and picky-eating children.
I put up a thread about mothers-in-law, which definitely sparked a long discussion. Do you get along with your MIL?
France started a pilot program that pays students in vocational training programs to attain good grades, according to Time magazine. We had a similar discussion some time ago about parents who pay their children to get A's. What do you think? Have you or do you pay your children to do well in school?
From the Independent in the UK: This is a heartwarming story about the father of an autistic son who turned his grief into a profitable and global IT company staffed with all autistic employees.
How did you choose your children's names? Parents magazine had an article to help parents choose names for their children. We had our own discussion on how we came up with our children's names.
Like so many school districts across the country, the Washington-area Loudoun County high schools have had to slash their budgets. Student athletes now pay $100 for each sport. Starting in the spring, students will have to pay $86 to take an AP test. But nothing has stoked the ire of families like the county's new parking permit fee for students, which shot up to $200 from $25, according to the Washington Post.
In case you missed it, Susan Klebold, mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold, wrote a chilling article about the shootings for Oprah magazine.
Fellow MotherTalker Erin wrote a fun column about her favorite childhood books. What were yours?
What else is in the news? What's up with you?