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  • Remembering Sandy Hook Victims: Ana Marquez-Greene

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • December 19, 2012
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    More reports and details are being released about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary that took the lives of 20 children on December 14. On Sunday, President Obama visited Newtown, Connecticut where he visited families of the victims and spoke at a...

  • New Study Says African American Boys Hitting Puberty As Early As 9

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • October 23, 2012
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    Boys in the United States are starting puberty earlier than ever, according to a new study publishing in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics.
    In the study, lead author Marcia Herman-Giddens from the University of North Carolina's School of ...

  • Young Brooklyn Rapper Tells the World to 'Pull Ya Pants Up'

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 21, 2012
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    Nine-year-old Brooklyn rapper Amor “Lilman” Arteaga has a message for the saggy-drawered Americans out there: "Pull Ya Pants Up!"
    In a music video posted to YouTube, the young artist has taken to his microphone to voice a vehement disapp...

  • Kids Around The Globe Are Ready To Take On The World

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 14, 2012
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    If you want a good indicator about the future of our world, look to children. A new global study of kids conducted by brand activation agency The Marketing Store Worldwide (TMS) did just that, and it reveals that today's "Global Kids" possess the ski...

  • How To Deal With Your Kid's Weird Friends

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • August 23, 2012
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    Your child is hilarious, interesting, clever—frankly, he's all-around delightful. But his friends are ...well, we're all adults here, so let's just come out with it: Some of them are weird.
    You don't get them, and you suspect that the other gr...

  • Boy Preacher, 11, Says Skeptics Make Him 'More Determined to Stay in Christ'

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • August 16, 2012
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    Ezekiel Stoddard may not quite be in the sixth grade and his voice has yet to break, but grown men and women kneel down before him as a prophet.
    The 11-year-old boy from Temple Hills, Md., said he was just 7 when he realized he wanted to become a pr...

  • Kids' Cholesterol Down; Fewer Trans Fats Cited

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • August 8, 2012
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    Finally some good news about cholesterol and kids: A big government study shows that in the past decade, the proportion of children who have high cholesterol has fallen.
    The results are surprising, given that the childhood obesity rate didn't budge....

  • Detroit Boy, 9, Saving Motor City with Popcorn Stand

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • August 2, 2012
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    An industrious 9-year-old Detroit boy's bid to help the city rid itself of the crippling debt crisis by selling snacks in front of his family's home has begun to snowball, with efforts to save the Motor City now coming in from across the world.
    Whil...

  • Tattoos And Piercings: How Young Is Too Young?

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • July 31, 2012
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    Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's 11-year-old daughter, Willow, was recently given a tongue-lashing on social media after posting a picture of herself sporting a tongue piercing on Instagram.
    asapniceee: "She is too young for such a provocative piercing...

  • Making the Move to Middle School

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • July 31, 2012
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    Middle school can be a challenging time for parents and children alike. The transition marks a time of new expectations and increased responsibility. With a few considerations, you can help make this a more rewarding time in your family's life.
    Wade...