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- 'Arrested Development': 5 other TV shows saved by fans 'Arrested Development' will get 10 new episodes on Netflix and a movie – here are 5 other TV shows fans brought back.
- Parents use spy tech to expose abuse of special needs kids
Suspicious parents of special needs kids have recently taken advantage of advances in spy tech to plant wires on their children at school. The recordings have been used to expose abuse perpetrated by school officials; but also may raise privacy issues.
- From breastfeeding to veganism, don't judge a book by its cover
Several high-profile parenting books have drawn the ire of planet momdom recently, as parents debate the merits of different parenting styles, from breastfeeding to co-sleeping to veganism. But Modern Parenthood reminds: don't judge a book by its cover.
- American Idol takes on Queen: Will Hollie Cavanagh go home next?
American Idol featured the songs of Queen Wednesday. Hollie Cavanagh struggled, but rebounded with her second song. Will American Idol voters send her home?
- Pollination power in the garden
Attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and mason bees to your garden because they're excellent pollinators.
- Teens drinking hand sanitizer – though underage drinking is down
Teens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk is a new trend noticed by California authorities. While overall underage drinking has been going down in the past decade, 72 percent of teens who do report having had an alcoholic drink apparently were able to get it without resorting to the gooey gel.
- Bruce Willis in 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation': Looks like a fun summer movie (+trailer)
Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson and others team up to stop the Cobra forces in the summer sequel.
- Movies' second drafts: Titanic, Star Wars, and more
Changing the sky in 'Titanic' for its 3-D re-release isn't the first time movies have been tinkered with.
- Chocolate sour cream layer cake
A moist chocolate cake with the right amount of sweetness.
- Letting kids play: celebrating low-tech toys
Low-tech toys can be overshadowed by the razzle-dazzle of the electronic toy industry, but that doesn't mean all parents have forgotten the joys – and educational benefits – of a cardboard box and some string.
- Kids’ shoe stores: Boys are superheroes and girls are princesses
Kids' shoe stores can be an interesting look into the minds of today's marketers, who continue to promote the 'Frailty Myth' through advertising that urges girls to be pretty princesses, and boys to be tough superheroes.
- New trend? Some teens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk
A spate of emergency room visits by eens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk have some health officials worried the potentially harmful behavior could become a larger trend.
- Tips for Japanese garden design
A trip to the San Francisco Botanical Garden provides good examples for designing a successful Japanese garden.
- Minted pesto and cooking with Mom
Special family connections happen in the tiny space of a kitchen.
- Stranger danger and donuts: one school's (over) reaction
Stranger danger is something every parent thinks about--who is my child talking to when I'm not around. But sometimes, an offer of a free donut is simply that, as one school found out, albeit not before scaring its parents.
- Ban homework before third grade; support children’s play
A homework ban before third grade would stop the increasing imposition on kids as young as kindergarten-age. After school free time for children's play actually Increasingly helps younger kids develop important skills, and learn to control emotions.
- Etan Patz and other missing children have mom’s radar pinging
Etan Patz, who is still being searched for 33 years after he was kidnapped, and other cases of missing children have one mom struggling with her stranger danger radar.
- Bullying: Teens take the lead as anti-bullying mentors, advocates
Bullying prevention starts with teens, and in communities around the country they are taking the lead as anti-bullying leaders, advocates, and mentors for their peers. It is an inspiring trend at a time when several high-profile teen suicides have been linked to bullying.
- 'Star Trek' to return as a TV series?
TV producer and writer Bryan Fuller says he and filmmaker Bryan Singer would 'love to do it'
- Brownies with salted caramel
A delicious fudgy brownie with a gooey salted caramel center.