Contributors: Sarah
Albert, Sarah Greene, Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen
Here’s a weekly roundup of parenting articles that piqued
our interest. Enjoy! —
Forget forged signatures and cliché excuses. Kids like Tyler
Sullivan are justifying school absences with more legitimate explanations, such
as hanging
out with the president! (Village
Voice)
Whereas many musicians only dream of becoming famous, preteens
Lennon and Maisy Stella have already had their big break! Donned as YouTube
prodigies, their rendition of Swedish singer Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” has
received over one million hits. (The
Daily Beast)
Fifteen-year-old Jack Andraka, winner
of the Intel Science Competition for his innovative research on pancreatic cancer,
proves that today’s children are truly the future of medicine. (Girls Gone Child)
Whether they love to cook, grill or just eat, all dads enjoy
food. Check out these affordable, food-related Father’s
Day gifts that pops will literally eat up! (YumSugar)
In case all the bullying in the news is getting you down,
check out how this 11-year-old with cerebral palsy is cheered
on by his classmates. (USA Today)
An argument for why MTV should
have pursued a pilot for “My First,” about teens ready to have sex for the
first time. (Slate)
Is your child a bedwetter?
A must-read about the underdiagnosed problem of constipation. (NYTimes)
Should children
under 13 be allowed on Facebook? For those children already logged on,
perhaps surprisingly, it’s usually their parents who helped them set up the
account. (Huffington Post)
Everyone thinks their child is gifted, but how about the 21-year-old
who began college at 9 and is about to receive his M.D.
from the University of Chicago? (Fox News)
Does your child go to a “public private” school? Check out this
article on what PTAs are doing across the city to help fund-raise on par
with private institutions. (New York Times)
Looks like this teacher has watched Bridesmaids one too many times.
Allegedly inspired by the movie’s slap scene, she hit
a student for not bringing her notebook to school! (Babble)
