Best Of The Web: May 4-May 10

Here’s our
weekly roundup of parenting articles that piqued our interest. Enjoy! —

The
Washington Post tackles how
to talk to your kids about Osama bin Laden’s death. One good piece of
general advice: Don’t be afraid to say, “I don’t know.” (The Washington Post)

The Times
reviews Janny
Scott’s new biography on Obama’s mother, A Singular Woman, calling it a “richly researched, unsentimental
book.” (New York Times)

Are
teens in our country addicted to the Internet? The issue is complicated and
hard to define. Moreover, there’s little consistency among studies. (Los Angeles Times)

A
young boy from Kansas City has sold nearly 3,000 of his monster drawings in
order to fund treatment for his leukemia. Sales have amounted to more than
$30,000—enough for his family to take their home off the market and no longer
require financial assistance. (Daily Mail)

The
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology reports that women
who give birth during the fall and winter are two times as likely to suffer
from postpartum depression as women who deliver in the springtime. (The Wall Street Journal)

Studies
show that parents
aren’t using car seats properly 75% of the time. And a recent report shows
that an astonishing number of kids have unbuckled their own car seat! (USA Today)

As a
motherless daughter, poet Joan Gelfand recalls her
first Mother’s Day without a mom. (Huffington
Post)

524,000
young readers declared Rick Riordan author of the year during voting for
the Children’s Choice Book Awards. Riordan is author of many best-selling
adventure books, including The Red Pyramid and The Lost Hero. (USA Today)

Federal
Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke makes a strong
argument for good early childhood care—the value can be especially high for
disadvantaged children. (The Federal
Reserve)

On April
30, Mariah
Carey and Nick Cannon welcomed a set of twins! One boy and one girl arrived
for the musical couple. Names have not yet been released. (People magazine)