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(Image Source: parenting.co) By Carrie Horn Several violent robberies and attacks have been committed by teens in St. Louis the past few months, and the police are responding by citing their guardians. They aren't the only cops holding parents accountable for their kids' actions. Law enforcement agencies in Chicago, Wisconsin, Texas and Florida have also gone after parents in recent months... >>Read More at parenting.com

(Image Source: parenting.com) By Deborah Cruz The year 2014 has been one of the worst on record for the children of the world, according to a recent report by the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF. The report chronicled a laundry list of war, violence, atrocities and disease, mostly in the Middle East and Africa... >>Read More at parenting.com

(Image Source: parenting.com) By Melissa Willets Want to hear some really bad news? Remember those flu shots you diligently made your entire family get? Well, they may not be effective against this year's strain of the virus... >>Read More at parenting.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) by Ellen Seidman This is the saga of my recent experience with American Airlines. I’m sharing it because I believe it illustrates the need for reform in how special needs families are handled. And because I snagged a secret phone number that could help other special needs parents... >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) by Michela Tindera Of the estimated 6.3 million deaths of children under the age of five in 2013, complications from preterm births accounted for nearly 1.1 million deaths, according to new findings published in The Lancet by a research team coordinated by Robert Black, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, together with World Health Organization and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine... >>Read More at parents.com

(Image Source: parenting.com) By Deborah Cruz A mom and her 13-year-old son were at their neighborhood corner store in Columbus, Ohio when two armed men approached them and opened fire, grazing her son's leg and hitting his foot. That's when she did the only thing she could do. She pulled out her own licensed gun and shot back at the assailants... >>Read More at parenting.com

(Image Source: mydevstaging.com) By Erika Rasmusson Janes Consider it an old wives’ tale that kids turn their noses up at fruits and veggies. The Centers for Disease Control just released the results of a health survey, that shows that more than 75 percent of kids eat fruit daily, while a whopping 92 percent got at least one helping of veggies every day. >>Read More at parents.com