Was it discrimination or oversight?
Anne Belanger of British Columbia was incensed when she received her son’s class photo.
Though her second grader, Miles Ambridge, was beaming a smile with the rest of his classmates, he was positioned a few feet away from everyone else. Miles uses a wheelchair and is seen in the picture leaning toward the rest of the kids, who are seated on school bleachers.
“Look at the angle that he was in,” said Belanger. “He’s ostracized. He wants to be part of the gang so much.”
Demonstration in Copenhagen is a backlash after customers at a cafe told a woman that suckling her baby in public was disgusting.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Hundreds of Danish mothers held a breastfeeding protest outside Copenhagen's City Hall after customers at a cafe told a woman that suckling her baby in public was disgusting.
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Monday's protest to promote public breastfeeding was organized by mother Trine Maria Larsen, who says she was approached by customers at the cafe. She told the Politiken daily that some had likened public breastfeeding to "going to the toilet while eating."
Public breastfeeding in Nordic countries is common, but Larsen, a Danish blogger, says there have been growing complaints about breastfeeding at restaurants and cafes, and she organized the event to urge them not to ban it on their premises.
Some sites target kids as young as 13.
These ultra-fab fashions are perfect for a prince.
With the holiday right around the corner, I’ve naturally been thinking a lot about my dad.
By Melissa Melms
My dad taught me how to drive a car, change a flat tire and snake a drain – hey, he owns a plumbing company. He’s my hockey buddy, and we attend Rangers games together weekly. He’s one of my best friends. And every time I think of the father-daughter dance at my wedding next year, my eyes tear up. You see, I’m a daddy’s girl and always will be.
So when I came across the blog Life to Her Years by Michael Mitchell, I absolutely melted. You see, Mitchell writes about his daughter, Isabella Grace, and offered up some super-sweet tips to other dads of daughters in a recent post titled 50 Rules for Dads of Daughters.
The Pew Research Center shares some facts, numbers and trends you may not know about dads.
Just in time for Father’s Day, here are five facts you need to know about fathers via the Pew Research Center think tank:
- The Census Bureau estimates that last year there were about 189,000 stay-at-home dads who cared for an estimated 369,000 children.
- Fathers have nearly tripled the amount of time they spend with their children, from 2.5 hours per week in 1965 to 7.3 hours per week in 2011, according to a Pew Research report that analyzed years of time-use data.
Fifth-grade class attempts to break a Guinness world record for most pairs of twins in one grade.
Remember when you were a kid and plotted crazy plans to get into Guinness World Records? I know I did, but apparently my pogo-stick jumping and pizza-eating skills weren’t competitive enough.
High-school seniors take an unofficial, end-of-year tradition to an all new level of awesomeness.
Students at one Chesapeake, Va., high school scored extra credit for creativity with their senior prank. They put their school up for sale on Craigslist.
The ad, which was flagged nearly 12 hours after it was posted, read:
Hello we are selling Hickory High School to the highest bidder. We are raising money to help all the graduating seniors.
