CafeMom Daily Buzz: Big Kid

Soft Clothing for All Children Soft Clothing for All Children is clothing designed for children with sensitivity to the texture and feel of clothing, a common symptom of Autism, Aspergers and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). Of course, it's also adorable and well priced for all kids! Soft Party Dress, $22  Long Sleeve Soft...

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Photo by Heather_F Parenting doesn't come with a instruction manual and we all sometimes have "bad mommy" moments. Here are some bad mommy links I love: Do you put pedal to the metal on the way to school? — Lil Sugar Who lies to their kids? We do! — Parent Dish Eating my organic...

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Photo by  RAZmom88 We want to thank RAZmom88 for sharing her wild and wonderful life with us each week. This is her last installment. It's been a fun ride! Spring is here! Which means spring sports around here. Andrea has soccer and Zack has track, and all the practices that go along...

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Really important topic being discussed over on Momversation. Really really really important. How do you talk about sexual predators and sexual abuse with your kids?...

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Photo from AshBayGrammy Sometimes moms hate their kid's friends. That's probably something we just have to learn to live with. But what if your distaste for the child is a little something more than just thinking he's a nerdlinger? What if you think he's bad news?loraleechoate recently banned her sons from...

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Last month, Amy Bishop, a biology professor at the University of Alabama, went on a killing spree and shot three colleagues when she found out she didn't get tenure. As the media delved into Bishop's life to find out more about this Harvard-educated neuroscientist, they discovered that she had done...

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An air traffic controller was just suspended for letting his 7-year old son give flight departure instructions to a pilot leaving JFK Airport (listen to the tape)! Now the controller and his supervisor could face losing their jobs. There are simply some jobs where you cannot bring your child to work.Here's...

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When my mom sat me down to discuss the birds and the bees, it was possibly one of the most awkward conversations ever.It was provoked by needing her signature of approval for taking the sex education class in high school. She sits me down and, in probably the quickest and...

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Photo by  RAZmom88 It's hard enough raising one teen -- but three?! Welcome to RAZmom88's wild and wonderful life this week. Flying the Coop Ryan, 19, is on spring break this week, and guess where he is spending it ? Home! He has no money after a winter of car repairs. I cannot...

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After hearing the news that Marie Osmond's son, 18-year old Michael Blosil, committed suicide last Friday evening by jumping from the Los Angeles apartment building where he lived, every mother's heart in America probably broke. I know mine did. Losing a child is unimaginable, and Michael's story brings to light the...

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Photo from Powell's Oh, I love Dr. Seuss as much as the next gal, but was he a sexist? Margot Magowan points out in her recent article on SF Gate, Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss, no girls invited, the possibility that the good "doctor" had a problem with girls.In his writing career, Theodor...

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Photo by Supermommy121 "A new review of 130 studies 'strongly suggests' playing violent video games increases aggressive thoughts and behavior and decreases empathy," reports USA Today. Video games to blame again! YAWN...Researchers at the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University analyzed studies of "more than 130,000 gamers from...

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Wow, can you believe the creator of the insanely popular Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, didn't even graduate from college? Check out the list of Most Surprising College Drop-Outs (with photos) over on HuffPo. The list also includes musician Lady Gaga, filmmaker James Cameron, and comedian Ellen DeGeneres.I point out this story NOT...

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When it comes to TV and movies (or even the internet and video games) and your big kids, are you more freaked out about them seeing violence or sex? And is your sex vs. violence "freak-o-meter" determined by the gender of your kids? Think about it.On a recent family vacation,...

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My spring break senior year Spring break senior year was kind of a big deal in my school. Every year, members of the senior class would always get together and go to Panama City Beach.I was, what you would call, a "good kid" in high school (and no, I'm not just...

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Is expecting a little extra sleep on a Sunday morning so wrong? As my kids get older, I feel I have a right to re-claim some of those things that I sacrificed during those labor-intensive baby and toddler years where you pretty much exist only to serve your spawn. So tell...

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See this video at CafeMom. Have you heard about that new reality show? Yeah, it's about this school that uses a laptop webcam that a student borrows to spy on them while they're in the safety of their home. Oh wait, that's not a reality show? That actually happened?Yes it did. At...

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Photo by RAZmom88 It's hard enough raising one teen -- but three?! Welcome to RAZmom88's wild and wonderful life this week. 15 Random Things About My Family 1. I am left handed and so are all three of my teens. 2. Andrea, 18, and Zack, 15, were both born on Saturday mornings on the...

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In Part 2 of our conversation about how health care reform could affect our kids' coverage, Dr. Heim walks us through a typical  visit to the pediatrician, explaining what may change and what may stay the same should Obama's health care plan pass this year.CafeMom: Assuming health care reform legislation...

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Besides the Health Care Summit, the big news out of the White House this week is that President and Mrs. Obama forbid their daughters Sasha and Malia from watching TV on school nights. Reactions? Mine: So what! This is news? I've been forbidding my kids from watching weekday TV or movies for...

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When I first read the New York Times article about a new program being tried at dozens of schools to allow high school students to graduate two years earlier, I thought, what! Why rush things and push kids into the real world any earlier, especially when they are so behind...

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All this talk of President Obama's upcoming health care summit has moms worried about how health care reform legislation will affect our kids' coverage. And it's no wonder: Because no one knows whether Congress will be able to agree on a final bill, getting straight answers about whether the line...

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  What are they drinking over there? I asked this a couple of weeks ago when I reported on a bizarre gun toy from Japan called Kaba Kick, a Russian Roulette game for kids. And now I know the answer. They are drinking beer, at least the kids are. There really is...

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Freaking, grinding, rubbing private parts together. This is how today's kids dance, and the trend is so alarming that a number of high schools across the country are coming up with creative ways to stop dirty dancing, according to a post on The Frisky. Some of the ways schools are trying...

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Whether we like it or not, some moms judge other moms. Some working moms criticize stay-at-home moms, some breastfeeding moms look down on bottle-feeding moms, and some co-sleepers snub, um, whatever non co-sleeping moms are called. It's not the best-case scenario, given that we can all use all the support we...

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