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for 01/26/2010

(last updated 7:30am EST 01/26/2010)

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• Girls’ math fears may start with female ... Girls’ math fears may start with female teachers
01/25/2010
Female elementary school teachers who are concerned about their own math skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach, says a new study of first- and second-graders. Elementary school - Teacher - Education - Math - Teaching Resources (14 h ago)

• Ambidextrous kids more prone to mental i... Ambidextrous kids more prone to mental issues
01/25/2010
Children who are ambidextrous, using either hand with the same ease, may be more likely to have mental health, language and academic problems than their peers, according to a new study. Mental health - Health - Language - Ambidexterity - Policy and Advocacy (19 h ago)

• More melamine-tainted milk found in Chin... More melamine-tainted milk found in China
01/25/2010
Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been sickened in a massive milk safety scandal, a government spokeswoman said Monday. China - Dairy - Melamine - Convenience store - Dairy product (1 d ago)

• NYT: Children don’t have strokes? Just a... NYT: Children don’t have strokes? Just ask Jared
01/25/2010
Jonathan and Victoria Dienst had never heard of a child having a stroke — until it happened to their 7-year-old son. Here, the boy's father recounts how the Diensts pressed doctors for answers after an "unexplained stroke" felled their once happy, athletic second grader. Stroke - Health - Neurological Disorders - Conditions and Diseases - Child (17 h ago)

• Video: Taking family fun indoors Video: Taking family fun indoors
01/25/2010
Jan. 25: Dailycandy.com’s Dannielle Kyrillos shares fresh and fun ideas for spending quality time indoors with your children. (Today Show) Home - Family - Entertaining - Kids and Teens - School Time (21 h ago)

• As octuplets turn 1, the real work is ju... As octuplets turn 1, the real work is just starting
01/25/2010
If you throw a birthday party for eight babies on the same day, and those babies have six older brothers and sisters, do you really have to invite any other children? That's the kind of parenting conundrum navigated daily by Nadya Suleman, whose octuplets turn 1 on Tuesday. nadyasuleman - Parenting - Home - Family - Shopping (1 d ago)

• Sarah Palin to Speak at The Wine & Spiri... Sarah Palin to Speak at The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association
01/24/2010
© geerlingguy Sarah Palin, the former US Vice-Presidential candidate, will speak at this year's Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) convention in Las Vegas. I had to find that in a couple of places (like here and here) before I was sure I believed it. I don't usually think of Sarah Palin and alcohol as things that go together. But evidently the WSWA does.'Governor Palin is a great supporter of America's free enterprise system and understands that industries like the beverage alcohol industry play ... (1 d ago)