Parents horrified by original ‘Wicked’ book, warn it’s not for kids
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Parents horrified by original ‘Wicked’ book, warn it’s not for kids

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No one mourns the wicked — and no kid should read it either. Before there was the “Wicked” movie starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, there was the Broadway musical “Wicked,” which is based on Gregory Maguire’s novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,”…

Prenatal vitamins may have dangerous levels of lead, arsenic: study
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Prenatal vitamins may have dangerous levels of lead, arsenic: study

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Some prenatal vitamins contain a “concerning” amount of toxic heavy metals, while others don’t have key nutrients needed for a healthy pregnancy, a shocking new study finds. Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus tested 47 prenatal vitamins — 32 over-the-counter and 15 prescription — for their choline…

Parents trust ChatGPT over doctors, shocking new study claims
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Parents trust ChatGPT over doctors, shocking new study claims

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Paging Dr. Bot. In a new study, researchers at the University of Kansas’ Life Span Institute revealed that parents trust artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, more than healthcare professionals. “Participants found minimal distinctions between vignettes written by experts and those generated by prompt-engineered ChatGPT,” says Calissa Leslie-Miller, a doctoral student in…

1 in 4 US adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD: new study
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1 in 4 US adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD: new study

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One in four US adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD, a new study finds, but only 13% have shared their concerns with a doctor. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a developmental disorder characterized by inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. An estimated 4.4% of adults 18 to 44 have ADHD, according to The…

My SIL put her kids up for adoption because she ‘missed her old life’
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My SIL put her kids up for adoption because she ‘missed her old life’

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A woman has written into a parenting advice column after she and her husband adopted her SIL’s twins.  “My husband and I went into parenting thinking we’d like to have three or four kids,” she begins.  “My first pregnancy had some serious complications at the end, but my doctors agreed that a second pregnancy was…

Florida best friends Carolynn Shada, Kali Gaynor have babies on the same day at the same hospital
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Florida best friends Carolynn Shada, Kali Gaynor have babies on the same day at the same hospital

ByNews Polite

Two best friends in Florida got to experience one of life’s most meaningful experiences together — becoming mothers — and it was caught on camera. It started in May 2024, when Carolynn Shada announced her pregnancy to her best friend, Kali Gaynor — only to get a surprise of her…

I gave birth on my friend’s couch — she won’t talk to me anymore
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I gave birth on my friend’s couch — she won’t talk to me anymore

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Lilly* was enjoying a girls’ night at a friend’s house when her baby decided to arrive – not in an Uber, but via her vagina. Lilly unexpectedly gave birth on her friend Ella’s sofa, and learned the first rule of parenting; kids are often selfish with their timing. EMTs were called to oversee the delivery,…

My 2-year-old says ‘f–k you’ to me — I think it’s hilarious
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My 2-year-old says ‘f–k you’ to me — I think it’s hilarious

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The other night I was in bed reading to my two youngest girls.  I heard my two-year-old toddler mumble something, but I didn’t quite catch it.  “Mommy, did you hear what Lily just said?” my five-year-old daughter asked, wide-eyed. “No honey, what did she say?” She stood up in her nightie, and…