http://www.bnd.com/267/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Wire - Lifestyle - Family 60 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:22:28 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/267/story/496763.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/496763.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:20 CDT Arkansas plans to reverse course and allow unmarried or same-sex couples to take on foster children on a case-by-case basis, even as voters prepare to decide the issue in November, the state Department of Human Services said Thursday. http://www.bnd.com/267/story/495119.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/495119.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:44 CDT Someone out there, some stranger, might know things about your teenager that even you don't know. http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493825.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493825.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:45 CDT Don't give over-the-counter cold remedies to kids under 4, drug companies said Tuesday. What sniffling little ones need, doctors said, are plenty of fluids and lots of tender, loving care. http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493152.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493152.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:32 CDT Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday. Placing babies on their backs to sleep is the best advice for preventing SIDS, a still mysterious cause of death. http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493883.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493883.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:18 CDT I've said many, many times that letting a child older than 30 months soil and wet herself several times a day is an insult to the child's intelligence. http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493866.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493866.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:13 CDT A lifelike baby Triceratops that children can ride on, a Wall-E robot that responds to your voice, a dancing game that eliminates wires and mats. http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493872.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493872.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:13 CDT Q: My wife and I just went to her 20th high school reunion. It was about the most miserable four hours I have ever spent. She was married to her high school sweetheart. They had three kids and remain friendly. People who saw them chatting figured they were still married and asked about their kids, their parents, their siblings. And there I was, standing around like an idiot. My wife rarely introduced me because, she said, she "didn't want to get into it." I refused to go to the picnic the next day, which started a huge fight. What's good ex-etiquette for class reunions? http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493885.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493885.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:18 CDT Dear Mr. Dad: My 7-year-old is a happy, well-adjusted, intelligent boy, but he still wets the bed almost every night. How unusual is this? Should we have him tested to see if there's a medical problem, or is there something we can do to help him overcome this on his own? http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493874.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/493874.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:13 CDT Lessons in personal finance often come from unexpected places, Washington, D.C., obviously, not being one of them. http://www.bnd.com/267/story/492732.html http://www.bnd.com/267/story/492732.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:17 CDT The following is an excerpt from "How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years," by Julie A. Ross (McGraw-Hill, $15.95). Reprinted with permission from The McGraw-Hill Companies, www.mhprofessional.com.