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Oct252017 by adminNo Comments

Hollywood sex abuse: Are the kids alright?

Entertainment

From admissions of unwanted advances towards children to jail time for abusing them, Hollywood is haunted by tales of paedophilia.The Weinstein scandal opened the floodgates to what is rapidly becoming an industry-wide revolt against the so-called casting couch culture in Hollywood, where film moguls use their power to take advantage of aspiring actors.Dozens of women have shared their alleged stories of Harvey Weinstein, ranging from sexual harassment to rape, while hundreds have taken the opportunity to join the #MeToo movement - a social network insurgency against the "dirty men" of the media industry.But while all this happens in plain sight, helped by its strength in numbers and the endorsement of several A-list celebrities, another issue seems to have been swept under the red carpet....

Aug212017 by adminNo Comments

Pink shares photos of 'tour bus life' with her kids

Entertainment

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Pink has been enjoying "tour bus life" with her kids overseas.The 37-year-old singer posted pictures of Willow and Jameson, her 6-year-old daughter and 7-month-old son with husband Carey Hart, over the weekend from her concert tour abroad."Tour bus life," she captioned a snapshot Friday of Willow and Jameson playing on a bed inside the tour bus.Pink followed up by posting a photo of herself returning to the tour bus with a sleeping Jameson and a picture of the infant ahead of her performance Saturday at V Festival in London."When you get back 'home' in the middle of the night... This is what we call the 'tour bus transfer.' Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh," she wrote Saturday. "Just about ready for you Vfest!!!!!"Pink will return to the U.S. for the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, where she ...

Aug202017 by adminNo Comments

To teach kids morals, read books with humans not animals

Science

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Anthropomorphic, or human-like, animals are often the protagonists of children's books. But new research suggests parents who want their kids to pick up on a story's moral lessons should choose books featuring humans, not animals.Researchers in Canada found four to six-year-olds were more likely to share with their peers after being read a story with human characters."Many people believe children find stories with human-like animals captivating and relatable, but what we're finding is that this is not the case," Dr. Patricia Ganea, associate professor of early cognitive development at the University of Toronto, said in a news release. "Overall, children were more likely to act on the moral of the story when it featured a human character."Researchers read stories about shar...

Jul262017 by adminNo Comments

U.S. kids overdosing on dietary supplements

Health

TUESDAY, July 25, 2017 -- A curious toddler opens a bottle of melatonin found on the kitchen counter, and accidentally overdoses on a supplement typically used by adults to help with sleep.In that case, the doctor who treated the child only had to deal with a very tired 3-year-old, but it might have been a far more serious scenario if a different dietary supplement, such as the energy product ephedra or the male enhancement herb yohimbe, had been swallowed."We see it all the time," said Dr. Barbara Pena, research director of the emergency medicine department at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami.Indeed, a new report from researchers bears out Pena's observations: From 2005 through 2012, the annual rate of accidental exposures to dietary supplements rose in the United States by nearly 50...

Jun192017 by adminNo Comments

Top money lessons dads can teach their kids this Father's Day

Finance

Fathers shape their children's financial life.To that point, 56 percent of people said their fathers influenced their retirement savings and 62 percent said their retirement plans are similar to their dads' strategy, according to a John Hancock Retirement Services survey of 1,007 Americans adults conducted in late April.Paternal influence cuts both ways. A recent T. Rowe Price analysis found that people who have declared bankruptcy were more likely to have kids who do not save any money, compared to the children of people who didn't declare bankruptcy.Dads can raise their personal finance game this Father's Day. Kerry Hannon, author of "Love Your Job: The New Rules of Career Happiness," shared with CNBC's "On the Money" about the best money lesson her father, Jack, who passed away nine yea...