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today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYIt’s “Maycember,” so end-of-year school events are piling up fast — are parents doing OK? “I didn’t know it was coming until I looked in my daughter’s folder,” Barb Vigorito, a mother of three in Connecticut, tells TODAY.com. Last week, Vigorito received what she called on TikTok “the worst letter” from her daughter’s school, which she fished out of the kindergartner’s backpack.
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nbcchicago.com | Elise Solé
A mom obsessed with “Law & Order” threw a birthday party for her infant daughter, taking mug shots and fingerprints of guests. “We’re a true crime family,” Dara Natale, who hosted the party for her 1-year-old daughter, Maxine, tells TODAY.com. Natale shared her party plans in viral TikTok videos that piqued the attention of “Law & Order” star Mariska Hargitay, who plays Detective Olivia Benson on the NBC show, now in its 27th season.
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1 week ago | 
today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYA mom who often RSVPs “no” to children’s birthday parties is defending her choice to TODAY.com after backlash online. “That is a preference that works for our family,” Emily Oster, a mother of two, bestselling author of parenting books and an economics professor at Brown University, tells TODAY.com.
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today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYA family visit to a Dutch art museum went south when an unsupervised child damaged a painting worth millions. While visiting the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam, the child “scratched” the 1960 painting “Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8” by Mark Rothko, the museum stated.
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2 weeks ago | 
today.com | Elise Solé
/ Updated / Source: TODAYAuthorities in upstate New York say 11 high school students have 48 hours to turn themselves in for an incident they describe as “hazing on steroids.” The scary incident in Syracuse, New York is shining a light on hazing, which clearly isn't limited to college kids. Here's what parents should know about hazing, and how to protect their children.
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2 weeks ago | 
today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYThis mom has a “crazy” hack for stopping a toddler from complaining — without saying the word, “No.”“It’s important that kids are responsible and respectful and understand how to contribute effectively to their families and society,” Chelsea Lensing, a mother of two, tells TODAY.com. Lensing, a college professor of economics, created a response for when she hears, “Mom, I’m hungry!” or “Mom, I’m bored!” from her 3-year-old in the backseat of the car.
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2 weeks ago | 
today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYA mom obsessed with “Law & Order” threw a birthday party for her infant daughter, taking mug shots and fingerprints of guests. “We’re a true crime family,” Dara Natale, who hosted the party for her 1-year-old daughter, Maxine, tells TODAY.com. Natale shared her party plans in viral TikTok videos that piqued the attention of “Law & Order” star Mariska Hargitay, who plays Detective Olivia Benson on the NBC show, now in its 27th season.
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2 weeks ago | 
today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYWould you prefer an older or younger pediatrician for your child? “I would pick an older pediatrician, hands down,” Dr. Flo Rosen, 70, a retired pediatrician, grandmother and social media star, tells TODAY.com. Rosen, aka “Ask Bubbie,” is exploding online for her videos on child safety, nutrition and parenting. Posts captioned, “Should you worry if your toddler doesn’t eat?” and “Should you add rice cereal to bottles?” have amassed millions of views.
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2 weeks ago | 
today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYHugh Grant is frustrated by his children’s screen time, too. The actor lashed out at the tech industry’s influence in schools, comparing it to a “drug cartel” during a webinar hosted by Close Screens, Open Minds, a parent group that is “concerned about the growing use of digital technology in schools,” according to its Instagram bio.
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2 weeks ago | 
today.com | Elise Solé
/ Source: TODAYA mother who went viral for her daughter’s unusual name is revisiting the moment that made her famous. “I just laugh about it,” Mckinli Hatch, a mother of four in Utah who is sometimes referred to as “Chalkboard Mom,” tells TODAY.com. “It doesn’t bother me.” In 2012, while 29 weeks pregnant, Hatch posted a photo on her former blog, “Mommy’s Little Sunshine.” Hatch posed in front of a chalkboard bearing baby name options for her now 13-year-old daughter, Laikynn.
