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Positively positive
So, I bitch a lot. Okay, a ton. I'm going to however, list twenty things [because I love lists] my kid does, and I beg ask you do the same! It'll be fun, and we can like, share similar answers and giggle like school girls, okay? 1.
Charlotte, Spin Your Web
I cried when I read this article. First of all, it is not necessary to shoot live animals to re-create injuries, like Kathy Guillermo stated.
Under Construction
Update: OK, I *think* I have everything back to normal now.
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The Master Toys and Novelties company have mastered putting lead paint on their Little Rider toys.
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Out of all the things that put our kids in harm's way, we didn't think they're blankie would be one of them.
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Better put down the coffee, lady, you're going to need both hands free to catch your baby.
Fake teeth recalled for lead
We'll admit that sometimes when certain items are recalled for lead paint, we question anyone chewing on said item in the first place.
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With my own spouse gone most of the week and millions of other women playing single parent in one capacity or another thanks to military deployments and numerous companies requiring business travel, I’m betting that sex toy sales must be sky rocketing.
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Is it just me, or have single moms come into their own in Hollywood – or, dare I say, are in vogue in our celebrity-crazed world? Solo parenting is nothing new, but being a single mom seems to be one of Tinsel Town’s latest hooks in promoting a star’s career instead of the moral outrage this status may have once invoked.
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