Community will ticket parents of chronic bullies.

Good idea? Bad idea?

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Is medical marijuana an acceptable treatment for children with cancer?

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2012/11/medical_marijuana_for_a_child.html#incart_river_default#incart_m-

Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television. These are a few of the 50-plus words and references the New York City Department of Education is hoping to ban from the city’s standardized tests ( Read more... )

Full article here: http://abcnews.go.com/News/twin-boys-50000-hockey-shot-danger-posed-brother/story?id=14308901Read more... )

It's been pretty hot so far this summer, and a woman in my area was recently arrested and charged with child endangerment after police were notified that she had a newborn baby in a home where the temperature had reached 95 degrees F. (She was also charged with animal cruelty because there was a dog in the home.) There is more to this particular ( Read more... )

How do you feel about a lottery where the prize isn't money, but paid services like in vitro, surrogacy, etc.? If you won such a lottery, would you tell the resulting child about it? If you were unable to conceive with your partner, would you buy a ticket?

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How old should a child have to be to be charged with a serious crime (like murder) that requires intent?

How old should a child have to be to be eligible to be tried as an adult?

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There's an article in today's issue of The Wall Street Journal that says, in a nutshell, that babies ruin marriages. The Relationship Research Institute in Seattle reports that 2/3 of couples say the quality of their relationship dropped after having a child. The article lists four main reasons: intensifying conflict, changing roles, dulled ( Read more... )