Most parents would be quick to point out that this study may be unnecessary. When our children hurt, from small scrapes as babies, to bigger heartaches in their teens- when your child hurts a parents feels it as well.

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Encouraging creativity in children is easy, and creativity itself is a trait that can translate into a lot of great emotional bonuses as well.

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There is a lot of guilt felt by mothers who work.  While even when it’s a necessary thing, or mom just want to- it’s easy to still feel guilty.  However, a new study shows that moms who return to work after having children don’t do any harm.  

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Most girls growing up had a Barbie (or a million) and in honor of the plastic diva, the Indianapolis Children’s Museum has had an ongoing exhibit featuring the doll’s many varied fashions.

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The popular latest craze amongst kids is being panned by many adults, while others (myself included) just don’t get the trend (really, they are just elastics).  While not getting it is a bit different than banning them, as many community areas and schools are doing, in an attempt to avoid issues with trading gone wrong.

Yet, others are saying that the trend is outright bad or a kid’s health.  These critics have brought the panning of the bracelets to a whole new level, and others may be starting to agree with them.

Dr. Gregory Simonian, chief of endovascular surgery and director of the Heart Vascular Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, told me that his daughter also wears Silly Bandz, and that Dr. Manny could be on to something.

“Whether it’s tight bracelets or a ring on your finger, anything that is constricting could cause vascular insufficiency—meaning the blood flow is being altered by some external force. In this case, it’s the new, hip rubber bracelets,” Simonian said.

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Are the bracelets dangerous? Or maybe, these new concerns about them are just another factor of us adults just not getting it.