<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - childs</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/childs</link><description>Newsvine - childs</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:28:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:25:53 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Parents 'Stunned' to See Disabled Daughter's Feet Duct-Taped After School - ABC News</title>
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An Indiana couple is looking for answers from their daughter&rsquo;s former elementary school after the 8-year-old came home from her special-needs program with her shoes duct-taped to her feet and ankles.Nate and Elizabeth Searcy&rsquo;s daughter, Shaylyn, who has Down syndrom&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16872261-parents-stunned-to-see-disabled-daughters-feet-duct-taped-after-school-abc-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16872261-parents-stunned-to-see-disabled-daughters-feet-duct-taped-after-school-abc-news</guid><category>taped</category><category>disabled</category><category>feet</category><category>duct</category><category>childs</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62674937FF-7636-FC3D-08D2-78726A20483D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62674937FF-7636-FC3D-08D2-78726A20483D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Witness: Peeping Tom Exposed Self Outside Child's Window </title>
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PALM BAY, Fla. &mdash;
Police  in Palm Bay are hoping a recently released composite sketch will   help  track down a man who a witness said was peering into a child's    bedroom window while exposing himself.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13678286-witness-peeping-tom-exposed-self-outside-childs-window</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/05/13678286-witness-peeping-tom-exposed-self-outside-childs-window</guid><category>police</category><category>suspect</category><category>crime</category><category>window</category><category>us-news</category><category>peeping-tom</category><category>bedroom</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>childs</category><category>composite-sketch</category><category>exposed-self</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:55:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dad Sends Child to School With Backpack Full of Pot </title>
<description><![CDATA[St. Petersburg, Florida -- The father of a kindergarten student was arrested Tuesday after a teacher found marijuana in his child's backpack.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11818132-dad-sends-child-to-school-with-backpack-full-of-pot</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11818132-dad-sends-child-to-school-with-backpack-full-of-pot</guid><category>police</category><category>father</category><category>man</category><category>charged</category><category>left</category><category>marijuana</category><category>school</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>lawyer</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>returned</category><category>backpack</category><category>scale</category><category>retrieve</category><category>childs</category><category>intent-to-sell</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:44:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046793094535-1DE6-2402-DAFA-8667D935B11C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="110" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046793094535-1DE6-2402-DAFA-8667D935B11C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bleach torture spurs probe of toddler's care</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11743901-bleach-torture-spurs-probe-of-toddlers-care</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11743901-bleach-torture-spurs-probe-of-toddlers-care</guid><category>doctors</category><category>toddler</category><category>abuse</category><category>bleach</category><category>childs</category><category>allegedly</category><category>blinding</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:51:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120501-bleach-mom-hsml-9a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120501-bleach-mom-hsml-9a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Seattle doctors who may have been slow to report abuse in a toddler whose mother allegedly put bleach in the child’s eyes — nearly blinding her — are under state investigation.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mothers of Sex Offenders Share Responsibility &amp; Burden of Label</title>
<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- Christine Smith will never forget the moment she watched her 21-year-old son being led out of a Florida courtroom in handcuffs.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11688211-mothers-of-sex-offenders-share-responsibility-burden-of-label</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11688211-mothers-of-sex-offenders-share-responsibility-burden-of-label</guid><category>sex-offender</category><category>offender</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>parents</category><category>mother</category><category>burden</category><category>parenting</category><category>share</category><category>concern</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>childs</category><category>responsibilty</category><category>crimes-against-children</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:09:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467ED7D85AF-A240-5C48-C040-BD1CFBA2DFE2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467ED7D85AF-A240-5C48-C040-BD1CFBA2DFE2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Thar she blows: Map shows wind in real time</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10944774-thar-she-blows-map-shows-wind-in-real-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10944774-thar-she-blows-map-shows-wind-in-real-time</guid><category>wind</category><category>sweep</category><category>united-states</category><category>streaking</category><category>grasses</category><category>childs</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>ruffle</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:06:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120330-futuretech-windmap.photoblog400.JPG" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120330-futuretech-windmap.120;120;7;70;0.JPG" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The wind is all around us. You can see it move the trees, sweep through grasses, and ruffle your child’s hair. And now, we can click on a wind map of the United States and see it streaking across the country in real time.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rent — or trade — your kids' clothes online</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10683160-rent-or-trade-your-kids-clothes-online</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/14/10683160-rent-or-trade-your-kids-clothes-online</guid><category>kids</category><category>clothing</category><category>clothes</category><category>rent</category><category>expense</category><category>ranges</category><category>childs</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>child's</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:09:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120313-oom-rent kids clothes online-hmed-153p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120313-oom-rent kids clothes online-hmed-153p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The average amount families spend per year on each child's clothing ranges from $630 to $1,250, depending on household income and the child’s age. But you could cut that expense by as much as half if you rent or trade in your kids’ clothes.  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Keep Your Eyes on Your Child's School Performance</title>
<description><![CDATA[
 Parents, keep your eyes on the academic performance of your children&rsquo;s school at www.greatschools.com, which reports the official test results of all public schools in the United States and assigns a performance ranking to each school.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Juan Cruz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Juan Cruz]]></source><link>http://ltczurc.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9620526-keep-your-eyes-on-your-childs-school-performance</link><guid>http://ltczurc.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9620526-keep-your-eyes-on-your-childs-school-performance</guid><category>on</category><category>education</category><category>school</category><category>performance</category><category>your</category><category>eyes</category><category>keep</category><category>childs</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:30:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMTSU9DcqQ" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UuMTSU9DcqQ/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Bill Gates talks about the Khan Academy on the Gates Notes</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Busy Mom Attempts To Clean Up McDonald's Playground</title>
<description><![CDATA[TEMPE, AZ - Erin Carr Jordan is a busy mom with four young children, all under the age of nine. So, in early April, when one of them needed to go to the bathroom, Jordan headed into the nearest McDonalds, near Priest Drive and Baseline Road in Tempe.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6674413-busy-mom-attempts-to-clean-up-mcdonalds-playground</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/19/6674413-busy-mom-attempts-to-clean-up-mcdonalds-playground</guid><category>deadly</category><category>food</category><category>animal</category><category>test</category><category>health</category><category>human</category><category>children</category><category>act</category><category>hair</category><category>mcdonalds</category><category>odd-news</category><category>garbage</category><category>parents</category><category>management</category><category>mother</category><category>feces</category><category>bacteria</category><category>dangerous</category><category>bathroom</category><category>videos</category><category>researchers</category><category>social-media</category><category>parenting</category><category>youtube</category><category>disgusting</category><category>wtf</category><category>area</category><category>grime</category><category>busy</category><category>dirt</category><category>crusade</category><category>layers</category><category>covered</category><category>immune-systems</category><category>childs</category><category>isolate</category><category>playgroud</category><category>erin-carr-jordan</category><category>appauled</category><category>comprimed</category><category>unwillying</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 12:18:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fmaddad04672F6674418.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fmaddad04672F6674418.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mother Arrested For Brandishing Gun At School Bus Stop </title>
<description><![CDATA[CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) &ndash; We have new information about a Chesterfield mom accused of brandishing a gun at her kid's bus stop this morning.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/17/6662285-mother-arrested-for-brandishing-gun-at-school-bus-stop</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/17/6662285-mother-arrested-for-brandishing-gun-at-school-bus-stop</guid><category>arrested</category><category>mom</category><category>accused</category><category>school</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>gun</category><category>daughter</category><category>defending</category><category>bullied</category><category>middle</category><category>manchester</category><category>bully</category><category>bus-stop</category><category>childs</category><category>brandishing</category><category>teased</category><category>shiquita-reed</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 20:51:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fmaddad04672F6662287.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fmaddad04672F6662287.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mom With Marijuana Charged With Child Neglect &amp; Aggravated Battery</title>
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A Gainesville woman was arrested and charged with battery and drug charges after deputies said she fought with and cut her child's father over concerns he would turn her in for marijuana possession.
 

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/16/6481110-mom-with-marijuana-charged-with-child-neglect-aggravated-battery</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/16/6481110-mom-with-marijuana-charged-with-child-neglect-aggravated-battery</guid><category>arrested</category><category>jail</category><category>father</category><category>woman</category><category>charged</category><category>cut</category><category>mother</category><category>battery</category><category>us-news</category><category>crimes</category><category>deputies</category><category>child-neglect</category><category>drug-charges</category><category>drug-paraphernalia</category><category>childs</category><category>fought</category><category>deadly-weapon</category><category>marijuana-possession</category><category>aggtavated-b</category><category>turn-her-in</category><category>henretta-zakia-worthy</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 09:31:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>8 ways to calm kids' jitters in a scary world</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tsunamis. Earthquakes. Radiation leaks. Nuclear meltdowns.  If you are feeling a bit jittery about the news lately, imagine how our kids must feel. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Michele Borba]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Michele Borba]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/25/6343432-8-ways-to-calm-kids-jitters-in-a-scary-world</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/25/6343432-8-ways-to-calm-kids-jitters-in-a-scary-world</guid><category>japan</category><category>nuclear</category><category>child</category><category>radiation</category><category>kids</category><category>news</category><category>parenting</category><category>your</category><category>childs</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:21:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Man Accused Of Burning Boy With Fork</title>
<description><![CDATA[TAMPA - A 23-year-old man is accused of pressing a red-hot fork on the forehead of a 4-year-old boy.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5763991-man-accused-of-burning-boy-with-fork</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5763991-man-accused-of-burning-boy-with-fork</guid><category>boy</category><category>arrested</category><category>jail</category><category>man</category><category>accused</category><category>crime</category><category>charge</category><category>victim</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>us-news</category><category>relationship</category><category>fork</category><category>idenity</category><category>pressing</category><category>red-hot</category><category>childs</category><category>forehead</category><category>4-year-old</category><category>dcf</category><category>aggravated-child-abuse</category><category>withholding</category><category>leon-mcwilliams-lovel</category><category>serious-burns</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Jan 2011 16:49:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mix-up between Nintendo Wii video game, gun blamed in child's shooting death </title>
<description><![CDATA[NORENE, TN  - A mix-up between a Wii game and a .380 caliber pistol led a 3-year-old to pluck the real gun from an end table and shoot herself in the abdomen, ending her life, Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3997632-mix-up-between-nintendo-wii-video-game-gun-blamed-in-childs-shooting-death</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3997632-mix-up-between-nintendo-wii-video-game-gun-blamed-in-childs-shooting-death</guid><category>girl</category><category>death</category><category>out</category><category>gun</category><category>video-game</category><category>mistake</category><category>us-news</category><category>nintendo</category><category>mix-up</category><category>controller</category><category>3-year-old</category><category>wii</category><category>childs</category><category>blamed</category><category>father-left-gun</category><category>shot-herself</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:03:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In reality, some stage parents are very scary</title>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Heene was more than the alleged perpetuator of a hoax when he paraded his son Falcon on television after claiming the boy had floated off in a helium balloon. By pushing his child into the national spotlight, allegedly to benefit himself, the former reality television contestant joins a long line of “stage parents” so prevalent in the media lately. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Sclafani]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tony Sclafani]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/27/3431015-in-reality-some-stage-parents-are-very-scary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/27/3431015-in-reality-some-stage-parents-are-very-scary</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>business</category><category>child</category><category>parents</category><category>berman</category><category>celebrities</category><category>petersen</category><category>stage</category><category>childs</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>richard-heene</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:36:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-ent-091027-stageparents-830a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-ent-091027-stageparents-830a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Richard Heene (R), gets emotional as he holds his son, 6-year-old Falcon Heene, outside their house in Fort Collins, Colorado October 15, 2009. The flight of a home-made helium balloon that sparked a frantic rescue attempt for Falcon thought to be aboard was a publicity-seeking hoax with Heene likely to face charges, a Colorado sheriff said October 18, 2009. Photo taken October 15, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES SOCIETY)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mom arrested after pounds of pot found in apartment, 5-year-old's </title>
<description><![CDATA[A Mechanicville mom has been arrested after police say they found marijuana in her five-year-old son's bedroom. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[patsym546]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[patsym546]]></source><link>http://patsym546.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3370351-mom-arrested-after-pounds-of-pot-found-in-apartment-5-year-olds</link><guid>http://patsym546.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3370351-mom-arrested-after-pounds-of-pot-found-in-apartment-5-year-olds</guid><category>investigation</category><category>arrest</category><category>police</category><category>marijuana</category><category>toys</category><category>crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>bedroom</category><category>sheets</category><category>childs</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:50:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How to help your kids look back-to-school cool</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ring, ring — your style class is now in session. TODAY Style editor Bobbie Thomas offers some tips to make back-to-school shopping as easy as possible on busy, beleaguered parents.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobbie Thomas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bobbie Thomas]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3191439-how-to-help-your-kids-look-back-to-school-cool</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/25/3191439-how-to-help-your-kids-look-back-to-school-cool</guid><category>fashion</category><category>education</category><category>school</category><category>style</category><category>your</category><category>childs</category><category>back-to-school</category><category>self-expression</category><category>bobbie-thomas</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>today-style</category><category>claudia-long</category><category>age-appropriate</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:34:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090825-back-to-school-hmed-2p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090825-back-to-school-hmed-2p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&quot;Look at this top,&quot; cries out Bailey Long, 9, left, to her mother Claudia Long, right, as they and a cousin, Madeline Claire Hughes, 8, shop for new back-to-school wardrobes at Justice, a clothing store for young girls in Ridgeland, Miss., Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Claudia Long says store coupons for 50 percent off certain items, discounted clothes and an upcoming Mississippi sales tax holiday on clothing less than $100 each, are strong incentives for the family to go shopping. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kids want cell phones? Here’s how to proceed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you’re considering a first cell phone for your tween or teen or trying to limit various functions on your child’s existing phone, it’s important to understand the controls and technologies available today. Dr. Ruth Peters provides a step-by-step tech guide for parents.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth A. Peters, Ph.D.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ruth A. Peters, Ph.D.]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/05/3123542-kids-want-cell-phones-heres-how-to-proceed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/05/3123542-kids-want-cell-phones-heres-how-to-proceed</guid><category>child</category><category>phone</category><category>controls</category><category>cell</category><category>cell-phone</category><category>usage</category><category>parental</category><category>childs</category><category>back-to-school</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>ruth-peters</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:30:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-tdy-090730-kids-cell-6p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-tdy-090730-kids-cell-6p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Close-up of a boy using a mobile phone cell child teen teenager safety glasses msnbc stock&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Answer Desk: Who'll take California IOUs?</title>
<description><![CDATA[It would be a fitting use for this quasi-cash to send it right back to the government. But for most state workers, it likely won’t get that far. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John W. Schoen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John W. Schoen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2920961-answer-desk-wholl-take-california-ious</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2920961-answer-desk-wholl-take-california-ious</guid><category>credit</category><category>child</category><category>money</category><category>education</category><category>account</category><category>accounts</category><category>expenses</category><category>childs</category><category>answer-desk</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>mary-uhazi</category><category>julie-hamman</category><category>answer-desk-inbox</category><category>lisa-brough</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:56:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-biz-090618-healthcare-cost-318p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="345" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-biz-090618-healthcare-cost-318p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dartmouth's atlas of health care costs demonstrates a vexing issue facing policymakers: Medicare spends vastly different amounts to care for its enrollees depending on where they live.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090619-mary-uhazi-hmed.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090619-mary-uhazi-hmed.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mary Uhazi counted cash earned during a Saturday morning garage sale at a friend's home in East Sacramento.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090619-hamman-rv-hmed-5p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090619-hamman-rv-hmed-5p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The picture window of Jerry and Julie Hamman's new Montana fifth wheel camper frames their modest Peru, Indiana home. Despite having more than $80,000 of credit card debt, the Hamman's spent the proceeds of selling several &quot;toys&quot; (motorcycles and ATVs) to help fund the RV. Their monthly expenses went up with this purchase.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/090623/g-biz-credit-090623.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/090623/g-biz-credit-090623.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jay Craig edits trivia questions for a game company, and lives aboard his 35-foot boat in Seattle, Wa.  He has no credit cards, no debt, no intention of buying a house, and so pays no attention to his credit score.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Answer Desk: Raiding college savings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tough times call for tough choices. Some cash-strapped parents are wondering: What happens if I need to pull money out of my kid’s college savings account to pay bills?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John W. Schoen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John W. Schoen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2921907-answer-desk-raiding-college-savings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/11/2921907-answer-desk-raiding-college-savings</guid><category>credit</category><category>child</category><category>money</category><category>education</category><category>account</category><category>accounts</category><category>childs</category><category>custodial</category><category>answer-desk</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:56:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>