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A nationwide effort by health experts and major telecom carriers leads to some unexpected and free help for expectant mothers and families with weekly tips to support healthy pregnancies and babies via text messaging. It's called text4baby, and it's now available at no charge to expectant mothers across the country, whether you're a cell phone customer of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint or other company.
Julie Maloney went pantsless on Panther game days for good luck. She's since become a popular football blogger, and this week the Fort Mill mom will attend the Super Bowl thanks to her friends at Gatorade.
I think sometimes it's easy for us as parents - or just people in general - to underestimate the amount of compassion a child can express. Children, as a rule, are selfish creatures. I don't mean that as a judgment, I mean it as a general observation. They think of their needs, their wants, their happiness. Over time they learn more and more to think of others ("How would you feel if your friend said that to you? Sad? So how do you think she feels now that you said it to her? Exactly!") but it's a work in progress.
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