Around the Web…

Some stories to send you into the weekend:

• Forget strollers: Lately it’s all about the slings — New York Times
• A Mississippi prom is canceled after a girl requests to bring another girl as her date — USA Today
• A woman who didn’t know she was pregnant delivers her baby in the bathroom — CNN
• Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel dishes on her pregnancy — lilSugar
• A toddler literally comes back to life after he’s found floating in a tub — Today

Comments

I think it’s disgusting that they have canceled prom because she wanted to bring her girlfriend. It will encourage hate towards the Gay & Lesbian community because some will see it as she is the reason why the whole grade has to miss out. Ugh!

- Lorus on March 12th, 2010

Agree Lorus. Been reading that story everywhere and it is horrible! Way to TEACH kids.

- brannon on March 12th, 2010

Agree with you two both. This story really has me upset. I try my hardest to teach patience, compassion and acceptance to everyone I encounter, then someone decides to discriminate in such a ridiculous way. But, and I didn’t read the article, so it may have said this, she and the ACLU is suing the school (school district?). The only thing they are asking (as of the last update I read) is that Prom be reinstated, for the mere fact of what Lorus was talking about. She doesn’t want to be the reason her entire class misses out. Its just crappy.

- Niki on March 12th, 2010

The story about the baby coming back to life is incredible but after reading the mother’s blog, I don’t know what to think.

She admitted she put her two little ones in the bathtub (16 month old and 3 year old) and turned the water off. Then she left the bathroom to check on her sick 6 year old, got distracted, starting making a bed, putting laundry away etc. Her 6 year old yells that the baby’s drowning and it goes from there. One of the kids ended up turning the water back on in the bathtub so it filled a lot.

Now I’m no expert on parenting but I assume leaving 2 kids under three years of age in a bathtub is a REALLY bad idea. I’m not accusing her of being a bad mother but that was a terrible decision.

- KellyJ on March 12th, 2010

I agree with everyone. The prom decision is so ridiculous, regardles of the whole gay thing, why ruin the prom for everyone?! KellyJ, I agree with you 100% you NEVER under ANY circumstances leave small children in the tub unsupervised and as a mother of 4 she should know better! I too ahve a 3 year old and a 16 month old who I bathe together, if the phone rings and I dont have it with me, then o well!

- JessicaC on March 15th, 2010

I’m also part of the crowd that was disgusted with the prom story. I can’t wait for the day when we no longer have to fight about gay rights and we never hear stories like this. It just seems so silly to cancel a prom over a girl wanting to bring her girlfriend.

Does anyone think all of this attention will chance the school’s mind. I hope it does because they have to be getting tons of calls

- Lee on March 15th, 2010