Best Of The Web: November 2-8

Contributors: Briehn
Trumbauer

Here’s a weekly roundup of parenting articles that piqued
our interest. Enjoy! —

A fun Halloween edition of Parenting
FAILS. Did you see any fails in your neighborhood on Monday? (Babble)

It being National Adoption month, here’s a sister’s eulogy for Steve Jobs. Mona Simpson on the passing of her brilliant biological brother.  (NY Times)

After months of ignoring the rumors, Jessica Simpson
finally proclaimed
on Halloween that she and fiancé Eric Johnson are expecting. Linking to a
pic of her elaborate mummy costume, she tweeted, “It’s true! I am going to be a
mummy.” Congrats! (HuffPo)

The latest in the school lunch debate: tomato paste on pizza will no longer be considered a serving of veggies! Other proposals include cutting back on potatoes and salt. (NY Times)

Is anybody actually surprised that Kim and Kris didn’t last?
Here’s why the Kardashian diva’s marriage
didn’t make it much past month 1. (USA Today)

There are now 7
billion people in the world! On Monday, we broke the 7 billion mark with
new baby girl Danica Mae Camacho, according to the U.N. (MSNBC)

Ever see people eating in the grocery store? (Ever do it
yourself?) One couple has their two-year-old
daughter taken into custody after they were charged for munching on
sandwiches while shopping. Don’t forget to pay for your munchies! (TIME)

An app made up entirely of cute
puppy pics. It’s true. It exists. (A Cup Of Jo)

One Battery Park City family is raising a daughter with Rett syndrome. Read Raising Maisy for their touching story. (The Tribeca Trib) 

The Child Online Privacy Protection Act was created to
protect kids ages 13 and younger from revealing information on the Web that
could be used by companies. But a study reveals that 68% of parents
helped their tweens lie about their age to create a Facebook account. (CNET)

Mom blogger Sharon Beesley thinks we’re a little too
obsessed with the weather. Well, we are! When it snows
in October, New Yorkers are bound to notice…and obsess. (NYC Taught Me)