Best Of The Web: September 21-September 27

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

If you haven’t come across this amazing article yet, check
out this New York Times reporter who
transported his family from Park Slope to Russia,
and the “experiment
in extreme schooling” his three kids undertook. (NY Times)

What not to say
to an adoptive parent. Perhaps the most inappropriate question: how much did she cost? (Chicago Tribune)

A TX teen lied
about having leukemia and collected $17K in donations. How about a
collective shame on you!? (NY Daily News)

Liz Gumbinner introduces her little ones to a classic—West
Side Story—but forgot about all the fighting, dying, conflict and hate! How
to explain guns and gangs to kids? (Mom-101)

Morra Aarons-Mele, CEO of
Women Online, blogs about
the truth behind movies like SJP’s recent “I Don’t Know How She Does It.” Check
out her interview
insights regarding mothers who work flexible schedules. (HuffPo)

As part of her 365 Days of Literacy for kids, grandma
blogger Sharon Couto shares fun and easy (and completely do-able!) word games
and activities for adults and kids of all ages. September is all about idioms. Check out how
she describes “bursting at the seams.” (Mom
Generations)

Here’s something new and different. A Florida
woman just gave birth to twins…from two
different uteruses. That’s all. (MSNBC)

This drawing dad makes the rest of us look like parenting wimps.
Check out what he creates for his kid’s lunch
bag art. (Village Voice)

Most kids with OCD take medication, but a new study
indicates that the addition
of talk therapy may be highly beneficial. This is important news,
considering about 1 in every 100 children has the condition. (Reuters Health)