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  • Dad Gets Jail Time When His Kid Fails Math Test

    Talk about being responsible for your kids' behavior: A guy in Kentucky is serving six months in jail. Why? His daughter failed her math test and didn't get her GED. The GED was required by a previous court order, and even though his daughter is now 18 years old, the decision was rendered when...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Kelly Mills on 05-14-2008
  • Weekly Check-Up: Skittles and Wellness

    Maybe you heard this story: An honor student at a Connecticut middle school got busted for buying Skittles on school grounds . He was stripped of his job as class president, banned from attending an honors student dinner, and suspended for three days, later communted to one day (maybe for good behavior...
    Posted to Strollerderby (Weblog) by Kelly Mills on 03-13-2008
  • Mom Starts Fight on School Bus: "Handle Your Business!"

    A Tampa mom angry that a school bus driver didn't stand up for her 9-year-old took matters into her own hands, boarding the bus and instigating a fight between her kid and a girl who slapped her. Police say the woman told her daughter to go "handle her business" -- which I took to mean "Get a new mom...
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