Family News Update: Words to Marry By, Daycare Cuts, Barbie in the Real World, 10-year old Britons Getting Pregnant and more

February 8, 2010 | 4:09 PM

• Great marriages are built on a solid foundation of proper wording:
Happy marriages: The benefits of going from ‘me’ to ‘we’ (The Toronto Star)

• If you didn’t want all-day kindergarten before, you may have to reconsider:
Subsidy cuts mean fewer daycare spots (The Toronto Star)

• Now she’s traded the dream home for a one-bedroom apartment and can’t afford the gas for her pink convertible. Life in plastic was fantastic:
‘Barbie jam’: Youths give icon real world makeovers (ParentCentral/The Toronto Star)

• What? You didn’t know?:
So you thought Generation X was angry? (The Globe and Mail)

• Seems the WHO charts are more flattering:
Canada switches to growth charts based on WHO, not U.S., standards (Yahoo)

• Most men won’t write their loved one a poem on Valentine’s Day. In other breaking news, the sky is blue:
Valentine’s day men likely to disappoint, says study (The Telegraph)

• From the country that reported that their children drink two bottles of wine a week, we have the inevitable result:
Primary schoolgirls getting pregnant aged 10 (The Telegraph)

Tags: Barbie, Daycare, Generation X, Marriage, Pregnancy, Valentine's Day, WHO

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