POLL: Should Children Be Able To Use Facebook?

The social-networking site apparently is mulling over the idea.

Facebook is developing technology that would allow those under the age of 13 to access the site under parental supervision, a move that could help bring in a sea of new users for revenue but that could also increase privacy concerns, according to a report in Monday's Wall Street Journal. The technology being tested would allow children's accounts to be tied to their parents' accounts so that parents would decide whom their children could "friend." New kid-friendly features also could allow Facebook and its partners to bill parents for games and other entertainment accessed by their kids. Currently Facebook bars anyone under the age of 13. But several studies show that many kids use Facebook despite the ban, often with their parents' …

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Is Bigger Better? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Side of Having a Large Family

Having four kids is exhausting and overwhelming at times, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I dropped my third child off at sleep away camp for two weeks on Sunday and as I drove away, I had an overwhelming urge to weep, and it wasn’t because I was devastated to leave her (although she is my faithful companion). I wanted to cry because we shared a ride with our neighbors, who were dropping their two kids off for the two weeks and as we pulled away, I don’t know how they managed to refrain from breaking out into a halleluiah chorus or high fives, at the very least. But they are wonderful friends and saved the celebratory gestures until they got home to their very quiet, and very kid-free house. I left their minivan and walked across the street to find my three kids, one dog and fat cat all looking to be fed. Causing me to wonder, …

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Video: Kids Read to Dogs at Monmouth County Library

Popular program helps shy children by having them read to therapy dogs.

Monmouth County library headquarters in Manalapan has gone to the dogs. On Wednesday Jan. 19, therapy dogs Harley, Max, and Lulu came trotting into a library meeting room on leashes held by their volunteer handlers, tails wagging and ears perked up, ready to listen to local children read them stories. "Read to the Dogs" is a popular library program that originated out of the Howell branch two years ago and now takes place regularly at all branches of the Monmouth County library system.

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