Responding to a recent post on a teacher organizing a fight club in middle school, some CafeMom users had no problem with letting boys duke it out in a supervised, safe school setting.

Now I'm curious what moms think about Russian Roulette for kids. The game Kaba Kick has been available in Japan for a while. Surprise surprise it hasn't found its way across US borders yet.

That advertisement at left has to win some kind of WTF award. Terrified kid holding a pink gun hippo to his temple like he's seen the actors do in all those R-rated movies his parents let him watch. Yes, this "gadget" is shaped like a hippo instead of a weapon ... so that makes it okay, right?

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Books are the best. I could whittle away the rest of my days curled up with one. The benefits of starting read to your kids at their littlest go on and on. I just can't run out of good things to say about books.

Here's another one -- books can actually help overweight adolescent girls shed pounds.

A study in the journal Pediatrics tested this out on 81 obese girls.

Some girls were given a book featuring an overweight girl who, through her adventures, improves her self-esteem and learns about nutrition and physical activity.

Other girls were given a book with similar characters that did not address these issues. A third group of girls were not given a book as part of their counseling.

I'm married to a teacher. I always get the inside scoop. I thought I'd heard it all.

Then I read that two New York City teachers organized a fight club for two of their bickering middle schoolers, and I think, well, at least I'll be able to one-up my husband at the dinner table tonight.

Unbelievable!

The 10 year olds were reportedly fighting over a pencil, according to the Daily News. Instead of trying to help the kids resolve the matter peacefully, like, um, any teacher who wants to keep his job would, he and his aid locked the classroom door, asks the other kids to stand aside, and tells the boys to duke it out gladiator style in the center of the room.

Um, is this kid even thinking about college yet? Since he's obviously an amazing quarterback, I guess 13 year old David Sills must appreciate the immensity of being offered a football scholarship to the University of Southern California, an awesome Division 1 school.

Still, that's five years away. That's like 50 in teen years.

The way I see it, the Bear, Delaware 7th grader should appreciate the benefits he stands to gain from this right now. Most important: dates with any girl of his choosing through the rest of his secondary education. Of course, he's also made the majority of boys in his class jealous beyond belief, so that also comes with potential complications.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, the good looking blond kid made a verbal commitment to accept a football scholarship Thursday night to new USC coach Lane Kiffin. 

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I'm happy to report that Hannah Montana's little sister, Noah Cyrus, and her best bud are NOT designing a tween lingerie line as reported across the web recently. Oh, phew, I was really ready to give up all faith in humanity.

According to the Daily Mail, Noah Cyrus, Mylie's pole dancing, mini-skirt wearing sis and the tween's bud Emily Grace Reaves would be teaming up with Ooh! La, La Couture designers to create the "trendy, sweet, yet edgy" Emily Grace Collection just in time for Valentine's Day.

But our friends at Parent Dish talked to the owners of Ooh! La, La Couture and set the record straight. No lingerie.

Here's what the PD article said:

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It's hard enough raising one teen -- but three?! Welcome to RAZmom88's wild and wonderful life this week.

A Dreaded Call

It started like any other school morning. Wednesday. 5:45 a.m. I drove Andrea, 18, to school. I returned home and woke Zack, my 15 year old, who then showered and dressed. I used the lint roller on the cat hair stuck to Zack and his backpack. Zack doesn't like whe his back then becomes covered in hair for all to see at school.

While he was eating his Fruit Loops, I asked him if he had a ride to school or if I needed to drive him. He said he didn't know, but just then, his friend pulled up in his SUV. We talked and joked for a minute before they left at 7 a.m. 

Seven minutes later, the phone rang.

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It's like a real-life version of Footloose at a public school in Wisconsin. The school has made headlines for banning "dirty dancing."

Free Music T Shirt; $12

Forever 21's sister store, Heritage 1981, has launched a kids clothing store called HTG81 Kids. Think hip and stylish sunny California (brrr, wish I was there right now): graphic Ts, cargo shorts, floral tunics, acid wash, zebra print skirts, skater skinny jeans.

And the price is right. Most of the items are under $20. You can find the new clothing line at select Forever 21 locations around the country, or buy online.

Will you be shopping there for your 6-14 year old?

This 14 year old New Zealand girl is my hero. She was boogie boarding in the ocean when a "massive gray thing" began swimming beside her. I would have had a heart attack and died right there. But this fast-thinking young woman took her boogie board and .... well, watch the news clip above and hear her tell it.

Public schools in Tennessee may soon offer an elective Bible course to high school students, according to the Associated Press. Kids, and their parents, can decide if they want to take the class for a social studies credit or not.

As you might expect, many people are calling in the "separation of church and state" argument here. But it's not a clear cut case because students are not being forced to take the class. Also, the course is being specially structured so it focuses on the content of the Bible and its historical context.

The schools know this is a very touchy subject, and have hired a college expert to make sure the course and the way it's taught doesn't cross any lines that might end up in a courtroom.