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on Jun. 30, 2009 at 9:48 AM
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Here are the daily Hot Topics that have been posted.
February and March 2009:
Hot Topic (2/11) - Do You Think Vaccinations Can Lead to Autism? Do You Vaccinate Your Children?
Hot Topic (2/12) - Co-Sleeping - Do you let your kids sleep in your bed? Is it safe? 
Hot Topic (2/13): Religion - Do you believe in God? Why or Why not? Today's Hot Topic: Would you have voted for the Stimulus Plan? (2/14) Today's Hot Topic: A punishment that fits the crime? (2/15) Hot Topic (2/16): Right to bear arms for a rose?
Hot Topic (2/17): Do you think it's ok to smoke with kids in the car?
Hot Topic (2/18): Discipline - OK to spank or do other methods work better? How young is too young to punish a child?
Hot Topic (2/19): Science vs. Religion - Should Public Schools Teach Creationism? Today's Hot Topic: First comes love, then comes marriage? Today's Hot Topic 2/21): Do you agree with the plan to close Gitmo by year-end?
Today's Hot Topic (2/22): Kids and violence, how can we stop it?
Today's Hot Topic (2/23): Does The Movie Rating System Help? Too Much Sex And Violence?
Hot Topic (2/24): Child Harnesses - What do you think? OK or Not?
Hot Topic (2/25): No more death penalty to save the economy? Hot Topic (2/26): Seat Belts - Do you wear them?
Hot Topic (2/27): Do you let your kids watch TV? Hot Topic (2/28): The end of Abstinence-only programs?
Hot Topic (3/1): Breastfeeding Mother Charged with Endangerment
Hot Topic (3/2): Medical Marijuana - Legalize it or not?
Hot Topic (3/3): Do You Get The Flu Shot? Do Your Kids?
Hot Topic (3/4): Explicit lyrics Linked to Sexually Active Teens?
Hot Topic (3/5): Why do some women go back to their abusers? Would you go back?
Hot Topic (3/6): Same-Sex Marriage - Should Gays Have the Right to Marry? Hot Topic (3/7): Do you think Barbie should be banned?
Hot Topic (3/8): Surprise: Uncle Sam's jobless gift has strings - Should unemployment be taxed?
Hot Topic (3/9): Extended Breastfeeding - OK or Not?
Hot Topic (3/10): Is the Confederate flag a symbol of racism? Is this man a racist?
Hot Topic (3/11): What Do You Think of Beauty Pageants for Kids? Hot Topic (3/12): Martini Playdates - Do playdates and happy hour mix? POLL
Hot Topic (3/13): Science moves a step closer to mind reading
Hot Topic (3/14): Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged - Do you think they killed her?
Hot Topic (3/15): Is it ok for toddlers be outside in only their birthday suits where strangers can see them?
Hot Topic (3/16): Polygamy - Should it be legal? What do you think?
Hot Topic (3/17): Is breast-feeding always best? There's some doubt...
Hot Topic (3/18): What do you think about Madonna adopting another baby? Hot Topic (3/19): New Mom Secrets - "Sometimes I Let My Baby Sleep in a Dirty Diaper"
Hot Topic (3/20): Record Number of Babies Born to Single Moms
Hot Topic (3/21): "I love my husband more than I love my children."
Hot Topic (3/22): Pregnant on Purpose: Fair Game or Foul Play? Hot Topic (3/23): Do you think same sex couples should be permitted to adopt children?
Hot Topic (3/24): How old is too old to become a mother?
Hot Topic (3/25): Parental notification laws and abortion
Hot Topic (3/26): Should the drinking age be lowered to 18?
Hot Topic (3/27): Should Parents Bring Young Children to R-Rated Movies?
Hot Topic (3/28): Medicating children to keep them quiet Hot Topic (3/29): Is it OK to curse in front of children?
Hot Topic (3/30): 'Mommy Wars' - Is staying home with kids bad for women?
Today's Hot Topic (3/31): Tipping etiquette: Who, where, how much?
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April's Hot Topics:
Hot Topic (4/1): Do people use the Emergency Room inappropriately? Hot Topic (4/2): Should health care in the U.S.A. be provided free to everyone?
Hot Topic (4/3): Should college coaches at public institutions be paid million dollar salaries as Americans struggle to make ends meet? Hot Topic (4/4): Should Kids Play With Toy Guns?
Hot Topic (4/5): NKorea launches rocket - Are you worried?
Hot Topic (4/6): Should coverage of military caskets be OK?
Hot Topic (4/7): Should Mom with Porn Past Adopt?
Hot Topic (4/8): How often do you use a babysitter?
Hot Topic (4/9): Is it okay to leave a sleeping baby at home alone?
Hot Topic (4/10): Having kids ruins your marriage?
Today's Hot Topic (4/11): Can working moms still be good moms?
Hot Topic (4/12): Should Doctor Assisted Suicide be Legal?
Hot Topic (4/13): Should it be illegal for women to smoke while pregnant?
Hot Topic (4/14): Do only children have it better?
Today's Hot Topic (4/15): Should children have televisions in their bedrooms?
Hot Topic (4/16): Tea Party Protests: Pointless or Important?
Hot Topic (4/17): Do you agree with current abortion laws?
Hot Topic (4/18): Do Kids Need a Mom and a Dad?
Hot Topic (4/19): Egg Donation
Today's Hot Topic (4/20): Was This "Irresponsible" ?
Hot Topic (4/21): Are we alone? Is the government hiding something from us?
Hot Topic (4/22): Welfare Laws
Hot Topic (4/23): Booster Seats for Toddlers and Preschoolers?
Today's Hot Topic (4/24): Is being gay a choice?
Hot Topic (4/25): Weight Discrimination
Hot Topic (4/26): What do you think happens to us after we die?
Hot Topic (4/27): Co-Sleeping - Is it safe or too dangerous?
Hot Topic (4/28): Do you trust the media?
Hot Topic (4/29): Home birth vs. Hospital birth
Hot Topic (4/30): The Death PenaltyMay's Hot Topics:
Hot Topic (5/1): Circumcision
Today's Hot Topic (5/2): Would you let your 9-year old ride the NYC subway alone?
Hot Topic (5/3): Hate Speech: What Would You Do?
Hot Topic: (5/4) How do you rate Obama's 1st 100 days?
Hot Topic (5/5): Secondhand smoke and kids
Hot Topic (5/6): Is it okay to be nude around your kids?
Hot Topic (5/7): Bristol Palin and Abstinence
Today's Hot Topic (5/8): "I let my toddler eat food before I pay for it."
Today's Hot Topic (5/9): Can someone else correct your child?
Hot Topic (5/10): Should parents be held responsible for the crimes of the child?
Hot Topic (5/11): Will President Obama Support Gay Marriage?
Hot Topic (5/12): Extended Rear-Facing Carseats
Hot Topic (5/13): The amount of U.S. aid to foreign countries
Hot Topic (5/14): What's harder? Being a working mom or stay-at-home mom?
Hot Topic (5/15): Is preschool really necessary?
Today's Hot Topic (5/16): Would you give your kids drugs to give them an edge?
Hot Topic (5/17): Would you marry a prisoner?
Hot Topic (5/18): Should parents be allowed to refuse chemotherapy for their child's cancer?
Hot Topic (5/19): Notre Dame, Obama and Abortion
Hot Topic (5/20): Do you believe in hell?
Hot Topic (5/21): Attachment Parenting
Hot Topic (5/22): Should pregnant women get special privileges?
Hot Topic (5/23): Is it okay to drink alcohol in front of kids?
Hot Topic (5/24): Does the Government deceive us?
Hot Topic (5/25): Should Gambling Be Illegal?
Hot Topic (5/26): To Nanny Cam, Or Not to Nanny Cam
Hot Topic (5/27): Should a couple stay together for the kids?
Hot Topic (5/28): Should recipients of government aid be drug tested?
Hot Topic (5/29): Nature versus Nurture
Today's Hot Topic (5/30): How should science be taught in school?
Hot Topic (5/31): Do Babies Ruin Friendships?
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- by on Jun. 30, 2009 at 9:49 AM
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June's Hot Topics
Hot Topic (June 1st): When is it OK to Lie to your kids?
Hot Topic (6/2): Should late stage abortion be legal?
Hot Topic (6/3): The effect of childcare on children
Hot Topic (6/4): Dick Cheney supports gay marriage . . .
Hot Topic (6/5): Corporal punishment in public schools
Today's Hot Topic (6/6): Should English be the official language in the U.S.?
Hot Topic (6/7): Year Round Schooling
Hot Topic (6/8): Is Teen Anorexia Encouraged?
Hot Topic (6/9): Auto Erotic Asphyxiation
Today's Hot Topic (6/10): Gays In The Military - Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
Hot Topic (6/11): Children without seatbelts injured in crash
Hot Topic (6/12): Man gives birth again
Today's Hot Topic (6/13): Benefits for children of illegal immigrants
Hot Topic (6/14): Has The Food Industry Led Us To Obesity?
Hot topic (6/15): Do you think Sotomayor was a good choice for the Supreme Court?
Hot Topic (6/16): Household chores--who does more, you or him?
Hot Topic (6/17): What is the biggest problem we face?
Hot Topic (6/18): Public, private or home school?
Hot Topic (6/19): Obama's economic policies
Hot Topic (6/20): In the beginning . . .
Todays Hot Topic (6/21): Is it legal to spy on employees computer usage?
Hot Topic (6/22): Do you think co-sleeping is dangerous?
Today's Hot Topic (6/23): Children used for entertainment?
Hot Topic (6/24): Adoption by same-sex couples
Hot Topic (6/25): Do you believe in Satan?
Hot Topic (6/26): Cosmetic surgery for children?
Today's Hot Topic (6/27): Pitbull bans
Hot Topic (6/28): Would you hire a male nanny?
Hot Topic (6/29): Alcohol served to kids at your house.
Today's Hot Topic (6/30): Would you forgive a cheater?
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- by on Jun. 30, 2009 at 9:51 AM
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July's Hot Topics:
Hot Topic (7/1): Should parents be charged?
Hot Topic (7/2): When should you say something?
Hot Topic (7/3): When babies die in hot cars...
Hot Topic (7/4): Are today's kids "ruder than ever"?
Hot Topic (7/5): Is the Military responsible for his death?
Hot Topic (7/6) Ear Piercing Parties...For 6 year olds
Hot topic (7/7): Should older children be in rear facing car seats?
Today's Hot Topic (7/8): Should kids be banned from first class?
Hot Topic (July 9th): If Palin runs against Obama in 2012, who do you think would win?
Hot Topic (7/10) Can the local govt ban what you wear?
Todays Hot Topic (7/11): Are Doctors and Pharmaceutical Companies at fault?
Hot Topic (7/12): Is Obama's "honeymoon" over?
Hot Topic (7/13): Is dating another person prior to a legal divorce adultery?
Hot Topic (7/14): Pain in labor . . . has a number of benefits
Hot Topic (7/15): Assisted Suicide
Today's Hot Topic (7/16): Was the shooting of this pitbull justified?
Today's Hot Topic (7/17): Prayer
Hot Topic (7/18): Should women over 50 get pregnant?
Today's Hot Topic (7/19): Does technology make our kids dumber?
Hot Topic (7/20): Should smoking be banned in all public places?
Today's Hot Topic (7/21): Child beauty pageants
Today's Hot Topic (7/22): Should use of cell phones while driving be banned?
Today's Hot Topic (7/23): Obama's Health Care Plan
Today's Hot Topic (7/24): Gun Control
Hot Topic (7/25): One husband, many wives?
Todays Hot Topic 7/26: Is marriage an outdated institution?
Today's Hot Topic (7/27): Minimum Wage Increase - Good or bad?
Today's Hot Topic (7/28): C-sections for convenience worth the risk?
Today's Hot Topic (7/29): Is obesity the government's business?
Today's Hot Topic (7/30): H1N1 "Swine Flu" vaccine shortage?
Today's Hot Topic (7/31): Does anyone care about global warming anymore?August's Hot Topics:
Hot Topic (8/1): Should government funding cover abortions?
Today's Hot Topic (8/2): Does Hollywood have a negative impact on the world?
Today's Hot Topic (8/3): Tween waxing = Sexualizing young girls?
Today's Hot Topic (8/4): Should marijuana be legalized so it can be taxed?
Today's Hot Topic (8/5): What do you think about leashes for kids? Includes VIDEO
Today's Hot Topic (8/6): Cash for Clunkers
Today's Hot Topic (8/7): School Uniforms - Good or bad idea?
Hot Topic (8/8): Should this quadriplegic be allowed to die?
Today's Hot Topic (8/9): Should there be a ban on television advertisements aimed at children?
Today's Hot Topic (8/10): Should nuclear weapons be banned?
Today's Hot Topic (8/11): Should corporal punishment in school be banned?
Today's Hot Topic (8/12): School officials face criminal charges for lunch-time prayer
Today's Hot Topic (8/13): Obama's "to-do list largely undone"?
Today's Hot Topic (8/14): Should parents be disciplined for kids' crimes?
Hot Topic (8/15): Evolution taught in school
Todays Hot Topic (8/16): Do you (or your kids) hookah?
Today's Hot Topic (8/17): Should moms drink while the kids play?
Today's Hot Topic (8/18): Taxing "simple pleasures"--good idea or not?
Today's Hot Topic (8/19): Dogs in the grocery store?
Today's Hot Topic (8/20): Law requiring ultrasound before abortion overturned
Today's Hot Topic (8/21): Mexico decriminalizes pot, cocaine, heroin . . . should the U.S. do the same?
Today's Hot Topic (8/22): The death penalty--"sick, barbaric folly"?
Todays Hot Topic (8/23): "Gaming Widows"
Today's Hot Topic (8/24): Should HIV testing be mandatory?
Today's Hot Topic (8/25): Should prisoners be allowed to smoke?
Today's Hot Topic (8/26): Should parents be allowed to buy alcohol for their kids?
Today's Hot Topic (8/27): Is it okay to choose your baby's sex?
Today's Hot Topic (8/28): Should kids' hearts be tested before playing sports?
Hot Topic (8/28): Should the school lunch program be abolished?
Todays Hot Topic (8/30) Should parents pay for extracurricular activities in school?
Today's Hot Topic (8/31): "Birthday Sex" singer a poor role model for students?
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- by on Sep. 2, 2009 at 2:00 AM
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September's Hot Topics:
Today's Hot Topic (9/1): Should public school teachers go on strike?
Today's Hot Topic (9/2): Public, private or home school?
Today's Hot Topic (9/3): Should breastfeeding moms get extra breaks at work?
Today's Hot Topic (9/4): Needle exchange programs
Hot Topic (9/5): Compassionate release of terminally ill prisoners
Todays Hot Topic (9/6): Should Government Limit How Many Children You Can Have?
Today's Hot Topic (9/7): Should teenagers be able to get birth control without parental permission?
Today's Hot Topic (9/8): Should the words "under God" be in the US pledge of Allegiance?
Today's Hot Topic (9/9): Is American Apparel ad "child porn"?
Today's Hot Topic (9/10): Too much homework? Or not enough?
Today's Hot Topic (9/11): Do you consider your seat belt optional?
Today's Hot Topic (9/12): Health care--do you want a "public option"?
Todays Hot Topic (9/13) Would you write a letter to a prisoner?
Hot Topic (9/14): Should prostitution be legal?
Hot Topic (9/15): Should smoking be banned in outdoor areas?
Today's Hot Topic (9/16): Sending more soldiers to Afghanistan
Today's Hot Topic (9/17): Should federal funds pay for abortions?
Today's Hot Topic (9/18): Should soft drinks be taxed?
Hot Topic (9/19): Execution attempt = "cruel and unusual punishment"?
Today's Hot Topic (9/23): Adults providing alcohol to minors
Today's Hot Topic (9/20): Should smoking be allowed in your own homes if you have children?
Today's Hot Topic (9/21): US-Mexico border fence...is it doing any good?
Today's Hot Topic (9/22): Should strip clubs be regulated more?
Hot Topic (9/23): Adults providing alcohol to minors
Today's Hot Topic (9/24): Do you believe in life after death? (Poll)
Today's Hot Topic (9/25): Should sex-offenders be held even after they serve their time?
Hot Topic (9/26): Terminating pregnancies based on prenatal screening results
Today's Hot Topic (9/27): Is gun ownership an individual right guaranteed by the Second Amendment?
Today's Hot Topic (9/28): Leaving babies home alone?
Today's Hot Topic (9/29): When does a fertilized egg become a person?
Today's Hot Topic (9/30): Is pornography good or bad?
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- by on Oct. 2, 2009 at 2:34 AM
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October's Hot Topics:
Today's Hot Topic (10/1): "Don't ask, don't tell" . . . repeal the ban?
Today's Hot Topic (10/2): Obama's quest for Olympics a waste of money?
Hot Topic (10/3): Are the risks and costs in Afghanistan worth it?
Todays Hot Topic (10/4) Does Religion cause wars?
Today's Hot Topic (10/5): Are some things always wrong?
Today's Hot Topic (10/6): Gitmo unlikely to close by Obama's deadline
Today's Hot Topic (10/7): Should handguns be banned? Do you have a gun?
Today's Hot Topic (10/8): Trucker fined for smoking in his rig. Is this law okay?
Today's Hot Topic (10/9): Menu labeling . . . one step away from telling you what to eat?
Hot Topic (10/10): Is sexual orientation determined at birth?
Todays Hot Topic (10/11) Are Beauty Pageants Exploitative?
Today's Hot Topic (10/12): Government eavesdropping approved by Senate Judiciary Committee...
Today's Hot Topic (10/13): Harmless high school hijinks or just plain pornographic?
Today's Hot Topic (10/14): "Distracted driving" . . . time to crack down?
Today's Hot Topic (10/15): Amnesty for illegal immigrants?
Today's Hot Topic (10/16): Should the H1N1 vaccine be required for health care workers?
Hot Topic (10/17): Is religion for the weak?
Today's Hot Topic (10/18): Should CPS remove the Heene Children?
Today's Hot Topic (10/19): Forced c-section . . . is it legal?
Today's Hot Topic (10/20): Booster seats for all children until age 8?
Hot Topic (10/21): Does this abortion law violate patient privacy?
Today's Hot Topic (10/22): Screaming is the new spanking . . . is this okay?
Today's Hot Topic (10/23): Distribution of Bibles at school . . . okay or not?
Hot Topic (10/24): Should undocumented aliens be counted in the 2010 census?
Todays Hot Topic (10/25) Do you believe, what is to become, in 2012?
Today's Hot Topic (10/26): The "War on Drugs"
Today's Hot Topic (10/27): Should polygamy be legal?
Today's Hot Topic (10/28): Government ban on light bulbs
Today's Hot Topic (10/29): Would you vaccinate your child against a sexually-transmitted disease?
Today's Hot Topic (10/30): Are you for or against legalizing prostitution?
Hot Topic (10/31): Do you have a problem with this cross?
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- by on Nov. 2, 2009 at 1:22 AM
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November's Hot Topics:
Todays Hot Topic (11/1): Do violent video games cause behavior problems?
Today's Hot Topic (11/2): Does profanity make people sound 'ignorant' and 'immature'?
Today's Hot Topic (11/3): Home birth--when things go wrong
Today's Hot Topic (11/4): Cash for college . . . if you don't get pregnant
Today's Hot Topic (11/5): Should assault weapons be banned?
Today's Hot Topic (11/6) : Co-ed dorms rooms . . . good idea or not?
Today's Hot Topic (11/7): Abusive relationships
Todays Hot Topic (11/8) Social networks and kids: How young is too young?
Today's Hot Topic (11/9): Should juvenile offenders receive life sentences?
Today's Hot Topic (11/10): Should premature babies be treated or allowed to die?
Today's Hot Topic (11/11): Should all Americans be required to carry health insurance?
Today's Hot Topic (11/12): Three Strikes Law
Today's Hot Topic (11/13): Should school lunches be changed?
Today's Hot Topic (11/14): Love her or hate her? Sarah Palin
Todays Hot Topic (11/15) Should the military ban smoking by service members?
Today's Hot Topic (11/16): Spanking ban proposed in France . . . good idea?
Today's Hot Topic (11/17): Children overdosing on television?
Today's Hot Topic (11/18): Should minor children be allowed to make decisions?
Today's Hot Topic (11/19): Does the U.S. spends too much on the elderly?
Today's Hot Topic (11/20): Is wearing fur bad?
Today's Hot Topic (11/21): Overpopulation . . . does it concern you?
Todays Hot Topic (11/22) Universal Health Care or Health Care Reform
Today's Hot Topic (11/23): Has China cost the U.S. 3 million jobs?
Today's Hot Topic (11/24): Are the new mammogram guidelines bad for women?
Today's Hot Topics (11/25): How young is too young for social-networking?
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