Vampire fandom is one thing. But a teacher in Norway took 'show and share' a little far after she brought in a vial of her blood into the kindergarten classroom where she teaches. Eek!
The unidentified teacher then poured the blood on a plate, which was passed around the classroom. According to an article in the Daily Mail, the creepiness didn't end there. The kids then touched it (yay, finger paint!) and when they naturally asked how to remove it from their tiny digits, the teach helpfully demonstrated by inserting her finger into her mouth. Voila!
They of course followed suit.
'The parents are mortified, shaken and shocked,' said Inger Lise Andersen, director of the Dravhaug kindergarten.
The teacher has since been tested for AIDS and Hepatitis B, though authorities claim the risk of infection is low.
The teacher, who was a temporary employee, was fired.
Yum, teacher blood. No biggie or big ick factor?
Health Canada has recalled the above toy drumset with the model number KSE118. A paper tab used to assemble the toy can become detach from the drum, posing a potential choking hazard.
Tori Spelling has come a long way since the 90210 days. Being a celebrity mom has its own challenges, as the star discovered when her child inadvertently read rumours about his own family in a tabloid front page while at the supermarket checkout line. According to an article in Today Moms, while Spelling considers herself fair game for trash talk, she draws the line when it comes to her kids.
Sure tabloid rumours come and go and pass in the blink of an eye, yet the lies they tell can harm children who don't know better, who take the printed word as gospel. Evidenced when Spelling's 6-year-old son Liam read the headlines on the Star magazine claiming that his parents were divorcing.
Imagine his pride at sounding out the word DIVORCE only to see his image below, and the caption "Who will get the kids?"
Spelling was then left with the task of calming her young, confused, and distressed children. Her son was teary. "Why is someone getting us? Where are you and Dad going?" he apparently asked in the car.
How do you explain to a 6-year-old that some people make a living from spinning lies? Take shots at me, wrote Spelling on her site ediTORIal, but keep my children out of it.
"I wonder if any of those writers have children?" she asked. "How would they feel if their child had to read something so hurtful and confusing? How do they sleep at night knowing they've potentially emotionally scarred, and if nothing else, terrified innocent children?"
I feel for Spelling. It's high time the media picks on people its own size, and spares the children.
"Love stories and fairy tales" hardly make for good copy, and that's too bad. "That’s not the world I want my children growing up in." Me, neither, Tori, me neither.
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