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Ali and John discuss Babble blogger Serge Bielanko's piece on whether parents should be using Santa to threaten their kids during the holidays. In reality, a recent survey shows that 80 percent of parents will give their kids the same amount of presents whether they're on the "naughty" or "nice" list -- so what's the point? With her own daughters, Ali focuses less on whether they've been naughty or nice, and more on whether her kids have been generous and giving to others.
Do you use Santa threats with your kids? Tell us in the comments!
More can't-miss moments: Ali talks the disrupt-then-reframe tactic that stores use to manipulate you into buying more stuff, the University of Colorado Boulder students who were arrested for bringing pot brownies to class, and the new candies that actually help eliminate bad body odor.
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Ali and John discuss the photo that appeared on the front page of the New York Post last week that horrifically showed a man who'd been pushed down into the subway tracks, just seconds before being struck and killed by an oncoming train. This begs the question: Why was someone taking a photo of this scene instead of helping the man get out of the tracks? Ali thinks it's because the human instinct of helping others who are in peril is diminishing.
Do you think the New York Post should have ran the photo? Tell us in the comments.
More can't-miss moments: Ali talks the New Zealand talent agency that's teaching abandoned dogs how to drive cars, the man who was bitten by a cobra on his flight back to Kuwait, and the Wisconsin judge who told a man who owes $85,000 in child-support payments that he couldn't impregnate a woman for the next 3 years.
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Ali and John talk A. O. Scott's article in The New York Times Magazine that discusses how 2012 was the year of the woman. In films this year, women took on less of a chick flick-type role and were portrayed as stronger, more empowered females, as evidenced in The Hunger Games and Brave. Even television shows started featuring more empowering female characters, like Claire Dane's role in Showtime's Homeland and, dare we say it, Honey Boo Boo.
Who was your favorite female character in films this year? Tell us in the comments!
More can't-miss moments: Ali talks eBay, who's giving back this holiday season by donating 100 teddy bears to Ali's charity, Baby Love; a village in India that's banned the use of cell phones for women and girls; and bed bugs, which have started infesting library books.
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11 hilarious tips for undresAli and John discuss pregnant celebrities who have no problem making their baby bumps sexy. From Holly Madison wearing a skimpy pink bikini in InTouch to Demi Moore posing nude on the cover of Vanity Fair, celebrities love to show off their pregnant bodies in revealing clothes (if they're wearing any at all!). But should these pregnant starlets really try to be sexy? Ali thinks these moms-to-be should focus more on feeling beautiful than sexy.
What do you think? Are pregnant celebs trying to be too sexy? Tell us in the comments!
More can't-miss moments: Ali talks a new reality show scheduled for 2023 that will take place on MARS, the 13-year-old New Jersey girl who's petitioning Hasbro to market the Easy-Bake Oven to boys, and Pizza Hut's new perfume, which smells just like, well, pizza.Related Links:
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Ali and John discuss humblebragging, when people say something and act like they're trying to be humble, but really, they're bragging. This is seen way too much on Facebook and Twitter -- especially by parents. Ali reads through a couple of these humblebrag posts, including a tweet by one of her friends: "Major headache - staffing for three houses." And the worst humblebrag to date? "How do I support my best friend whose toddler is developmentally delayed, when my own is so advanced?" What a predicament.
What's the worst humblebrag you've read? Tell us in the comments!
More can't-miss moments: Ali talks a new dating site for the over-50 crowd that was created by AARP and HowAboutWe.com; a "maternity mansion" in Chino Hills, Calif., that Chinese women are fleeing to so that their kids are born with U.S. citizenship; and Jacob Tomsky's book Heads in Beds, which discusses the dark side of staying in a hotel.
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