By Tara Weng, GalTime.com

Pacifiers are dangerous!?As a parent of now school-aged children, I can look back and admit that my kids used pacifiers fairly frequently and sippy cups were a staple until they were old enough not to dump a drink all over the carpet.

According to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, however, these commonly used items, along with bottles, have caused significant injuries among children in the U.S.

The research detailed that approximately one child (under the age of three) was treated in hospital emergency rooms approximately every four hours. The study covered the years between 1991-2010.

Most injuries (86 percent) occurred from falls while using the products, and 83 percent of those falls resulted in lacerations or contusions to the mouth and face.

Study authors also found that two-thirds of injuries occurred among 1-year-olds, an age, they surmised, when children are unsteady on their feet and prone to falls.

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Having tough talksThe scenario: Your best friend, Sara, and her husband are breaking up. It's a bitter split. She's been coming by often - in tears - for consolation. When your kid comes to you asking for an explanation, here's how to give him the info he needs - and not a bit more.

AGES 8 AND UNDER

"All kids this age really want to know is, 'What does this mean for me? Will my life change?' It's not selfish; it's natural for young children to be egocentric - Do I have to worry the same bad thing will happen to me?" says Harold Koplewicz, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist and founding president of the Child Mind Institute in New York City. Stick to the facts about what's happening now and about what will happen in the near future. Also, see the situation through your child's eyes: He might think of Sara only as the mother of his friend Bobby and then be worried about his friend Bobby.

What to say: "Sara is OK; Bobby is fine. Sara and her husband are talking about getting a divorce.

This time last year, we wrote that the hottest baby names were keeping up with the Kardashians. So

Kourtney & Mason -- Photo Credit: Fame/Flynet

regular readers will not be surprised by today's news that Mason, the name bestowed by Kourtney Kardashian on her son at the end of 2009, has continued its swift ascent and has broken into America's Top 10. (The other big news from the annual Social Security Administration release of popular baby names? Michael, a top-3 name for 60 years has fallen to #6. And Sophia toppled Isabella from her one-year reign at the top of the girls' list.)

If you're surprised by the swift and sudden ascent of Mason, here's the story. (for more details, read last year's analysis):

• At the very end of 2009, eldest Kardashian daughter Kourtney gave birth to a son she named Mason .
• Mason, a name which had never ranked lower than 786 in the U.S., began to gain momentum in the 1980s, just as the popularity of uber-popular rhyming name Jason started to decline. (It's popularity trajectory since

The most popular baby names in America have been revealed. We could go into the details, but seriously, let's just cut to the chase!

Most Popular Boys' Names (as compared to the previous year)

The DuggarsWhen it comes to Mother's Day I'm lucky because our family is nearby, and just being together and enjoying a special meal is pretty special for me. Sometimes the kids want to take me out, but sometimes they fix my favorite meal, chicken and dumplings -- I love chicken and dumplings!

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Jim Bob always encourages them to make cards for me because I like handmade special notes that they write. It's not about an expensive card or gift or anything like that. It's just really about those treasures that I put in my keepsake box that I can look at years later, pull out and see the sweet little notes that they wrote and the pictures that they drew for me.

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My 15-year-old son Josiah is quite the artist. He'll just draw these really pretty pictures and write, "Mom, I'm just really glad that you had me. I'm so grateful to be here." It's just

I am all about having special dates each year to celebrate specific things, but I pose the question is it practical to have one day on the calendar each year to say Happy Mother's Day to your mom. I feel like this your mother is not just a mother one day out of the year so why is she just recognized on May 13th every year to say thanks? I know the title can be misleading or seem a little harsh, it's just that I think mothers or should I say parents all together should be acknowledged on a daily basis, because they have a never ending job to provide for their families, to love and nurture their children, and also have their own lives! It is a very, very hard task to be a parent so I challenge all of us to try saying Happy Mother's Day to our mother's everyday and tell them you love them everyday! This is just some of the small stuff we may take for granted, and I don't want to leave the father's out either tell them Happy Father's Day everyday and that you love them as well! I know it

A Mother's love
wakens the courage In every unselfish hero;
lightens up the wisdom In every wise man;
cultivates the best In every zealous father;
inspires the perseverance In every passionate mother;
brings that genuine laughter Into every sweet child;
wholeheartedly gives the chance of life to every awaited little one;
creates the happiness, the love, the peace In every harmonious abode!

Thank you so much, Mother, for being that woman who had and has loved us in countless, immeasurable ways! Happy Mother's Day!

And to every Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, Mother-to-be, thank you so much for doing the Best you can, raising and bringing out that BEST In every life's spirit amid this world of uncertainties. Happy Mother's Day!