Oh, Those Crazy Kids

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor is monitoring the TV series Jon & Kate Plus Eight for breaking child labor laws. That's outrageous. Kate might be a bossy and demanding shrew but even she sets limits for here kids. No garden weeding after 11pm, they can take up to 5 hours to make sure the shower tile grout is as white as her teeth and the octo-siblings get 20 minutes of play time a day. Now isn't that fair? *** 97 year old Millvina Dean, the oldest surviving passenger of the Titanic has died. As her family are firm believers in cryogenics, Dean will be put on ice - again. *** And you thought America had problems with Octomom. She may be in a run for her money as negligent parent of the year with news about Sarah Quinland from New Zealand. As the story goes, Sarah, made some bids to purchase toys at on online site called TradeMe and then took a nap, without signing off. Her 3 year old daughter felt that the toys weren’t really to her liking so she got on the laptop and after a couple of mouse clicks, purchased a $12,300 Earth moving construction vehicle. Mom discovered the incident after opening the e-mails that confirmed her purchases and the shocking one from her daughter. The daughter will be working off the purchase and go without an allowance until she’s 113 years old. ***