A foursome in California practices polyamory–the belief that people can love several partners at once with everyone’s blessing. Originally two couples, the wife from one couple became pregnant with the husband from the other when they were temporarily living together. They then bought a house together and recently signed legal documents making them equal guardians of the child. Read more: Four better or four worse for marriage of four

I’m starting to think we do need to legally define traditional marriage. Read more on the implications of allowing a new definition: http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=8089

One of the most unique gifts my four-year-old received for her birthday was the Mind Blowing Science kit from Scientific Explorer. We opened the box the day of her party, on her birthday, and did the first two experiments. I was concerned at first whether it was going to be too complicated or take a long time or that there would be too many things you had to supply yourself, and so on. But it’s not! It’s so simple and actually pretty quick, and my daughter loved it. She was giggling at the foam and bubbles as the liquids changed colors. I actually had fun, too. It was a great project to do together while my younger son was napping. I’m actually looking forward to tackling it again and finding out what the next project is!

Anyway, I definitely recommend it as a birthday gift idea for a boy or girl, ages 4 and up!