Following a successful event in 2005, a New York author is seeking 10 unmarried couples with kids who want to tie the knot on "Marry Your Baby Daddy Day. " The event is held by Maryann Reid, a writer and relationship adviser who lives in Brooklyn. The 2005 event was a huge success with all 10 couples still married and the new event is scheduled to take place Sept. 27, where the contributors would dress up the prospective bride and groom in free designer gowns.

A shop in York, England, banned a 2-year-old boy from wearing a hood inside the store. Staff at the Monkton Road Store said Jay Cowper had to take off his jacket because the store has a strict "no hoods" policy. But the boy's grandfather, John Cowper, would not relent and just walked out of the store. It was freezing cold when the grandfather and grandson went to go shopping.

Parents are spending superfluous amounts on parties for their children, from paying for limousine services that deliver friends to the child's party to holding private parties at expensive stores. According to Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg's article, "The Importance of Play," which was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, "Children don't need toys that do everything for them and it is much better to get back to the basics and to have parents engaged with their children. "

Kiwi kids are making a fashion statement right from their birth. Concerned with environmental and health problems posed by the throwaway nappies, mothers in New Zealand are switching over to more eco-friendly yet fashionable diapers for their little ones. The home-made, washable and breathable nappies come in all sort of colors and prints like bows and stripes, Taranaki Daily News reports.

A woman died after competing in a radio station contest. The contest dared participants to drink as much water as they could and not go to the bathroom. The coroner's office says Jennifer Strange, 28, died of water intoxication. Radio station KDND 107. 9 held the contest and promised a Nintendo Wii game system for the winner who could go the longest without going to the bathroom. Strange was found dead in her Rancho Cordova home hours after taking part in the contest.