Also in the news...

• PRODUCT ALERT: We realize Miley's pelvic gyrations at the Teen Choice Awards were a big hit, but this doll might be taking the concept a tad too far.


• Curious to see if your kid is gifted? Here's a five-minute test.


• Sign me up for some Brad deoxyribonucleic acid, please: Celebrity-look-alike sperm bank debuts in New York.


• They had to conduct a study to prove this? Girls fear spiders more than boys do.


• Peter Parker's head to be frozen next to Walt's: Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion.


• PRODUCT ALERT: Just in case you don't function too well before that first cup of coffee: Israelis develop device to remind parents that kids are in the car.


• You want special sauce? I'll give you special sauce: Big Mac fight in Bahamas provokes one teen to stab another.


• Not the type of thing you want going down right before your kid heads to college: Teen stung more than 200 times by bees.


• CELEBRITY ALERT: Fiddy just wants kids to have a good time: Rap star organizes Family Day.


• As long as they pull out the Chutes and Ladders after their slugfest, it's all good: Quality sibling playtime translates to happy adult relationships, no matter how many cans of whoop-ass they've opened up on each other.


• So now I know why my daughter always gets the sucky Happy Meal American Girl CD while my son gets the awesome LEGO car: Boys' toys at fast-food joints way cooler than girls' toys.


• Cash for Clunkers may be over, but you can still get rid of your creaky old crib, car seat, or high chair: Toys 'R Us sponsors giant trade-in event.


• You break the law, you're gonna get Tasered -- even if you have your kids with you.


• Have no friends? Put your kid in daycare.
  


• Half of all kids will engage in sexual behavior by 13, according to the Chicago Tribune. But there's one line in the story that makes me squirm more than that statistic itself: "Two physicians attempt to wrestle with this awkward topic, immersing themselves in the current research." Sounds like someone's getting a little too close to their work....