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Mother dies trying to save her 2 sons after they were swept away while snorkeling

(Gray News) - A British woman visiting the Bahamas with her family died attempting to rescue her two sons after they were swept out to sea. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the 36-year-old was snorkeling with her husband and two sons near the southern point of the island. Police reported a strong current swept the children away and the woman, in an effort to rescue them, “also was swept away.” She was later rescued and taken to a ferry dock where CPR was administered before she was transported to a local medical clinic. Police reported a local doctor pronounced her dead “despite efforts to save her life.” The BBC identified the woman as Leanne Gregory from Stapleford in Nottinghamshire. According to People, her husband, Nathan Gregory, set up a GoFundMe to raise funds for their two sons. “This loss is unimaginable for our family, she was our foundation, our support, she made…

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Bedtime Sloth: a story for tonight, written by Gemma on your own computer

Bedtime is when parents are most tired and children most want one more story. Bedtime Sloth makes that part lazy. You type a child's name, pick a place, and press one button. It writes a new calm story, reads it slowly, and plays the sounds of the night. All of it runs on your own computer. Here is what you can set before you press the button: It is built for a dark room. The sounds fade out on a sleep timer, a Night light switches the screen to warm colours, Screen off turns it fully black, and the controls fade away on their own. At the end you can continue the story tomorrow night, save it as text, or delete it. Every story is saved on the computer, so a favourite can be replayed. The people who get to be lazier are tired parents, carers and babysitters who do not have to invent a story every night, and anyone who would rather not send a child's name and favourite things to a cloud…

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Enough excuses... it IS lazy parents' fault if their kids start school in nappies. The woke brigade needs to stop infantilising low-income families by claiming they're not capable of being responsible: CLARE FOGES

By CLARE FOGES, FEMAIL COLUMNIST Whose job is it to toilet train a child? Mummy, Daddy, the state, society or the potty fairy? According to the BBC, the answer is anyone but the parents. That is certainly the impression one gets on reading an investigation published on the corporation’s news site earlier this month entitled, ‘Why are so many four-year-olds not potty-trained before school?’ It is a subject worthy of investigation. Earlier this year a teachers’ survey revealed that about one in four children are not toilet-trained when they start school: around 187,000 children every year. The toll on the teachers is significant. To their list of roles – educator, carer, soother, social worker – they must now add Pampers monitor. According to the chief executive of children’s charity Kindred Squared, teachers are ‘losing, on average across the country, a day a week of teaching time to…

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After She Dies on Medicaid, the State Will Send Her Estate a $140,000 Bill and Name the House. Her Son Has Lived There With Her for Nine Years on $31,000 a Year, and Under the State’s Own Hardship Rule the Claim Will Be Waived

When a parent dies on Medicaid, the state sends the estate a bill for every dollar it spent on care, and the family home is usually first in line. But federal law quietly gives one type of heir a way… If your parent gets Medicaid long-term care and you live in the parent’s home, the state will probably file a claim against the estate after the parent dies. Federal law also requires every state to run a Medicaid estate recovery hardship waiver process, which means an adult child who lived in the home and provided care can often use it to keep the house. Let’s say you have a $140,000 claim that names the family home, and a son who has lived there with his mother for nine years, paying $31,000 a year. Under many state hardship rules, the heir can waive or defer that claim, but only if they file for it. Something often left out of this conversation around estate recovery is how states get…

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