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Grocery prices are at record highs, food safety staff keep getting cut, and here are THIS week’s recalls 👇 Save + share.   🐟 Starfish Seafood Trio (cold smoked salmon, halibut, trout), 8oz, Lot D139149161-153, exp 12/01/2027. Listeria. NY FL GA MA NC SC   🥗 Made Fresh Salads & Northside deli salads + cream cheese, exp 9/3–9/18/26. Listeria. NYC. Now Class I (highest risk)   🌯 Holsum Spinach Flour Tortillas Large, 8ct, UPC 810023430629. Undeclared FD&C Blue 1 & Yellow 5. Lots 26187, 26195, 26210, 26216, 26224, 26239, 26250, 26251, 2026261   🧀 Graziers raw milk cheese (Sierra Nevada Cheese Co.), ALL products. E. coli outbreak: 13+ sick in 9 states, over half kids, 3 with HUS kidney failure. Nationwide   ⚠️ ALLERGY ALERTS Sesame: Riad’s Oliva to Go Baba Ghanouj & Spicy Baba Ghanouj (BB 10/10–10/14/26), Hummus (BB 10/12–10/18/26). CT MA Sesame: Para Bien Al Grano 24oz, UPC 0 21425 01513 4, sell by 10/12–10/21/26. PR Soy: J. HIGGS Loaded Bacon & Cheddar chips 7.75oz, UPC 051933316454, BB 12/11/26 & 12/18/26. Save A Lot: FL IN KY MD OH TN   STILL ACTIVE: Great Value & Trader Joe’s frozen organic berries (E. coli); Mezzetta Golden Greek Peperoncini 32oz, lot 720106 (shopper’s video showed a mouse); Wholesome Pantry organic applesauce, BB 6/16/27 (mold toxin); Grace Chicken Vienna Sausages (illegal import) ; Gatorade 28oz Lemon Lime/Orange (undeclared dye); Nature’s Own Hawaiian Bread (milk); Broccoli sprouting seeds, Salmonella, Gardeners Basics Waltham; Eden Brothers Calabrese, lots 1022067 & 1022068; Home Grown Calabrese 8oz, lot AUG172026 Sold online nationwide; Star Meat Delivery raw beef, pork & goat with a false USDA mark “EST. 1363"   Since late 2024, FDA has lost 4,300+ staffers and USDA 22,000+. Meanwhile, policy choices keep pushing grocery bills up. Families shouldn’t pay more for less protection.   Follow for weekly recalls.   #foodrecall #foodsafety #groceryprices #parents

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😔 Tragically, mass shootings are so common now that parents have to figure out how to talk to their kids about them. It’s hard to know where to start.   ☝🏽 First, don’t dismiss their fears or avoid the topic out of concern for scaring them more. Sadly, we can’t shield our kids from the fact that this happens—between the news, hearing other kids talk, and enduring active shooter drills at school, kids know mass shootings happen.   🚫 Telling them not to worry about it or that it could never happen where you live is unlikely to be comforting.   So what *should* you say? Well, that depends, based on their age and temperament.   ➡️ Under age 8: The AAP says kids this age can’t process tragedy well, so unless a mass shooting affects your family directly or your child is likely to hear about it from another source, you don’t need to have this convo with little kids. If needed, you can keep it simple, just one sentence like, “A bad person hurt people.”   ➡️ Big kids: Answer their Qs, and try to avoid them seeing any pictures. If they do, balance them with photos of people helping and supporting each other in the aftermath. Focus on the heroes who helped.   ➡️ Tweens/teens: Ask what they’ve heard about the shooting, and how it makes them feel. Use it as a chance to talk about mental health, gun control, and other topics that align with your family values. They may want solutions, and you can talk about what actions you might take together.   What would you add to this conversation?   #ScriptsForParents #TalkingToKids #ShootingResponse #Parenting #StopTheViolence

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Your kids could be facing stricter rules about using their phones at school.   A new bipartisan bill in Congress would give states money to help keep students off their personal devices throughout the school day.   Introduced in late September, the bill would offer funding to states with policies banning student cell phone, smartwatch and other personal device use from the first bell to the last.   That money could help schools pay for lockers, lockboxes or pouches to store devices. The bill includes exceptions for students who need them for medical reasons or accommodations through an IEP or 504 plan.   Plenty of states are already taking action. At least 39 states and Washington, D.C., require schools to ban or restrict cell phone use, according to Education Week.   And teachers say the distraction is a real problem. In a 2024 Pew Research Center report, 72% of U.S. high school teachers said students getting distracted by cell phones was a major problem in their classrooms.   Has phone use been an issue at your kids’ schools? Do you think keeping phones put away all day would help?   #CellphoneBans #CellphonesInSchool #Screentime