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I’ve written in this space about the “Throne Up” royal wedding barf bags and the commemorative royal mug with the picture of Kate and her betrothed – errrr – Prince Harry on the side. In a desperate attempt to cash in on the wedding of this century, royal opportunists from London to Hong Kong are flogging fine collectibles. It seems, however, these trinkets are being hustled from within the proverbial palace walls as well.

Parents who keep track of their kids by giving them a cell phone may want to make some changes in the ways they keep connected. It might not mean ditching the devices completely, but lingering concerns about radiation absorption from cell phones could alter how kids use the technology.

Mothers weary of nightly dinner table dustups with stubborn offspring may want to read this recent study (via Time.com)—if only for the brief ray of hope it bestows for future harmony.