went in my backpack from my parents when i was a kid, never made it to my parents. >> never got signed. >> gone. unless it was straight as which was never happening. i didn't have that problem. punishing or bullying. a texas dad is publicly shaming his son who he accuses of bullying other kids. last tuesday the boy was forced to stand on a street corner with a pink sign as punishment. the sign read i am a bully, honk if you hate bullies. it's causing a lot of reaction. the facebook page full of messages. some applauding the father's actions and others questions it. here's what he says in defending it. >> it's also a form of public humiliation and maybe he understands when he humiliates someone publicly it doesn't feel good. the next time he feels like he wants to bully someone he'll think about it twice. >> i think that's a case of

really over the top tough love. i think it goes a little too far. >> i don't know. >> i think it's too much. >> it's one thing when they put criminals or adults and make them wear the sandwich board. even this is a kid. handle it in your own home. >> i feel like it's bullying your own child in public. >> it is. >> and it's teaching them the example of bullying right there. >> it's not much different than hitting your kid, you know, in a sense? your kid hits so you hit them. >> i think there's a way to talk to your kids about it and make sure they know what's right and what's wrong. >> resolve that in the privacy of your home. so three votes against. >> yeah. >> okay. did you know hugh jackman was a gym teacher in his past life? >> i didn't. >> he looks like a gym teacher. >> he doesn't look like a gym teacher i had ever. >> i wish he was my gym teacher. >> okay. easy now. >> down girl. >> easy now. >> come on. >> he was a gym teacher in

london before his acting career blew up and he recently ran into one of his former students as he spoke to the media at a film festival. >> hello. >> good to see you. >> i'm all right. so you're getting an award tonight for contributions to film and stage. how do you feel about that. >> i feel good, but i'm sorry, man, we go way back. i used to teach you at a high school in p.e. and i want to know how your physical education is progressing. it's very important to me. you guys don't know that but this man here, i used to teach you in london. that's right. how is your education going? >> going great. >> did i set you up for life? >> definitely. >> i think rollo was going to try to go under the radar and not acknowledge the relationship but he was like i'm calling you out. >> how many push ups can you do? >> ever run into an old teacher? >> i did. we were shooting a story about

what's the quickest way to get the work. either take the bus, bike, or car and i was stopped at a light. >> i taught you english. >> oh my gosh. how are you. >> great. >> a little less hair now. >> yeah. >> here we go. >> and do you still call him mr. brennan? >> and the other thing i find fascinating is we thought these teachers were so much older than us and in some cases five, six years, maybe seven years older. >> there's that separation because they're a teacher. we had a 7th grade english teacher that seemed to sophisticated and he was just out of college. in hindsight, he was five years older than we were. >> we had a high school teacher, i went to high school here in

manhattan. she was our biology teacher. grace lemore. >> everybody had a crush on her. >> she wasn't a gym teacher. >> no. >> natalie only goes for gym teachers. >> i had a gym teacher, mr. hingley. he was a drill sergeant in the army retired. i hated doing push ups but after he taught me i could do the thumb to thumb push ups. i can't do them anymore. >> now you run triathalons. >> i hated gym but he got me to love sports. >> i think we got to find him. >> i wonder if he is still around. i hope so. >> here's a terrible idea, the death watch. would you buy a watch that predicts the moment you will die? >> oh, gosh. >> yes, it's called the ticker watch. they're hoping to raise money on kick starter to fund the project. >> it's not out yet. >> no, but you fill out a questionnaire about your medical

history before subtracting your age to get your death score and it counts down the seconds until your death. >> who is going to want that? >> why. >> you have five years left. >> i guess the idea is you live every day to it's fullest and maybe you appreciate because you're looking, i've got three more years to go. >> no, you don't want to know. >> do you know who came up with this idea? the folks from the collier county health department in florida. another bone head idea. >> we bring it back around. >> let's get a look at the weather. >> all right. starting off with today on the satellite radar, you can see showers and thunderstorms coming off the southeastern atlantic coast. that's karen making it's way up the coast. it's going to make for a raw week along the east coast. rain in the pacific northwest. plenty of sunshine from the gulf coast into southern california. 69 degrees today. it's going to be warmer in chicago at 73 than it is in l.a.

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aches. what do you have? cold or flu? >> flu. >> all right. very good. you guys have been doing your homework. >> we've all been there. >> even the fever. you can get a little bit of a fever way cold. you feel like you have been run over by a truck, can't get out of bed. that's the flu. >> if your symptoms come on more gradually you're more liking to have cold or flu? >> okay. you two are right. >> the cold sneaks up on you. >> it does. it starts way tickle in your throat. the flu hits you all at once. it knocks you down. it comes out of the blue. not so fun. number three, shaking chills are usually a symptom of -- the flu, that's right. you all got it right. another one of the signs of a more severe illness effecting your whole body. you get the high fever and shaking chills. that's a sign your body is fighting off the infection.

it can be miserable. number four, coughing and ear ache are associated with well, all you all -- al is right. because it is both. >> oh. >> the trick question. >> very good mr. roker. so coughing and ear ache, cold and flu are caused by viruss and they can effect your ear, they can cause a cough. it will usually go away within a couple of days but if it persists, that's a time to see your doctor. you might need further treatment. could be an ear infection. antiviral medications are used to shorten the duration of the -- natalie -- >> i'm saying none. antivirals are for viruss and flu is a bacteria. >> no, they're both viruss. >> but the antiviral only works for the flu. the guys have it this time. you need to get it within two days of your symptoms.

>> okay. >> but for the cold, they do not work. there's no cure for the common cold. okay, antibiotics are helpful for which one? cold or flu? >> go with your gut. go with your gut. you should have gone with your gut. it's neither. >> that's not fair. >> antibioti do not work for cold or flu and we're using too many antibiotics in this country. it's a big problem. they do not work. >> what about the ones that you get the two days and you take it. >> the tamiflu. >> no. >> those are antiviral medications. finally, you have been feeling lousy for three weeks, you probably have the. >> the flu. >> yeah, colds are usually done within 7 to 10 days. flus you can feel exhausted for several weeks. >> what do you do if you have the cold? what's the best thing to treat it? >> make sure you're hydrated. a lot of fluids.

over the counter medications and rest. it will get better on it's own. flu, stay home from work and don't give it to anyone else and get the antivirals if you call your doctor within two days. best prevention, washing your hands. al is the winner here. he gets an amazing trophy. >> there you go. >> the virus king. so the cold lasts untreated for seven days, treated about a week? >> there you go. >> it's an old joke but i'm an old guy. thank you so much. but up next, all the news you need before you walk up the door. need before you walk up the [ bettina ] my dentist said to me that i had acid erosion. he actually told me that a lot of the foods that i thought were really healthy for me can do damage to the enamel on my teeth. i am a healthy girl, i love salads, i love fruits, and it's not something i want to give up. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel twice a day as my daily toothpaste. pronamel will help protect the enamel from future erosion.

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as we head towards the end of the week. a few showers around on thursday and friday.

welcome back to "today" on this tuesday morning. >> there's people hiding. >> hi. >> that's our 9:30 shot. >> look how cute they are. >> that's a good-looking family. >> hope you have a good day. >> he's got a smile. are we done yet. >> a little home alone action

going there. >> adorable. >> i know that look when you take a picture of your kids and they don't know it's over and they just hold it. that's a wrap guys. i'm willie with al and natalie. a new article advises you not to talk too much. your next long conversation with someone, you ought to estimate what percentage of it you spend talking and be honest with yourself. if you talk more than 70% of the time during that conversation, you talk too much. what do you think? >> kind of like what you're doing right now? >> let me continue, optimal conversation flow had each person talking about 50% of the time. so are you guys good listeners or do you talk too much? >> i think al and i are good listeners. >> that reminds me of a story, a few years ago -- >> that time at band camp. >> this is a chronic problem, though, wouldn't you say? >> there are a lot of people, they talk 70% of the time about themselves. >> and they don't know. >> that's like the worst.

>> al is very retrospective. >> we all know this is not al's typical behavior. >> i am always amazed when you go out to lunch or dinner with somebody and they talk and talk and don't recognize they're doing it. >> al, the silent treatment. >> nothing. >> nothing. >> he's got no problem with it. >> i'm going to do the weather. >> here's your 50%. >> this is when i start talking basically. >> where are you going. >> oh, nice, anyway, let's show you what we've got going on. karen still going to be causing problems as it makes it's way, works it's way up the coast slowly. we're going to be looking at this. going to be a problem for the east coast all week long. we're also looking tomorrow basically at this system slowly going up the coast. high pressure dominating. between the two systems we're basically going to get a pretty strong on shore flow so there's going to be coastal flooding. gorgeous weather out to the west although we are looking at wet

weather in the pacific northwest. tomorrow, los angeles getting it's first rain in months. that rain spreading up into the pacific northwest. gorgeous day in the northeast. coastal beach flooding, erosion possible. mild conditions for the rainter some heavy yesterday, things are nice and quiet. high temperature today in the upper 60's with a mix of clouds and and that's your latest weather. >> thanks a lot. you don't always have to go south and you don't always have to have a big savings account.

>> the folks at aarp are out with their best places to retire for 2013. gabriel is the editor. good to see you. >> good morning. >> so the usual suspects, we'll start there. florida. >> florida. we do have daytona, florida. the reason that daytona made our list is that housing prices fell by 47% during the recession. you can actually get a condo on the beach for less than $100,000. >> that's hard to believe. >> is daytona area one of the more popular area for retirees to go or a new idea? >> it's a new idea. these are all places where you can live with less than $30,000 a year by buying someone inexpensive. your monthly mortgage payment is about $500 a month. >> that's less than a lot of people pay rent. >> all of these places 500 or less on the mortgage payments. >> yes. >> now we go against

conventional witness, idaho, or pokey. you call it the pokey. >> it's a very small town. it's a small town but has a lot to do. it's the home of idaho state university. >> it's a college town. >> it is and has all the culture amenties that a college town would have but it really the natural beauty of the place. hiking and biking trails and if you want to go skiing, all day lift tickets are $26 a day. >> another against the grain place, bangor maine which can be cold in the winter. >> it has a housing price of $110,000 so you can escape every once in awhile. but it's own as the queen city of the east. a lot of victorian architecture and is also on the river that has fishing and boating. there's just a lot to do. >> a lot of state and national parks too. >> acadia national park is about

30 miles away. so that has a lot of hiking and biking opportunities. >> beautiful part of the country if you can stand the winter that's a good choice. back down to the south, one that's very popular we hear about it a lot. it's south carolina, you're looking at greenville. >> it's a mix of history as well as modern. you have the modern architecture, the greenville bridge, the river place downtown. a development of condos and shops and restaurants. there are 80 restaurants in the square mile of downtown. >> so it's decetant. >> it is. >> if you want to catch a game for $7 you can go see the baseball team. on thursday beer is $1. >> we're there. >> midwest, grand rapids, michigan. >> grand rapids, michigan has outstanding museums. it's the home of the gerald ford

presidential library and a competition that's a really interesting competition draws 1600 artists from all over the country to compete for $200,000 in prize money. it's free and open to the public. lots to do. >> and a mean home price is $115,000. >> yes. >> thank you. great ideas. coming up next, from the best lipstick for women to the best hair products for men. actually, our producer adam miller uses both. ♪

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olay. it's easy and great for every day and then at the department store we have this dramatically different moisturizing lotion from clinique. everyone loves it. it's great for every day. >> it's been around for 30 years now. >> it's a difference in price. >> it is and the texture is quite different and different ingredients. >> let's move to the fellows. >> this is for you, willie. >> james is our model here. >> are you going to dry shave for us here? >> let's talk razors. we love the gillette. it's the classic and it has the super thin blades so it doesn't drag on your skin. and then we also have a great line, it's fairly new. it's from new york. it's called harrys and it's the same guys that have a charitable component to it. >> you're making me nervous.

>> speed shaving. >> but they both give wonderful, clean, smooth, close shaves and, you know, just a different kind of style. this one is really giftable. >> right. how many blades -- >> there are five super slim blades. >> is that what you use? >> i use that one right there. >> you're an against the grain guy. thanks buddy. >> scaring me here. >> eye treatments for the ladies. >> so at the drugstore we love the garnier product. it has a cool roller ball and it actually depuffed while you apply it. >> is that cool? >> i love these things in the morning i do that. >> you need them for your job, right. >> and department store we are the clinique all about eyes. i love the texture of this. you can put it on, it's like a nice gel formula. it depuffs and gets rid of dark

circles and you can put your make up on overtop. >> now for the guys. >> after shave. what we love is an after shave balm. we have two different ones. one from aveno. >> what we love about both of these is they don't sting and you can put it on and get a little bit of moisture. >> how does that feel? >> feels good. no sting yet. >> and this great one from body shop which has a lot of ingredients and when you are shaving you're basically cutting -- you get microcuts on your face so you want to help heal. >> i have heavy studio make up on so it's probably not a fair test. >> all right. >> very good. let's go to lipsticks to the ladies and a lip balm is a top winner. >> in the lip category, baby lips is a great baby step to color because although they

have -- they look vie bran in the package, you put them on, it's really moisturizing and they're $4, a real treat for your lips and just gives a sheer layer of color where as the m.a.c. lipstick has incredible staying power and tons of shades and they stayed on really well. they felt velvety on the lips and don't bleed. >> which do you have. >> i have that and i love it. perfect for the fall. it has a gloss finish. >> looking good on you. >> let's go back to the exfo exfoiliators. >> they're fantastic for right before shaving. if you have a thick beard or thick hair you want to loosen up beforehand. so this yes to blueberries actually has blueberries in it. so it's gentle on the face and it gets you ready for your shave. this one has caffeine and mint so it's got that really zingy

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education at harvard graduate school of education and he heads up his school's pta in miami florida and she is a local mom that juggles work at home with three kids in three different schools and with our student perspective we have him who attends abraham lincoln high school. what do you mean by family engagement? >> family engagement say term that encompasses anyway an adult care taker and i want to everyo emphasize adult caretaker because children are raised by auntie, grandma, grand pa. at it's anyway they support children's development. one of the most important things is to be expensive about your definition of family engagement. it's not just bake sale and

fund-raising. >> what is it. >> families can be supporters of their children's learning in homes. they can be models of learning who when they see their families learning at home and reading. they can be activists and advocates which scares school people but is very important as well. lots of different ways. >> jay, mr. pta they call you in your school system. it's more than being a part of the pta, right? >> absolutely. pta is only one factor. when you're a parent, doing it by yourself is not possible. it takes parents, it takes teachers, it takes community. that 360 circle of protection, it provides that environment for a student to flourish, to be successful and also understand that we place expectations on them. they're going to do their best and they're going to go out and achieve all of their dreams. >> you are a single parent and

juggling your kids school, work. at the end of the day it must feel kind of tough. when you've got to still engage with your kids. you want them to feel you're invested in this. >> yes. definitely, yes. but i feel that family engagement is crucial for a child's development in school. like at my daughter's school there's a thing which means to say the school, the child, and the parent are involved together working hand in hand for the success of the child an i think it's very, very important. >> and you're getting ready to -- you're in your senior year getting read do look at colleges now and make those difficult decisions and your mom is very engaged in your academic achievements as well. how important is that to your success. >> she along with the network which is a mentoring program that helps with internships and scholarships and also my college

readiness both have prepared me excel in my school work and i motivate myself. >> all right. >> all right. well, thank you so much and to johnny as well. more information by the way, you can go to our website education nation.com. we'll have more information on there and i'll be seeing you at a panel later on today. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. th

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your questions and comments on another edition of the "inbox." ll next on "live." now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ kelly: thank you. michael: hello. hello. kelly: thank you so much. uh-oh. what happened? we didn't beat the applause. we are screwed. michael: i know. [laughter] kelly: it's tuesday, october 8, 2013. welcome to the show, everybody. [applause] i'm chewing gum and was wondering if anybody had a tissue. -- that i could -- michael: hold on.

i always got one. you know i cry a lot. so they keep it right there. kelly: thank you. so sorry. michael: i'll take that. give me that thing. kelly: thanks, mom. [laughter] michael: people would pay for kelly's saliva. kelly: yes, they could clone me and then there would be two. so, how are you? what was your night like last night? michael: it was pretty quiet. it was one of those clean out the apartment thing. kelly: oh. cleaning out the apartment? michael: yeah, just getting rid of a lot of stuff that i don't wear and don't need. kelly: when you get rid of stuff, where does it go? michael: merry christmas, dad! kelly: i know. michael: i send it -- i donate some and then some i send to my d who distributes it amongst family members who can exactly fit it. when your shoe is a 14 and all your stuff -- [laughter] kelly: right.

michael: you know what they say about a man with big shoe, young lady. kelly: i know. it makes me glid g.i. -- giddy every time he says it too. michael: gelman says big socks. kelly: gelman wears a woman's ize eight. just kidding, gelman. michael: so i have to send it to family because i know they can fit it. kelly: yeah. michael: so it's cool. i like it. i felt better waking up this morning. kelly: cleaner. a sheding and you can find your stuff when you go through the closet and you give away the stuff that you haven't worn in say 10 years, and you know that you're not going to -- like i saved a bunch of clothes that i was like one day, i'll wear these leather pants again. [laughter] and the reality is, no, i won't. so it's like you sort of go through it and then you find all

of the great stuff that you haven't been wearing because it's been hidden behind the stuff you don't wear or you won't wear. michael: but there's always some stuff. like i'll get around to it and you'll never wear the stuff. how about you? what was your night like? kelly: the same. it's like literally, i did nothing. i watched the "homeland" that i had missed the night before which is incredible. and i swear i just feel like they don't need to -- they don't even need -- and i know it's only two episodes in, but forget it. claire danes is going to win the emmy for next year. i just feel like that. she's so good. she's so, so talented. i don't know how an actress gets to be that good. michael: and she plays a bipolar and she is amazing. kelly: yeah. she plays a secret operative who is a bipolar and she is incredible because she's -- as you know, stopped taking her meds. and the more she tries to