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13 Ways to Tell You're a Bad Parent

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:55:43 +0000

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are in the rearview mirror. We’ve shown how much we love our folks, no matter how nuts they make us. Being a mom or a dad is a hard job, but even a minimal amount of effort can make a world of difference and help a kid grow up to [...]

Parents Are Taking Out Student Loans for Kindergarten

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:45:19 +0000

Parents taking out a crippling loan to ensure that their child has a good education is nothing new. However, they usually wait until the child is in a grade that doesn’t have a finger painting class before they start slowly going into debt. It seems that some parents aren’t waiting until their kids pack up [...]

Should Parents Pay Big Bucks to Get Their Kids' Books Published?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:11:29 +0000

Over-indulgent parents aren’t just making kids dumber. They’re also costing themselves money in the process. The latest trend? Shelling out hundreds — or even thousands — of dollars to get books written by their children published.

Parents Prank Their Little Chicago White Sox Fan With a Cubs Christmas Present [VIDEO]

Bob Sassone — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:46:43 +0000

This would have been a good entry for Jimmy Kimmel’s Christmas gift prank videos: a father gives his daughter – a big Chicago White Sox fan – a gift for a Chicago Cubs fan! Needless to say, she wasn’t happy about it. Not only does she not want it, she doesn’t even want to take [...]

Daddy Boot Camp Is for Soldiers in the Battle of Parenthood

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:01:46 +0000

Okay, new fathers, pop quiz: it’s 2 a.m. and your infant hasn’t stopped crying for an hour. What do you do? If you don’t know, maybe it’s time to enroll in baby boot camp. Boot Camp for New Dads is a program that has attracted some 300,000 expectant fathers in 45 states as well as [...]

You Won't Believe What a Group of Parents Did to Get Better Schooling for Their Kids

Shauna Wright — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:10:18 +0000

Parents upset about the education their children are receiving at the Notre-Dame de Caderot school in southern France didn’t merely hold meetings or complain to the school board.

Instead, they stormed the building and took several teachers and the school headmistress hostage.

Couple Arrested for Stealing Sandwiches, Lose Custody of Daughter [VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:00:51 +0000

Police took custody of a Honolulu couple’s 3-year-old daughter after they were arrested for stealing $10 worth of sandwiches in a local Safeway, even after they offered to pay for the food. Nicole and Marcin Leczcyzynski, walked to the grocery store with their daughter to buy a few things on Wednesday. The expectant mother, who [...]

Parents Would Rather Have a Boy Than a Girl: Poll

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:00:11 +0000

A recent Gallup poll of 1,020 adults shows that, if Americans could only have one child, they’d rather have a boy than a girl

According to the poll, published Thursday, 40 percent said they’d want to have a boy, while 28 percent said they’d rather have a girl instead.