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Close to three-quarters of Americans admit to driving while distracted, so why did one dad decided his own distractions were worth a trip to the police station?
Because those distractions were his nine-year-old twin daughters, who were punching and pulling their father’s hair for singing behind the wheel. Continue reading »
Shannon Des Roches Rosa, a mother of three and an amazing blogger, has a fascinating post up over at BlogHer about just who’s responsible when good kids go bad. OK, maybe not bad. But maybe a little hitty or snappy or rude.
Is it the parents’ fault? Or is it yours? That’s right — you, society. Us, in general. Continue reading »
A new year, and a new way of punishing kids is on its way in Britain. Or, at the very least, an old standby is going bye bye.
British press have announced British school children will no longer have to stand in the corner with their nose facing away from the class. The so-called “dunce corner” has been deemed a breach of children’s human rights. Continue reading »
Did you happen to catch the rating on that video game your kid got for Christmas? What about the movie they caught with their friends over the holiday break? You’re not alone.
According to a new survey of parents, most of us are ignoring the ratings on video games, movies and music in favor of letting our kids go hog wild. Continue reading »
Just when you thought the spanking vs. no-spanking debate couldn’t become any more heated, one of Babble’s favorite set of parenting experts has entered the fold to put us back at square one.
NurtureShock co-author Po Bronson talked to the experts in a recent study on corporal punishment, and it turns out the kids who suffered more than one or two whacks on the butt may be no worse off than those kids with pristine baby butts. Continue reading »
Cops were called when a kid was caught shoplifting, so what’s the surprise in this? The call was made by her mom – and the girl was only six.
The purloined item? A sheet of stickers. Continue reading »
Teens and drinking is supposed to be bad news, but the parents of a thirteen-year-old California kid are thanking their lucky stars that their son downed eight shots of tequila on a dare last spring.
When Evan Hamilton was rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning, doctors found he was suffering from a brain tumor. Continue reading »
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