They Say: Teen Parents are Rich Kids Too

There’s a popular myth out there about pregnant teens: they’re disadvantaged youth who come from poor families. Oh yeah, and more likely than not, they haven’t seen their real Dad in a long, long time.

A nice pat way to explain how teens end up pregnant. Except it isn’t true.

A new study proves that the myth of the poor girl getting knocked up because she doesn’t have a strong male role model at home and mom is off working two jobs to make ends meet is just that - a myth. Continue reading »

Dad Hires Actor to Tell Kid Dog is Gone

We have a new winner in the really crappy parenting category: a jobs examiner blogger found this piece of work on Craigslist. A dad is advertising for an actor to take their dog for a walk, then come back and tell the kids the dog took a hike. Continue reading »

Advice Columnist Says Single Parents Can’t Become Doctors

Your whole life may change when you become a parent, but according to an advice columnist peddling herself as “The Career Doctor” (trademarked name, apparently, but I can’t do the TM), single parents should just stop dreaming. Immediately!

Says Jacqueline Hornor Plumez, Ph.D., if you’re a single parent, don’t bother applying to medical school. You can’t hack it. Continue reading »

No Cash for Kid Born from Dead Man’s Sperm

A mom who opted to have her husband’s sperm collected post-mortem won’t be getting any financial help from the government to raise her.

Gabriela Vernoff’s husband died in an accident in 1995, but she had his sperm extracted and frozen so she could have their baby four years later, in 1999. Now, ten years later, she’s been told she cannot collect Social Security benefits on the dead man’s child because she wasn’t a dependent during his life. Continue reading »