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High School Bans Yearbook Photo of Student With Her Baby

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:57:30 +0000

Wheatmore High School in Trinity, North Carolina has found itself in one mother of a controversy. The school has made waves by banning a yearbook picture featuring a student holding her baby son. The school asked seniors to pose with a prop that represents who they are. Caitlin Tiller, 17, decided to use her son, [...]

Couple's Second Child Dies After Prayer-Only Healing Doesn't Work (Again)

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:39:55 +0000

In 2009, Herbert and Catherine Schaible lost their 2-year-old son, Kent, to bacterial pneumonia—a condition they refused to let a doctor treat, insisting on using only prayer to heal him. Last week, their second son died. He, too, failed to receive any potentially life-saving medical care.

Todd's Blog – Am I a Bad Dad for Letting My Son Watch the Boston Bombing Coverage?

Todd Lyons — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:20:10 +0000

Today was “one of those days” as a radio d.j. that, thankfully, don’t come along too often. Following the horrific events that unfolded in Boston yesterday, it is was difficult trying to balance the normal levity of a morning show combined with the gravity of a national tragedy. The only thing more difficult was wondering [...]

Dad's Letter To Gay Son Goes Viral [PHOTO]

Todd Lyons — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:13:20 +0000

Things travel fast on the information superhighway (the internet) and the days of the 24-hour news cycle tend to make us discard information as quickly as we get it.

Every once in a while though, something grabs the attention and tugs at our very base humanity, for better or worse, and gets spread rapidly far and wide.

The term coined is "gone viral." This is an example that I stumbled across on a number of Facebook posts today.

Surprisingly, Many Parents Have a Favorite Child

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:30:18 +0000

We all have favorites: favorite food, favorite color, favorite band. But a favorite child? A new British survey of more than 1,200 parents has found that one in 12 admit to having a favorite child and that 62% confess to failing to give equal attention to their kids, which is a surprisingly high number if [...]

8 Unintentionally Inappropriate Children's Books

Stephanie McMaster — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:37:37 +0000

Reading to a child is essential to their growth, and most children’s books address similar topics of sharing, accepting who you are and eating your vegetables. We found some gems from the children’s literature department, though, that made us pause and say WHAT?!?! Check out eight unintentionally inappropriate children’s books: 'Thomas the Tank Engine' [...]

Mother Who Hired Strippers for Teen Son's Birthday Party Probably Wishes She Hadn't

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:59 +0000

Most teens don’t think their moms are cool, but you can bet this kid in South Glens Falls, NY thinks his mother is awesome. That’s because 33-year-old mom Judy Viger thought it would be a great idea last November to hire two strippers to perform at her son’s birthday party — his 16thbirthday party. Considering [...]

Dad Makes Curfew Breaking Teen Daughter Wear T-Shirt With His Photo on It

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:36:18 +0000

The latest parental public shaming technique is also the most narcissistic one we’ve ever encountered. After his daughter broke curfew, a father forced the teenage girl to wear a t-shirt baring his image for a week at school. Under the photo of his giant mug were the words “Try Me!!” Apparently the girl also had to wash [...]

College Student Wins Stalking Order Against Extreme Helicopter Parents

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:55:14 +0000

When Aubrey Ireland left for college she had a good relationship with her parents. They had always supported her interest in music and acting and offered to pay her tuition to the University of Cincinnati’s prestigious College-Conservatory of Music, even though she had received scholarships from other schools. However during her college career, David and Julie [...]

Mom Arrested After Slapping Kids Who Bullied Her Daughter

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:46:57 +0000

Rebecca Sardoni doesn't deny that she entered her nine-year-old's school bus to complain about her daughter being bullied by four of her fellow students.

But it's what happened next that is subject to dispute.

Parents Laugh At Their Kids For Crying at the End of 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green'

John Riggs — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:55:56 +0000

In today's mad world of movies, where it seems every movie is either a re-hash, a re-boot or some brand of nonsense filled with explosions, there comes a movie like The Odd Life of Timothy Green. It's billed as a 'feel-good movie' so, being the good parents these guys are, they decided to take their two boys see it. What they didn't expect was the ending would make their two small boys cry. So, like the good parents they are, they decided to video tape them crying while laughing in their faces.