Parenting

A new study has found that parents who are too involved in their college-aged children’s lives can make their children depressed. Holly Schiffrin, an associate professor of psychology and researcher from the University of Mary Washington in Virginia, found that over-controlling parents can negatively affect their college-aged children by undermining their independence.  Schiffrin’s study, published ... read more »

Patrons at the Thanksgiving Point Deli in Lehi, Utah, witnessed a very unusual scene during the lunch rush on Tuesday – a mother potty training her twin daughters right at their table in the middle of the restaurant. The two girls had their clothing pulled completely down and were perched naked on portable toddler toilets ... read more »

Sedro-Wooley, Washington, parents pulled off an elaborate sting to prove to their daughter that her registered sex offender boyfriend, Liam Elms, was bad news. Jesper and Julie Myrfors said that when their 16-year-old daughter first introduced them to Elms he seemed charming.  Then, they found out that he was a registered sex offender and tried, ... read more »

In an attempt to drive home an important message to his son, Kevin Burks had his son walk along a street with a sign saying “Homeless, Won’t Listen to Parents.” Over the weekend, Kenny, Burks’ 12-year-old son, was out and decided to spend the night at his friends. However, he did not call to check ... read more »

A Boston-area English teacher gave a speech at a recent high school graduation that has many people talking. Wellesley High teacher David McCullough Jr. gave the graduating class an earful about their lack of specialness that targeted what it would appear he considered the failures of modern parenting. The speech began with thanking the class for allowing ... read more »

Patricia Krencil has been arrested and charged with second-degree child endangerment after she allowed her 5-year-old daughter to use a tanning booth. “The pediatrician said that she’s got a little sunburn, but it was that only weekend we were out doing the gardening,” Krentcil, 44, said. The school nurse noticed that the child had a ... read more »

A couple in downstate Illinois have come under intense criticism after they made their 8-year-old daughter, Amiyah White, wear a sandwich board sign that read, “I like to steal from others and lie about it.” The young girl was forced to wear the side outside her elementary school in Swansea, Illinois. Parents and students observed ... read more »

A new study published in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine shows that only half of children in the country are receiving regular daily outdoor activity. This may not come as a surprise to many working parents, who are often too busy and stressed to provide an adequate amount of outdoor physical activity for ... read more »

Single father, Joseph Gonzalez, is forcing his son, 12-year-old Jose Gonzalez to hold a sign that reads, “I am a thief.  I took money from a family member. Don’t give me money.” Mr. Gonzales had his son display the sign on a busy Denver intersection this week, across from his father’s pawn store.  His son ... read more »

Spring has sprung at schools throughout the country.  With spring upon us, school children are getting hyped up about spring break–and bracing for report cards. One Florida middle school student is spending his spring break wearing a sign as a punishment for poor grades. Michael Bell, Jr.’s parents were not pleased when he received 3 ... read more »

Blossom star Mayim Bialik has authored a new book that is sure to spawn parenting discussions. In Beyond the Sling, Bialik writes about the nontraditional attachment parenting method. Bialik uses this method to raise her children, Miles, 6, and Fred, 3. Attachment parenting endorses diaperless potty training, co-sleeping, child-led weaning, babywearing, and parenting without yelling. ... read more »

The daughter of the man who shot up her laptop after she posted a rant on her Facebook page (about how unfairly she was treated by her parents), was on the Today show this morning to discuss her father’s famous viral video and how it affected her. Hannah Marie said she thought her dad may ... read more »

Lost Without U singer and celebrity dad, Robin Thicke, recently made the news, after being caught by the New York police department, smoking marijuana in his Cadillac Escalade. The multitalented father-of-one was charged with drug possession after being spotted kicked back in his car enjoying some green. Thicke was completely cooperative with the police and ... read more »

The UK Mail is reporting that 17-year-old Stacey Irvine was recently rushed to the hospital for breathing problems. Doctors diagnosed her with massive vitamin deficiencies (anemia) and an inflamed tongue. They were shocked when Stacey reported that she has eaten little else besides chicken nuggets since the age of two. McDonald’s are her favorite, but ... read more »

Bestselling author of ‘Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother’, Amy Chua, advocates a radical, stoic approach to parenting: Kids must undergo non-stop, punishing labor in order to excel; happiness can take a back-seat. Ms Chua claims her philosophy is quintessentially “Chinese”. (Some critics have even labelled it “Eastern” ) Now, a Michigan State University scholar ... read more »