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In tough times, a parent’s best bet for passing on their genes could be to reduce the care they give to their children, according to a provocative theory. Now new research seems to suggest this actually happens.
"Clean your plate or else!" and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds.
Twice now, one central Minnesota mother has given birth in an unexpected spot. Jessica Reed, a nurse at the VA Medical Center, gave birth to her daughter Faith Reed last Sunday in the middle of her shift.
Watch Jeff and Amy Opdyke debate whether their son should be allowed to spend his savings on pretty much what he wants.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency also requires U.S. importers to be part of a voluntary California program that sets minimum production standards.
I'm recently divorced after 20 years of marriage. My daughter, who is 16 and lives with me, has a problem with me dating. What should I do to help her understand I need adult time? -- James W., 45, Marietta, Georgia
....A woman arrived at her child's daycare center to find the building closed with her 14-month-old daughter locked inside alone...
Working moms often cope with chaos, tantrums, rushed dinners and fights over bedtime. Instead, this is a time when working moms would rather enjoy the precious few moments with the kids, and enjoy some peaceful me time after they go to bed.
Under W-2, those seeking a monthly benefit must either work at a low-paying job and receive a state subsidy or agree to work at a service job for up to 30 hours per week that offers nothing but the W-2 check.
Watching Meerkat Manor is a weekly event in our family. We do baths early on Friday nights and gather our "guys" (the favored pronoun for our sons' stuffed animals) to watch the always compelling events surrounding the Whiskers family.
...His sisters found him unconscious on his bedroom floor with a white cotton karate belt around his neck.
...Caught On Tape: Kids Toss Debris Onto Traffic Children on a bridge in Des Moines, Iowa, are shown tossing debris onto traffic below....
Around the ages of 6 to 8 years old your child will want privacy. You will need to learn how to respect their boundaries but still keep them safe. This is how you can.
The mother sued to have an additional 15 minutes to express milk for her 5-month-old daughter. She stated that not having adequate time to express milk would cause significant discomfort and place her at a disadvantage.
The titles lure aspirational parents eager to do what's best for their infants: Baby Einstein, Baby Galileo, Baby Shakespeare and even Brainy Baby with its original motto, 'a little genius in the making.' But the study suggests that they can be counterproductive.
The accusations leveled against Britney Spears in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline are well-known: alcohol and drug use, run-ins with the law and erratic behavior documented by everyone from seasoned paparazzi to amateur cell-phone photographers.
Overstimulated, overscheduled kids are getting at least an hour's less sleep than they need, a deficiency that, new research reveals, has the power to set their cognitive abilities back years.
A few years ago, I took Zachary to a Steely Dan concert in Concord, Calif. He was a month shy of his 15th birthday and had just started high school.
The Italian government is now giving young men cash to fly the nest. PJM's Aaron Hanscom writes that it's a dog's life for these "mammoni," who just don't want to leave home.
The parents of Damion Frye's ninth-grade students are spending their evenings this fall doing something they thought they had left behind long ago: homework. -- I don't think I'd get the same kind of support this teacher gets from my administration, but it would be nice.
The chase started at 6:30 a.m. Friday on Interstate 310 on the outskirts of New Orleans when a state trooper recorded a sport utility vehicle going 130 km/h in a 100-km/h zone, Piglia said.
...Police said that what 40-year-old Johnna Briggs did earlier this week is one of the most irresponsible things a parent could possibly do ... Briggs brought a gun with her when she met her son at the bus stop.
...It turned out the money had fallen off a Loomis armored car a half hour before Debbie Cole found it near the Pinellas County solid waste operations facility where she works. She first thought the bag was was a turtle in the road.
So, in trying to blame the ineffectiveness of parental controls in video game consoles and other tech devices, Chicago research group User Centric finds that the parents themselves are the ineffective ones.
"For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee." ~ Isaiah 54:7 ~
BATTLE CREEK — October is national Family Sexuality Education Month but every day is a good day to talk to your children about sex. The team at Planed Parenthood of South Central Michigan knows that parents are their children's first sexuality educators.
Well, the inevitable has happened. The courts awared K-Fed the kids (for now).
There is a flip side to the much advertised holiday joy, optimism, hope, generosity, peace on earth and good will to all. For some there is a dark side present known as the holiday blues. It can be filled with self criticism, loneliness, self doubt, stress, anxiety and pessimism.
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