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Presumably tired of staid bake sales and well-behaved silent auctions, some frisky parents at a British school decided to raise funds for their kids' education by hosting a ladies' night complete with male strippers. Unsurprisingly, some parents didn't approve. More »
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Dear Mom and Dad, More »
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A 46-year-old Staten Island mother has filed suit against the city of New York, claiming that the emotional and physical trauma of being forcibly separated for her children by the Administration for Children's Services entitles her to $900 trillion. If she wins, Newt Gingrich's Moon Colony Dreams will be all but shattered. More »
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Being young and fledgling in today's challenging employment market is tough for job seeking twentysomethings. But it's even tougher when those job seekers' parents can't resist the urge to further infantilize their offspring by interfering in their professional lives. Yes, "helicopter parenting" has made its way from the preschool to the prep school to the college, and now it's made its way to the workplace. Isn't every generation just awful? More »
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I spent a period of time last year selling my "well-worn panties just for you!" online. It was definitely a profitable enterprise; I just didn't have the entrepreneurial fortitude to take it to the next level. I would find myself yelling aloud at people not in the room as I read the emails of potential customers and found myself taking strange, normally flattering things personally: More »
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A New York comedienne had her videos removed and her account suspended from Funny or Die after posting a video of her breast feeding her infant twins to the site. After she complained that there are dicks and boobs all over the place on there, the powers that be apologized and is in the process of reinstating her account. More »
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Have you ever wanted a kid to be quiet and stop drawing on the drywall with their own poop? Well, according to one psychologist, you need to knock that off this instant, because your prejudice against children— or "childism"— is ruining everything. More »
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A totally lame group of fun-hating parents demanding their children's minds be shielded from hypersexual content have banded together to petition that Cosmopolitan, the best magazine to read if you'd like to be sexually judged in airports, be concealed in the checkout area of their local supermarkets. Where's a girl got to put a scrunchie in order to get some fearless fun around here?! More »
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A judge in Iowa has ordered new birth documents be issued to the child of a lesbian couple who were initially told they couldn't list both of their names on their baby's birth certificate. The Iowa Department of Public Health contended that God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, but was roundly rebuked for trying to pass redneck bumper stickers off as sound public policy. More »
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Since parents aren't sufficiently stressed out and germophobic as it is, researchers set out to learn what nasty microbes are lurking on the tables where they change their babies in public. A study conducted on more than 100 changing tables in shopping centers, hospitals, police stations, and churches found that more than 92% contained traces of cocaine. Officials say the results are "shocking" and may be indicative of the increase in cocaine abuse in the region, but considering that money (and plenty of other things we touch) are coated in traces of the drug too, it seems unlikely that the contamination is solely due to addicts doing lines off of Koala Kare changing stations. Though, you should still be cautious about putting your precious child directly on those tables, because according to our scientific research they're coated in baby poop. More »
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Living argument for poll taxes Michele Bachmann is still pulling in dismal numbers, but has not given up in her fight to be remembered as someone who did not win the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination. While her opponents battle each other, her most formidable recent opponent has come in the form of a South Carolina 8-year-old named Elijah. More »
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Looks like parents nowadays aren't afraid to get baby name inspiration from a source that literally sucks— books about vampires. More »
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On one hand, we're practically beaten over the heads with the idea that eventually our ladygrapes are going to run out of juice. On the other, a poll suggests that women seem to be in mass denial of — or improperly educated about — the fact that fertility, like all things, must come to an end. How can the medical community make facts about infertility stick? Incessant nagging sure isn't working. More »
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As the economy continues to run frantically around the house looking for its wallet, keys, and cell phone even though it's already half an hour late, employers are trying to cut corners in order to stay afloat. One of the easiest corners to cut, it turns out, has been in providing maternity benefits to female employees. It's gotten so bad that now, nearly half of women must take unpaid time off after giving birth. More »
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A right-wing radio host told her listeners to make sure they keep their sweet precious minibigots away from gay doctors and nurses, lest the children become gay by being around them. Wait just a flaming hot second. I thought that being gay was a choice? Now it's contagious, too? More »
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Once again, scientists have exerted a great deal of time and effort to prove something you've probably noticed on your own: Much like shakable body parts, you may have gotten your tendency to be thin or fat from your momma. More »
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Since science has never, ever been used to justify treating people badly, it's important that us women seize the fresh opportunity upon us to capitalize on new studies showing that a man's testosterone level drops when he becomes a father. There's never been a better time than in your man's current weakened, non-roving-eye state to manipulate him into becoming the good little woman you always thought he could be. More »
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A new poll shows parents may be talking to their kids about sex in general — but when it comes to the details, they're falling short. More »
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Since The CW had released clips of Snooki meeting her H8R over the summer, I didn't think there would be anything interesting in last night's premiere episode of the show. But I was wrong. The Jersey Shore guidette didn't just confront her hater — but her hater's parents, a reserved-and-judgemental mother and former sheriff, natch. More »
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Many parents try to shield their children from the wilder, stranger, or more upsetting stories from their pre-parenting lives. But is there a right time to tell these tales to kids? And what do kids get from them? More »
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A couple of weeks ago, In Touch reported that in an interview, Nadya "Octomom" Suleman said that she hated babies. When Suleman visited the Today show on July 8, she claimed that In Touch's story was libelous slander and that she was considering legal action. Today, however, an audio file of the interview has been posted online, and you can hear Suleman say, quite clearly, "I hate babies." More »
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According to a survey, 55% of parents "keep an eye" on their kids by checking out the status updates, wall posts, and tagged photos on their social networking profiles. More »
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A Vancouver, Washington woman has been accused of offering to sell her 3-day-old son at a southwest Washington Taco Bell. More »
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In December, on his TV show, British comedian Frankie Boyle made some digs at glamor model/author/reality star Katie Price's then 8-year-old disabled son Harvey. Today, the Daily Mail (in a rare display of moral kindness) published a heartfelt article written by Price, taking Boyle and Channel 4—the network that airs his show—to task for making a blind, autistic little boy the butt of some jokes and then refusing to apologize. Price also opens up for the first time, in detail, about the extent of Harvey's disabilities. More »
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"Do me a favor," my mom said. "Promise me you won't see The Cell." "God, Mom," I said. And then I immediately went out and saw it. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5817090&view=rss&microfeed=true "Data are scarce on trends in paternal age, which perhaps explains why the correlation between paternal age and birth defects went undetected for so long. And, of course, "nobody likes to think that they're aging," says Dr. Fisch. "Certainly men. They were on the throne, they were the kings: 'We don't age, we stay fertile longer than women, we can have babies into our 90s....' Men live in denial." More »
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Good ol' Elisabeth Hasselbeck has reported that a "small but growing" number of parents who actually want their children to have sex in their own homes. Growing up, I personally lived in one of the "not under my roof!" households, but it's interesting to hear about parents who think the opposite, for the sake of cleanliness, doing it in a familiar environment, and generally being safe. Also, it's nice to see some parents tacitly imply they know what the basement rec room is really for. More »
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This morning on Today, we learned that horseplay teaches boys and girls life lessons, like thinking fast and shaking things off. A book called The Art Of Roughhousing, by an MD and a PhD, supplies parents with information and tips about how to participate in physical play with their kids, absurd but true. Watching the dads featured in the segment get on the floor and roll around with the children, I had two reactions: First, I wanted to yell at the fathers. Who's the kid and who's the parent? You're gonna break a vase! Or an arm. Stop rolling around on the carpet and change some lightbulbs or take out some trash. Then I remembered how, when I was a kid visiting in rural Georgia, my grandfather used to pick me up by one leg and one arm and hurl me into the creek. I'd swim back to shore as fast as I could, eager for him to do it again. More »
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Lori Gottlieb wrote possibly the worst book about marriage of this young millennium. Now she's set her sights on parenting — and what she has to say is surprisingly non-terrible. More »
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According to a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota, teens that drink while "under their parents' supervision" (see: the "cool" parents who let you have some of their wine or beer) are actually more likely to develop issues with alcohol dependency than kids with parents who would never allow such behavior: More »
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When it turned out a Pennsylvania high-school English teacher was the author of erotic romance novels, some parents (predictably) freaked out. More »
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A new survey shows many Baby Boomer moms are supporting their adult kids, financially or otherwise. Should we really be surprised? More »
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Clearly unsatisfied the offensiveness level of its previous campaigns, PETA has kicked things up a notch with a billboard stating "Feeding kids meat is child abuse." More »
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The vegan parents of a breast-fed 11-month baby who died from vitamin deficiency are on trial for neglect in Northern France. More »
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Perhaps inevitably, Babble has published several counterpoints to the shitstorm that was last week's "I Love My Son More Than My Daughter" and the ensuing fallout. (Which launched a thousand blog posts.) They're interesting and though-provoking and, hopefully, mark the end of a teachable moment for bloggers and non-bloggers everywhere. More »
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Meeting your partner's parents for the first time is notoriously stressful. But if you keep a few tips in mind, your first encounter can be less like a crappy Ben Stiller movie, and more like the start of a good relationship. More »
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In recent "I'm sorry honey, but your toys are trying to kill you" news, there may be high levels of cadmium in them there shitty bracelets. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5777401&view=rss&microfeed=true A new study finds that parents are more likely to skip reading the nutrition labels and assume that a food is healthy for their kids if an athlete has endorsed it. More »
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Staying home with one's kids is a totally valid choice. And lots of people want a card to hand out. So it's easy to see how "the Mommy Card" must have seemed like a great idea to whoever had the brainstorm. More »
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Dealing with grownups is hard enough, but interacting with the younger set is a minefield all its own. Herewith, a guide to the strange beasts that are Other People's Children. More »
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