Sarah and Travis Mitchell are members of the evangelical church Followers of Christ, a faith-healing sect that’s most prominent near Oregon City, Oregon. On March 5, their daughter Ginnifer died at the couple’s home not long after she was born. Her parents are being charged with murder and criminal mistreatment.
An unidentified woman has been cited in Everett, Washington after a concerned citizen called 911, terrified that the woman was rolling along the highway with an unrestrained child on her lap. State troopers responding to the call found something even more surprising than a mom letting a kid play driver: she was…
A young girl seen on a viral video showing her mother falling asleep on a Philadelphia bus and putting the girl in danger has been removed from her home by city officials.
Police have launched an investigation of a Philadelphia-area mother (whose name has been withheld) after a video of the woman nodding out on the bus went viral yesterday. And while video evidence of the mother's behavior is likely going to be something that the police and social workers take into consideration, it's…
It is common knowledge that children can be a handful. They yell, they throw tantrums, when I worked with small children there was a 4-year-old whose sole purpose in life seemed to be to follow me around and kick me directly in the shins. And then we would talk about it. And then he would kick me in the shins some…
Two strong contenders for "Worst Parent of the Year" emerged on Friday, coming in just under the Jan. 1 deadline by forcing/letting/helping their toddler smoke weed.
44-year-old Patricia Krentcil was arrested and charged with child endangerment after her 5-year-old daughter was spotted at school with a sunburn. Apparently the little girl told classmates she "went tanning with Mommy." But Krentcil insists that the kid wasn't in the tanning booth:
We now have a third case of a parent being charged for letting their child drive, making this 2011's official hot trend in reckless parenting! (Now that we have a winner, you can stop letting your kids play with those retro lawn darts you found at a garage sale.) In an unusual twist, Tammy Oneal, the mom in question,…
While I am a big supporter of women having the right to breast feed in public, perhaps there are some limits that should be set. Like, say, not breastfeeding and driving at the same time.
