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… » 3/08/14 7:00pm 3/08/14 7:00pm

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… » 2/15/14 2:19pm 2/15/14 2:19pm

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: » 5/02/12 10:20am 5/02/12 10:20am

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,… » 11/17/11 9:30am 11/17/11 9:30am

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. » 2/28/09 4:30pm 2/28/09 4:30pm