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more about #children Red-headed bookworm: I'm torn on this issue. I can see how having a child with that serious of emotional issues can be very difficult but I do wonder how they would deal w... more » whynotshesaid: Reading these comments is giving me flashbacks to the discussion about the woman who tweeted before and after her son died. I always find it interest... more » rednrowdy: if their biological 11-year-old son developed psychiatric problems, abandoning him would be considereed illegal. yes, but having a biological son who... more » psychgirl1221: ... I can't believe this. What if they were his natural parents? You can't just return a kid like a defective DVD player! If any kid deserves a lov... more » BytheSea: The kid's a psychopath. If he ever gets out, one day he'lltake out a swath of women who remind him of his biological mother. You don't come back from ... more » femme-bot: Want a kid? Have/adopt a kid. You now have what you want. When the child has issues? Well...bed, made, lie. It's what you wanted. Don't want a kid? Do... more » iloveorange: So horrible. Adopted or not - it's family. And you can't ask for a refund on family. more » Kayleigh R. Carter: Waait, they adopted the kid on the fly? They didn't even live with him for a few years before they made the adoption permanent? I'm the biggest advoc... more » Vulcan Has No Moon: For all the folks outraged at the adoptive parents, why don't you turn some of that self-righteous indignation onto the biological parents....you know... more » queenfrostine16: This is simply a no win situation for everyone. I work with young kids like this on a daily basis (some of whom are adopted). One of the elementary a... more » suavechicjg: I hope this piece is categorized under 'opinions' and not deemed as an actual article. It was the very last sentence that made Margaret's opinion qui... more » AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: This is so sad. Not meaning to play armchair psychologist (but I'm going to anyway) aren't those behaviors listed the same ones that future serial kil... more » Ultraprison!: I could barely pay attention the story after the closeups of the one woman's psycho eyes. How can a kid who tried to burn the house down and wrote a ... more » otterpops: I understand that the adoptive parents are in a truly horrible situation-but using the phrase "loving him is letting him go" makes my blood boil. Thi... more » Hooplehead: This makes me sad for the adopted son. Because at the end of the day, he is the one losing out. However, he tried to kill the parents, at age 11. I... more » LostTurntable: "if their biological 11-year-old son developed psychiatric problems, abandoning him would be considereed illegal" That's news to me. Parents can rele... more » laurascr: if things don't work out with your biological child, i.e. if you feel your unfit to raise him or her you actually can give the child to the state. Why... more » Lyn Never: I wonder if this story would be different if it wasn't so incredibly hard to afford heavy-duty lifelong psychiatric care. Sadly, as a ward of the sta... more » toadaleh: It is questionable if a child with this combination of psycholgical, psychiatric and birth defects could ever be suitable for adoption with anyone has... more » SanFranLefty: I hope that the next time there's an article about infertility or surrogacy, that the judgmental people who always respond with a knee-jerk "But why d... more » -
#familyties
Oklahoma Couple Wants To "Return" Adopted Son
Today Good Morning America interviewed Melissa and Tony Wescott, who are fighting to return their adopted 11-year-old son to the state of Oklahoma because he has severe psychiatric problems. They say loving him now means "letting him go." More » -
#tragictrade
Frying Pan Into The Fire: Former Child Prostitutes Have Nowhere To Turn
Experts say former child prostitutes need "24/7 residential care for a long period of time." But with over 100,000 kids competing for 44 beds nationwide, many are out of luck. More » -
#babyblues
Postpartum Depression Not Just For Moms
Research suggests that fathers, too, can suffer from postpartum depression. But not everyone's buying it. More » -
#storytime
Can The Right Books Make Feminist Kids?
Writer Viv Groskop field-tested some feminist books on her two little kids, and found that the answer to the question, "Can you radicalise young children in a few easy reads?" is, unsurprisingly, no. More » -
#noboysallowed
Pros And Cons: The Delivery Room As Man-Free Zone
One guy (okay, doctor) asks, "Could men be more of a hindrance than a help in the delivery room? More » -
#kidstoday
Age Of Innocence? 3-Year-Olds Think They're Fat
The other night, I was channel surfing. On TLC? Obese and Pregnant. One channel up, and I found a guy attempting to demolish an inhuman pile of fries on Man Versus Food. And we wonder why kids are weight-obsessed: More » -
#kidstoday
De-Overparenting Is The New Overparenting
In a rather disturbing bit of irony, parents can now take classes that teach them how to parent less. More » -
#veggietales
The Challenges Of Raising Kids Vegetarian
Today's LA Times brings up an interesting issue (and one that Jonathan Safran Foer will surely face at some point): how do you raise kids vegetarian without making mealtime a battle? More » -
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#eggcase
New Genetic Test Could Spot Infertility Before It Starts
A new genetic test could predict whether women are at risk of early ovarian aging — and therefore reduced fertility — while they're still young enough to plan ahead. More » -
#computercrime
To Catch A Non-Predator: Are Online Stings Locking Up The Innocent?
According to a long, disturbing article in Vanity Fair, online predators who seek out sex with kids are much less numerous than we think — and police efforts to catch them may be imprisoning innocent men. More » -
#slumkidmillionaires
Spoilers: The Children Of Slumdog Millionaire Are Just Kids Being Kids
An article in Time asks "Has Fame Spoiled the Slumdog Millionaire Kids?" But I think that's the wrong focus. Instead I'd ask, "How do Rubina and Azhar decide what to prioritize in life?"
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#fatherlyadvice
To Benefit Kids, Give Dads Their Due
Bad moms, good moms, moms who drink — the media is so mother-centric these days that it's easy to forget many kids also have a male parent. But according to the New York Times, we ignore dads at our peril. More » -
#kidstoday
Does Society Really Hate Kids?
After reading about a recent incident wherein a mother and her 2-year-old son were kicked off a flight due to the child's yelling, Dr. James C. Kaufman penned a piece for Psychology Today, asking "Why Does Our Society Hate Children?" More » -
#wearenotscientists
Happiness Is Married, With Children
Score one for Family Values. Or at least another talking point for the rabid, ongoing, totally theoretical kids/no kids! war! More » -
#tinydancer
4-Year-Old Channels Michael Jackson on Ellen
Earlier this afternoon, four-year-old hip-hop dancer Miles Brown appeared on Ellen, where he explained that he doesn't like that his dancing makes people happy. That's too bad, because his adorable performance certainly put smiles on our faces. Clip at left. -
#ohbaby
Should Women Without Children Also Get Maternity Leave?
According to Henry Wallop of The Telegraph, 74% of women in Britain feel they should have the right to take the same six-month break that new mothers are given, and "more than two-thirds of those in favour were mothers themselves." More » -
#maghag
Kids In Milk: Cooler & Better Dressed Than You
It's tough to describe why I'm obsessed with Milk, the French child-oriented high-fashion mag for parents, since I don't have kids and often claim that I don't like kids (due to decades, yes decades of babysitting). Maybe I'm jealous?
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#mommydearest
Forbes Defends Children From Scourge Of "Best-Friend Moms"
Yesterday Forbes ran a piece about "best-friend moms," and how "being an intimate rather than an authority figure" will totally screw up your kid. We're not sure we buy it. More » -
#childhoodsend
Indian Kids Become Workers, Wives
More than a third of the world's child brides come from India, despite the country's growing prosperity and literacy. And 13% of kids in south Asia are involved in child labor, half of those in India. [Times of India] -
#trickortreat
Candy Land
Something to think about this Halloween: A new study has found that children born to mothers who ate large amounts of licorice while pregnant perform poorly on cognitive tests and are more likely to show disruptive behavior. [EurekAlert]
