parenting

A northern Colorado woman who was playing a game on Facebook while her 13-month-old baby drowned in a bathtub was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison. Shannon Johnson, 34, of Fort Lupton, cried as District Judge Thomas Quammen told her he didn't think she was a bad person or that she...

While most people who have a sweet tooth love munching on cakes and biscuits, one US mum has a very different kind of craving. Mother-of-five Adele Edwards, from Florida, is addicted to another kind of snack - the suite kind, which most people normally just sit on to eat their dinner...

Lu Hao from China is only three years old yet he weighs a staggering 60kg (9st 6lb). Nearly five times the normal size of a child his age, he eats three bowls of rice at dinner time. When he was born, Lu Hao only weighed 2.6kg (5lb 8oz), but from the age of three months he started to...

Bright student Victoria Cowie may be only 11-years-old but she has a higher IQ than Albert Einstein. The schoolgirl has now joined the ranks of Mensa’s brightest people with an intelligence score of 162 – two points higher than the German physicist. Victoria had her pick of top schools...

SCOTTDALE, Pennsylvania — A man left his sleeping 4-year-old son home alone while he went outside and pretended to be a ninja warrior, police say. The Daily Courier of Connellsville reported that Ross Hurst was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police found him dressed...

A dad who was baffled when an Oceanside police officer gave him a citation for not wearing a helmet inside a city skate park was found guilty Wednesday when he tried to fight the ticket in traffic court. But his fine was suspended. “Are you serious?" That was the reaction by Steve...

One mom, fed up with her boys' fancy spinning tops and how they wrecked her bathtub, decided to gather the offending tops — the popular Japanese manga Beyblade toy — and put them on eBay. She even posted a picture of her sons, one clearly in tears, while the younger one has a mug shot look...

A high school English teacher who was suspended from her job after she blogged that her students were "rude, disengaged, lazy whiners," said on Wednesday that she did nothing wrong. "Some of the students, parents and administrators don't want to hear the truth," said Natalie Munroe, 30, a...

Russian yoga instructor Lena Fokina would, and a video of her "baby yoga" routine has gone viral -- making many American parents cringe in horror. In the clip, Fokina takes a 2-week-old infant through exercises she calls "dynamic gymnastics." Parenting blog DadWagon caught up with Fokina...

Flashcards for toddlers is a huge business. Ok, I actually have no idea how big of a business it is. But I know parents think they're an important part of the development of their child, and I have witnessed that toddlers will actually tolerate them for short periods of time. The direct feedback...

My grandson was seen wearing his moms shoes and makeup . I said, "What do you think your doing wearing your moms makeup ?" He said , " Because I'm worth it !" =D>

Drunk couple make 13-year boy their designated A California couple have been arrested for child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor after they let their 13-year-old boy drive them home after they got drunk at a family restaurant. Police officers found the...

First Lady Laura Bush (C) and her daughters Jenna and Barbara (L to R) are greeted by Elmo at the 5th annual Sesame Street Workshop gala in New York on May 30, 2007. The event honored the First Lady for her work in promoting early literacy. (UPI File Photo/Ezio Petersen) | Enlarge NEW YORK...

Father in Indonesia claims he pays $5.00 a day to support the kids habit, says he's perfectly healthy. YouTube - Indonesian baby on 40 cigarettes a day

i was in the local library with my 2 young kids today as i was sitting watching them i noticed this middle aged guy sitting with his back turned to me at 1 of the public pc's looking at small pictures of women in bikinis thought nothing of it at first but i i turned to look a second time i saw a...

I need to add to my question.. I have windows 7 and use virtual cd. I have numerous learning programs for my 3 yr old that virtual cd inserts all of them at once using a snapshot with this program. Along with the current short cuts for the programs on desktop I now have shortcuts to the drives...