Parenting
In Russia, Teen Complains About Adoptive Montgomery County Parents
What a bizarre story. A Russian teen is popping up on TV in that country, complaining that the Montgomery County couple who adopted him to […]
Chris Christie Can’t Figure Out Where He Stands on Gay “Conversion Therapy”
Yesterday, Chris Christie was asked (where else?) in a town hall meeting during a news conference about a bill moving through the New Jersey State Senate […]
School District Establishes Parent Dress Code in Response to West Philly Kidnapping
Following the January kidnapping of a five-year-old girl from a West Philadelphia elementary school, the school district has revised its school pick-up policies during early […]
One Family’s Obsessive Hunt for Lay’s Limited-Edition, Special Flavor Potato Chips
I don’t know how the idea started, really. I mean, we’re not even potato chip people. But once I had the thought to buy Lay’s […]
Chesco Father and Son Tag Team to Throw Debauched St. Paddy’s Day Party
This is certainly not how my father and I bonded. Drunken teenagers, the smell of marijuana, a partygoer passed out and covered in vomit, and […]
Remember When Parents Were in Charge?
I just read the second news story in as many weeks about a new trend in parenting: the family as corporation. The idea, according to […]
“Lean In”? How About Butt Out, Sheryl Sandberg?
So I get home from work on Friday all ready to do a little relaxing, and what should I find in my mailbox but the […]
Dolce & Gabbana Baby Perfume: For Your Sexiest Infant
Why not? CBS 3 reports: “High end fashion house Dolce & Gabbana claims they’ve bottled the sweet smell of an infant in its new fragrance […]
32-Year-Old Man Sues Parents, Says They Made Him Fail Life
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Or maybe it’s only that desperate people grasp at straws … and lawsuits. Bernard Bey, a 32-year-old homeless man from […]
Dispatch From the Penn Alexander Parents Protest
It’s 5:30 p.m. and a group of 50-odd parents are filing down the steps of Penn’s Houston Hall. “They’re agitating,” one young father says to […]
PA High Schoolers Suspended For Particularly Lewd “Harlem Shake” Video
Today in Harlem Shake news: 13 high school kids from Brownsville, PA, south of Pittsburgh, have been suspended for creating their own edition of the […]
Protest Targets Penn Alexander, Hoping to Increase Incoming Class Size
This will probably end in tears: Parents of some of next year’s prospective Penn Alexander School kindergartners will rally outside a University of Pennsylvania meeting […]
Chris Christie Trying to Force Jersey Moms to Breastfeed
Chris Christie–or at least his underlings in the New Jersey Department of Health–is telling new moms they best be breast-feeding their young’uns. Or else. The […]
North Philly Trains Doulas To Deal With Philly’s “Maternity Crisis”
Next City reports on efforts to train doulas in North Philly because of the ever-diminishing number of maternity wards in town. The result, officials say, […]
How Are the Singing Kids of Newtown Being Exploited?
So, you know those little kids from Newtown who sang “Over the Rainbow” on Good Morning America? No—not the children who sang with Jennifer Hudson […]