Parenting
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 […]
Pittsburgh 6-Year-Old Tries to Drive Car Across Town to See Her Dad
A six-year-old-girl managed to avoided injuring anyone when she attempted to drive across town in her mother’s car to visit her dad yesterday morning. At […]
CHOP Named Best Pediatric Hospital in America by Parents Magazine
This is a nice bit of good news for CHOP, after the last two weeks were dominated by talk of the grisly murder of one […]
Bill Greenlee Taking on Fake Tanning Industry with New Bill
I already hear the overwrought indignation coming from the Jersey Shore. Aggressively anti-tanning Councilman Bill Greenlee is proposing a bill to prevent young folks from […]
PA Principal Stops Stocking H.S. Boys’ Bathroom With Toilet Paper
The boys at Mahanoy Area High School are shit out of luck. Okay, bad joke, I agree, but it’s a fair way to describe the […]
If You Eat Raw Cookie Dough, You’ll Get Worms
When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that if I ate raw cookie dough I would get worms. For years the […]
Penn Alexander Parents Have A Plan to Combat Lottery; Will Meet With Hite on Tuesday
The fight for the heart and soul of Penn Alexander’s admissions process isn’t over yet. According to de facto parent spokesman Brett Feldman, a heated group […]
UPDATE: Penn Alexander Switches to Lottery System
UPDATE: The Philadelphia School District, to the dismay of the roughly 70 parents who were waiting in line (see below) to secure their kids’ places […]
Study: Modern Parenting Is Ruining Your Kid’s Brain
“Life outcomes for American youth are worsening, especially in comparison to 50 years ago.” So claims this new study presented at the University of Notre […]
Bucks’ Caroline Pla Didn’t Get Banned From CYO Football Because She’s a Girl
Caroline Pla from Bucks County is the catalyst for what is quickly becoming a national cause celebre, and she’s handling the spotlight impressively. Poised and […]
“Dad, Why Do People Own Guns?”
Days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, I am still shaken as a parent and disheartened as a human being. I walked into […]
Men Can Breastfeed, But $150,000 Won’t Be Enough to Make Me Try
I was lying on the floor, trying to entertain both Jack and Eli simultaneously. We had arrived in Ohio a few days earlier to celebrate […]
Safety Agency Wants to Recall Leslie Gudel’s Nap Nannies
The Comcast SportsNet anchor, whose Berwyn-based company Baby Matters has sold more than 160,000 Nap Nanny baby recliners in the past four years, is being […]