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Father Arrested After Letting 9-Year-Old Daughter Drive Car

Donald Deane — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:45:06 +0000

In our experience, parents generally let their small children drive when they're too drunk to drive themselves. But a father in Ohio was apparently stone cold sober when he let his 9-year-old daughter drive the family car. Can't blame alcohol for this one, dude. That dumb decision was all yours.

Mom Puts Three-Year-Old Son Up for Adoption on Craigslist

Donald Deane — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:13:44 +0000

Craigslist is a great resource for meeting people and buying and selling almost anything. But when it comes to giving away children, there are probably better ways. That didn't stop a Texas woman from offering her three-year-old for adoption on the service, however.

Kid Steals Car to Avoid Church

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:53:48 +0000

And here we thought falling asleep in church was bad. Most of us have visited God’s house at least once in our lives, and we could most likely unanimously agree it was utterly boring and even somewhat terrifying. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the gall to do anything about our aforementioned boredom the way this kid did. [...]

Couple's Second Child Dies After Prayer-Only Healing Doesn't Work (Again)

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:39:55 +0000

In 2009, Herbert and Catherine Schaible lost their 2-year-old son, Kent, to bacterial pneumonia—a condition they refused to let a doctor treat, insisting on using only prayer to heal him. Last week, their second son died. He, too, failed to receive any potentially life-saving medical care.

Angry Mother with a Grudge Begs Daughter, 7, to Pepper Spray Dollar Store Employees

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:23:39 +0000

Don’t let others fight your battles for you – especially not your seven-year-old daughter. Police in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania say Delaina Garling asked her daughter, 7, to pepper spray employees at a dollar store where Garling had been banned for alleged theft. Garling went to Family Dollar Store on Monday before employees tried to walk [...]

22 Month Old Toddler Caught Smoking Pot- Mother In Deep Trouble

Davey Jones — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:30:53 +0000

If you read that headline and thought the following: “It’s sick world” you’re correct. A 24 year old mother in Washington is in a lot of trouble after a video was found that shows her 22-month-old son inhaling marijuana. According to 13 WHAM out of Rochester, the video released by police shows the toddler coughing [...]

Woman Letting Internet Name Her Baby for $5,000

Emerald Catron — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:24:12 +0000

Suddenly we feel very lucky to have been born in the '80s. Back then, our biggest naming danger was being called Brandi or Lacey. One mom-to-be is letting the internet name her child, so who knows what it will be called.

Mother Banned from Mentioning Her Kids on Social Media After She Insults Son with a Dirty Word

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:11:48 +0000

A judge didn’t throw the book at one upstate New York mom as much as he threw the Facebook at her. The woman, identified only as “Melody M.,” has been banned from posting anything about her children on any social networking site. The woman called her 10-year-old son a dirty word on Facebook. We can’t [...]

Hulk Hogan Wins Creepiest Dad Of The Year- He Tweeted A Picture Of His Daughter's Legs

Davey Jones — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:44:13 +0000

Hulk Hogan and Brooke Holgan have the relationship like any father and daughter from The South, they seem like they are dating. Hulk is always acting very creepy in public with his daughter. It's a very odd relationship. It's kinda like Doug Hutchison marrying a girl that could be his daughter (aka Courtney Stodden). Hogan tweeted a picture Sunday of his daughter BROOKE'S legs, along with the simple caption, "Brooke's legs."

Teen Drugs Parents So She Can Stay Online Past Curfew

Amanda Ferris — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:37:55 +0000

We've all heard the stories about stressed-out parents drugging their unruly toddlers with a dose of Benadryl so that they can get some shut-eye, but this is certainly a new twist. On December 28, a 16 year-old girl and her 15-year-old friend from Northern California decided to buy her parents two milkshakes from a local fast-food joint and crush prescription sleeping pills in them so that they can explore the wonderful world of the Internet without that pesky 10 p.m. curfew.

Mom Tattoos 11-Year-Old Daughter

Mike Adams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:21:48 +0000

Some species eat their young. In North Carolina, they just ink them.

Last month, the Havelock Police Department arrested Odessa Clay, 30, for giving her 11-year-old daughter a small, heart-shaped tattoo on her shoulder. Clay now faces one count of tattooing a person under the age of 18 because apparently it is against the law for anyone to tattoo a minor in the state of North Carolina, even if there is parental consent.

Mom Arrested for Attacking Son's Bully — Is It Fair?

Amy Sciarretto — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:45:02 +0000

If you mess with the bull, you get the horns, but if you mess with a cub, you get the Mama Bear. That's just what happened in Florida this week, when a mother was arrested after attacking the teen who bullied her son.

Mom Busted for Hacking Into School Computers to Change Kids' Grades

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:17:52 +0000

Helping your kids with their homework is one thing. Breaking into the school’s computer systems to change your kids’ grades is something else entirely — but that’s what a mom in Pennsylvania is accused of doing.

Worst Mom Ever Abandons Disabled Daughter and Refuses to Take Her Back [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:01:59 +0000

Got your ballots for “Worst Mother Ever” ready to go? You may want to add a write-in candidate: Eva Cameron, an Illinois woman who let her disabled 19-year-old daughter, Lynn, use the bathroom at a Tennessee bar and then simply drove away, abandoning her there. “She said she just couldn’t handle her anymore,” said Assistant [...]

Couple In Big Trouble After Stuffing Baby In Carry-On Luggage

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:26:41 +0000

X-ray scanners have caught air travelers with all sorts of strange and embarrassing things in their carry-on luggage. But it would be hard to top the images captured last week at the Shar-Jah Airport in the United Arab Emirates when an Egyptian couple stuffed their five-month-old in a suitcase and tried to sneak him past security. Upon [...]

Mother Wants 14-Year-Old Daughter to Get Breast Implants

Don Deane — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:00:59 +0000

In what will no doubt win her a future Mother of Year Award, a UK mom is publicly urging her 14-year-old daughter to get breast implants when she turns 18.

9-Year-Old Boy Steals Car with Toy Gun

Dan Seitz — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:15:45 +0000

We don’t generally associate Sweden with carjacking. But Kortedala, a suburb of the city of Gotenberg, was nonetheless the site of one of the strangest car thefts we’ve ever read. It involves a toy gun, a nine-year-old and an electric car. The boy, who remains unidentified, started out by trying to break into a different [...]

10-Year-Old With Tattoo Removed From Grandpa's Care

Don Deane — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:01:29 +0000

A grandfather in Florida recently lost custody of his grandchildren after allowing his 10-year-old grandson to get a permanent tattoo as a rite of passage. Jeez, what comes after that? Cigarettes and hard liquor? Jerry Garrison, the exceptionally permissive granddad in question, doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with the boy getting a tattoo of his [...]

Mother Outraged Over Daughter's Award for 'Most Homework Excuses'

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:01:48 +0000

Humorous academic superlatives are generally handed out in high school yearbooks. Maybe it’s best to keep it that way because a ”Catastrophe Award” for having the most homework excuses given to a third grader at Desert Springs Academy in Arizona is causing controversy. Eight-year-old Cassandra Garcia was humiliated after being given the end-of-the-year superlative, according to her mother Christina Valdez. “[The teacher] had [...]

Parent Puts Child in Washing Machine [VIDEO]

Mark Richards — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:54:12 +0000

When talking about epic parenting fails, this should be on the list. Listen, If your child’s cloths are dirty, they should be cleaned. I think you should take the child OUT of the clothes first. A couple brought their young kid to a laundromat and, for some unknown reason, decided to put him in the [...]