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Drunk Dad Lets 10-Year-Old Son Drive
A tipsy pop is in hot water after reportedly allowing his 10-year-old son to act as his designated driver. (Yes, you read that right.) Even worse, we’ve seen this sort of thing before.
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14-Year-Old Go-Kart Bandit Finally Nabbed After More Than 100 Robberies
Police say that they have finally caught the person responsible for more than 100 robberies that have taken place over the last two years in northern Nashville, Tennessee.
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Indiana Mom Stirs Up Big Trouble By Sending Gay Son to School with a Stun Gun to Confront Bullies
An Indiana mother is making headlines today because she sent her 17-year old gay son, Darnell Young, to school at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis one day last month armed with a stun gun to protect himself against bullies.
Now the teen is facing expulsion.
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Drunk Grandparents Busted for Towing Child in Toy Car
In what may be the most egregious example of bad babysitting ever, a pair of grandparents were arrested on Sunday for drunk driving and child endangerment after police found them towing a seven-year-old-girl in a Hot Wheels car behind their SUV. Seems like something for the ‘Jackass’ crew, not the grade-school set, doesn’t it?
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Mother Arrested for Taking Daughter, 5, to Tanning Salon — What’s Her Defense? [VIDEO]
New Jersey resident Patricia Krentcil was arrested after she took her daughter, 5, into a tanning salon.
The little girl suffered burns and Krentcil was charged with second-degree child endangerment.
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New Study Reveals Breastfeeding May Hurt Moms’ Income — Dollars and Sense
The benefits of breastfeeding to both mother and child have been well-documented. Among other things, it can boost a child’s immunity and help protect moms from several different types of cancer. However, a new study by the American Sociological Review says breastfeeding may hurt mothers in an unexpected way – in the pocketbook.
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How Young is Too Young When It Comes to Little Girls Wearing Makeup?
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes came under fire for letting their daughter Suri, wear heels and makeup. Now, much less famous mommyish.com blogger Lindsay Cross, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is taking a beating in the court of public opinion for admitting to letting her four-year-old daughter wear makeup.
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Dad and Kids Belt Out ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ While Driving to School
While driving on their way to school, a father and his three kids break into a killer rendition of the Queen classic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ Anybody else reminded of a similar scene from ‘Wayne’s World’?
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Mom Draws Heat for Using Facebook to Punish Disrespectful Daughter [VIDEO]
More and more parents are using Facebook to spy on their kids, but one Ohio mother has taken it to the next level by using the social media site to shame her disrespectful daughter, and it’s drawing some heated criticism.
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Study Reveals Lots of Parents Use Facebook to Spy on Their Kids
Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter may have eroded levels of privacy by giving people a place to post every facet of their lives and the people around them. However, it’s also given parents a way of doing some sneaky snooping into their children’s lives.
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Kindergartner Arrested After Throwing Temper Tantrum in School — Is It Justified? [VIDEO]
Most children who throw temper tantrums wind up in time-out. But one six-year-old in Georgia had such a violent fit that cops felt the need to handcuff her and take her to the police station.
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Why Are Kids Playing ‘The Choking Game’?
Kids have always been good at inventing their own playground games.
One game, however, has proven to be quite dangerous for the little guys and gals. It goes by a dozen different names, but it can best be described as the ‘choking game.’