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Mom Forces Stepdaughter to Wear Thrift Store Clothes for Being a Bully

Donald Deane — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:47:58 +0000

We've seen parents use unique methods to punish kids in the past -- through Facebook and by making them carry signs on busy streets, for example. But a Utah woman punished her stepdaughter in the most creative way yet by forcing her to wear ill-fitting thrift store clothing for being a bully.

Does Drinking Make You a Better Parent?

Mike Adams — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Booze makes you a better parent—or at least that's what one in five moms and dads thinks. A new study reveals that nearly 20 percent of all British parents believe their alcohol consumption positively affects their parenting skills.

New Survey Reveals Parents Are Not Teaching Kids How to Manage Money — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:40:41 +0000

This might not come as any surprise to a lot of you, but most teenagers do not have any idea what they are doing when it comes to the world of finances. Unfortunately, new research suggests that they blame the parents for not properly teaching them how to manage it. According to a new study, [...]

Hockey Dad In Hot Water for Using Laser Pointer During High School Game

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:42:30 +0000

Kathyrn Hamer, goalie for the Medway-Ashland girls hockey team in Massachusetts, started to feel something in her eye during the third period of her team’s playoff game against Winthrop. While she compared the sensation to “looking at the sun,” it turned out the annoyance was a laser pointer. Distracted and experiencing moments of temporary blindness, Hamer [...]

10 Children's Questions That Parents Fear the Most

Shauna Wright — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:22:17 +0000

Even educated parents sometimes find themselves stumped when their young children ask math and science questions — and now a British survey has ranked the 10 queries most feared by moms and dads. The survey of 2,000 parents with kids between the ages of 5-16 was commissioned by the Big Bang UK Young Scientists and [...]

Still Living With Your Parents as an Adult? Well, You're Hurting the Economy

Shauna Wright — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:41:07 +0000

While many college grads are only too happy to fly their parents’ nest and get a place of their own, the dip in the economy has meant some can’t — or won’t — until they feel more financially able to do so comfortably. What does this mean for the economy? Unfortunately, nothing good.