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Bad Parenting: Parents Give At Home Tatoos

In case you don’t know, tattooing a minor is illegal in the State of Georgia. It is illegal in most other states too. In addition, most states also mandate that tattoos be done by a certified professional. Jacob Bartels and Patty Marsh were unaware of these laws. Imagine their surprise when after tattooing crosses on six children aged 10 to 17 when they were arrested and hauled off to jail. The crime was reported by the biological mother of two of the children that the Bartels had custody of. The tattoos were administered over thanksgiving and when a couple of … Continue reading →

Parental No-No: Breastfeeding While Driving

Parents are supposed to make decisions based on what is in the best interest of their children. Unfortunately, “best interest” is open to interpretation and often results in some bizarre true-life stories. Take the recent arrest of Genine Compton. The mother from Dayton, Ohio made front-page news last week for breastfeeding her daughter while driving her other children to school. No joke. Supermom was multitasking behind the wheel of her minivan when she was pulled over by police. According to authorities, Compton was not only breastfeeding her infant while driving, she was also talking on her cellphone while simultaneously yelling … Continue reading →

Star News: New Celeb Hook Ups, Oprah’s New Movie, and Heather Mills’ New Cash Cow

Personally, I don’t find it a bit newsworthy that Elle Macpherson has found love again. NEWSFLASH: Super hot supermodel hooks up with a multi-millionaire! In other news… the sky is blue. The catwalk beauty has found another guy to worship her… SHOCKER! Still, for some reason Australian and British newspapers feel the need to fill their columns with details of Macpherson’s new romance with Damian Aspinall. When hasn’t Macpherson been involved with someone? She was previously married to Gilles Bensimon and engaged to French financier Arpad Busson, who fathered her two sons. Then, late last year the 44-year-old sexpot was … Continue reading →

Twitter Mom Still on My Mind

I can’t stop thinking about the Twitter mom who got tweeted on for threatening to smother her young daughter… and I know I am not the only parent who is struggling to comes to terms with the incident. For those of you unfamiliar with the Twitter mom controversy, read on: A few weeks ago a “mommy blogger” on Twitter (an online website, which allows posters to discuss what they are thinking or doing at any given time in 140 characters or less), who goes by the name of Thordora, tweeted something that alarmed others in the Twitter community. In a … Continue reading →

New Incentive to Get Parents to Walk Kids to School

What would it take for you to carve time out of your hectic schedule to walk your children to school? Granted, if you live 10 miles from your child’s kindergarten class, walking is simply not feasible. However, there are millions of families around the world who live within walking distance of schools yet they still opt to bypass this money-saving, environmentally practical option. That might soon change in places like England where the government is providing incentives to parents to spend more time with their children by walking them to school. According to news reports, walking children to school could … Continue reading →

The Great Stroller Debate—-Preschool Edition

A couple of years ago I lamented about toddlers and strollers. Traveling with my then fickle 2-year-old was a challenge because I was constantly debating whether or not I should bring the stroller with us. It was always a toss-up as to whether she would ride in it or spend the day running circles around it. I thought about that blog the other day when I read a post by another blogging mom railing on Gwyneth Paltrow. Said blogging mom wrote an open letter to Paltrow chastising her for allowing her 4-year-old daughter Apple to ride in a stroller while … Continue reading →

Celebrity Parents: “For the Sake of the Children”

So here’s the deal: Actress Jaime Pressly just confirmed that she and her fiance Eric Cubiche have officially separated and will likely stay that way permanently. No major headline there considering splits in Tinseltown are a dime a dozen. Here’s what makes their situation unique: The couple has an 18-month-old son named Dezi whom they conceived during their 9-year “friendship” that evolved into a 2-year engagement. According to Pressly, the couple plans to “remain close friends as we both adore our son and want to make sure he knows we both love him more than life.” So essentially the “My … Continue reading →

Dad Dupes Mom and Names Kid After Republican Ticket

Can you say doghouse? If you’re Mark Ciptak then you’re not only familiar with its pronunciation but you’re also used to its smell by now. The Tennessee resident and father of a newborn daughter is making headlines for secretly naming his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates John McCain and Sarah Palin. Ciptak, who works for the American Red Cross, told news reporters that he named his third child after John McCain and Sarah Palin to “to get the word out” about the campaign. “I took one for the cause,” Ciptak told local … Continue reading →

Driving the Family Germ-mobile

“If you’re a soccer mom, you’re essentially driving a germ-mobile.” Or so claims a microbiologist from the University of Arizona who conducted a study on bacteria levels in people’s vehicles. The conclusion: Most of us are driving around in motorized toilets. Scratch that. Actually, what this germ expert concluded was that in most cases the toilets in our homes are cleaner than the interior of our vehicles. Food for thought the next time you consider loading up the kids for a ride to grandma’s house. Before you start bleaching your dashboard take a look at the details of the study: … Continue reading →

Supermodel Makes Headlines for Being “Bad Parent”

What do you consider “bad” parenting? When I think of bad parenting the words “abuse,” “neglect” and “abandonment” come to mind; not the words “packing a kid on a bike.” But that’s exactly what supermodel Elle MacPherson did with her 5-year-old son and not only did it get her in trouble with police, who deemed the gorgeous mother an “irresponsible, bad parent,” but it also landed her on the cover of a slew of British tabloids and incited national debate about what defines poor parenting. Here’s how this entire incident got started: A few weeks ago MacPherson propped her five-year-old … Continue reading →