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Dad Punishes, Humiliates Kid By Making Her Wear Sign That Says 'I Like to Steal'

04/23/12

Dad Punishes, Humiliates Kid By Making Her Wear Sign That Says 'I Like to Steal'

An Illinois father is drawing backlash – and praise – for the unapologetic, Scarlet Letter style public punishment he doled to his daughter, who's 8.

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Reborn Dolls – and the Moms who Love Them

04/16/12

Reborn Dolls – and the Moms who Love Them

Call this craze cute or crazy: Some collectors are going ga-ga for realistic fake babies – making home videos and even nurseries all about them

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Alicia Silverstone Chews Son's Food – and Spits It into His Mouth

04/09/12

Alicia Silverstone Chews Son's Food – and Spits It into His Mouth

Is this celeb mom's mouth-to-mouth method of feeding her kid, Bear Blu, a sweet bonding experience? Or is the mama bird routine just weird?

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Kids Easter Egg Hunt Canceled – Because of Parents

04/02/12

Kids Easter Egg Hunt Canceled – Because of Parents

When moms and dads jumped a kids-only barricade last year, a park in Colorado Springs decided to kibosh the neighborhood event in 2012.

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Mom's Diet for 'Obese' Daughter, 7, Outrages Parents

03/26/12

Mom's Diet for 'Obese' Daughter, 7, Outrages Parents

Dara-Lynn Weiss micro-managed her 'fat' kid's food intake private and publicly for a year and – after Bea lost 16 pounds – wrote a jaw-dropping article about it for Vogue.

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Huggies Diaper Ad Jabs at Dads, Gets Pulled

03/19/12

Huggies Diaper Ad Jabs at Dads, Gets Pulled

When the diaper company turns to the age-old sales pitch of clueless dad, it triggers backlash from a generation of fathers who are more involved.

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Parents Forget their Kids at Chuck E. Cheese's

03/12/12

Parents Forget their Kids at Chuck E. Cheese's

In both Maryland and Texas, parents manage to leave behind their kids after parties – in one case, it was the birthday girl – and not notice for hours.

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Detroit Child's Death Blamed on Baby Shower Fight

03/05/12

Detroit Child's Death Blamed on Baby Shower Fight

Delric Miller, a 9-month-old boy, is dead. Family members blame an argument. It's a sad case in a city hit with a heavy homicide toll in 2012.

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Mom Induces Labor so Dying Husband can Meet Baby

02/27/12

Mom Induces Labor so Dying Husband can Meet Baby

A Texas mother of five gave birth to daughter Savannah a couple weeks early so dad would get a chance to hold her before he died.

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Facebook Parenting: Dad Gives Teen Daughter a Tough Lesson

02/13/12

Facebook Parenting: Dad Gives Teen Daughter a Tough Lesson

In a viral video, a North Carolina father reads and refutes his kid's wall rant about her chores and parents – and shoots up her beloved laptop.

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