Should Mothers Be Prosecuted For Exposing Their Unborn Babies to Drugs?


Updated 04/26/12 9:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Prosecution of Mothers Who Use Drugs

Could a glass of wine during pregnancy land you behind bars? It might if you live in Alabama. In this upcoming weekend's New York Times Magazine, Ada Calhoun delves into Alabama's controversial chemical-endangerment laws where mothers who give birth to babies with even a trace of drugs in their bloodstreams are not only ordered into rehab but are criminally prosecuted for putting their newborns Read more

11 Eco-Friendly Cars We Love


Updated 04/05/12 1:06 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Spring is in the air, so let's keep that air smelling fresh, shall we? If you aren't able to use public transportation for your daily commute, and biking is out of the question, these electric, hybrid, and small cars are able to step in when all other earth-friendly options are exhausted. We love them all for various reasons, but mostly it's because they make us feel like we're giving mother Read more

Is Six Months of Breastfeeding Unrealisitic?


Updated 03/21/12 6:33 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

Breastfeeding Goals For New Moms

Breast is best, but is it realistic? The World Health Organization recommends six months of exclusive breastfeeding to ensure a healthy start for newborns and infants. And while some mamas treat that 6-month mark as a goal, a new study suggests it is simply unattainable for many. According to the small Scottish study — which included 220 face-to-face interviews — nursing is harder than most Read more

Tot Gets Tat: Mom Gets Jailtime?


Updated 01/26/12 7:16 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

10 Year Old Gets Tattoo

Tats on tots? Tattoos are a divisive aesthetic on adults; the thought of a child actually getting their sweet lil skin permanently inked is a pretty unpleasant idea, to say the least. Yet that's exactly what 10-year-old Gaquan Napier did with the full support of his mother Chuntera. According to the law in Georgia, where the family lives, it's illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to get Read more

Hold It! That's What One Teacher Is Telling Students


Updated 01/21/12 11:29 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

NYC Teacher Limits Students' Bathroom Time

How long can your child hold it? If she's in Stephanie Warner's class at a Brooklyn elementary school, let's hope she can hold it for a while! The fifth-grade teacher has enacted a new policy to keep kids sitting at their desks and out of the bathroom. At the start of each week, the teacher hands out three bathroom passes to each student in the class. The kids then have three windows throughout Read more

Fighting Words from Anderson Cooper: Are Stay-at-Home Moms Lazy?


Updated 01/24/12 6:08 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Anderson Cooper Show Are Stay-at-Home Moms Lazy

Oh, Anderson. Generally a bastion of solid journalism and insightful commentary, Anderson Cooper seems to have taken a cue from the talk show circuit with one of his recent shows, pitting stay-at-home moms against their work-outside-the-home counterparts. The show's clearly-for-ratings title — "Are Stay-at-Home Moms Lazy?" — is drawn from the outburst of one of the guest moms, who declares Read more

New Hope For Infertile Men as Scientists Grow Sperm Outside Body


Updated 01/05/12 11:49 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Male Infertility News

Go sperm! We tend to think of infertility mainly as an affliction of the fairer sex, but this is far from the truth: the last 50 years have seen an increase in the problem of male infertility coinciding with a huge decrease in reported sperm counts. A major breakthrough was made recently as German and Israeli scientists grew mouse sperm outside of the body using just a few cells retrieved from Read more

Check Your Library Book Due Dates or Risk a Visit From the Police


Updated 01/06/12 10:38 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Police Visit Child Who Didn't Return Library Books

With all that parents have on their minds, it's no wonder that something eventually falls through the cracks. If you live near Boston, just hope that it's not past-due library books that slip off your to-do list. According to a mother in Charlton, a few months after she failed to return two of her 5-year-old daughter's library books, she received a surprise knock on the door — from a police Read more

Where Is He or She Now? An Update on the Great Genderless Baby "Storm" of 2011


Updated 12/31/11 9:47 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Update on the Genderless Baby

Boy or a girl? Generally one of the first questions parents answer about their lil ones, it's the one that Toronto parents Kathy Witterick and David Stocker opted to skip completely when their baby was born nearly one year ago, on New Year's Day. Named Storm, an appropriate moniker for a child that was the subject of more than a little controversy, the baby's parents publicly announced that they Read more

Chelsea Clinton Kicks Off a More Public Life on TV


Updated 02/06/12 9:34 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

Chelsea Clinton NBC News

Chelsea Clinton sat down with Brian Williams on his nightly Rock Center show to explain why she's leaving behind her "deliberately private life" for a journalism career. But before she got personal last night, Chelsea reported on former-educator Annette Dove, who has committed her life to helping impoverished children in Pine Bluff, Arkansas with hot food, tutoring, and someone to talk to. Read more