My sister uses hippy-dippy “gentle parenting” – her kids are skewers

Little Hellraisers? Get the hell out! Colored graffiti, animal cruelty, garden destruction and vandalism. These are just some of the child crimes committed by the niece and nephew of a woman with “gentle parents” who she eventually banned from her home. “Am I a pervert for telling my sister soft parenting is BS and kicking … Read more

Children’s screen time should be cut to so many hours a week: study

Less screen time means less bad behavior. In just two weeks, parents can see significant improvements in their child’s mental health and behavior by reducing their children’s free screen time to just three hours per week, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Reducing children’s free screen time to just three hours … Read more

How parents can talk to children about the assassination attempt on Trump

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday was an emotionally wrenching moment for America — including the nation’s children. Of course, children do not follow or fully understand the complex and often vicious circumstances that lead to such horrific events and the death of a volunteer fire chief in Butler, Pennsylvania. In … Read more

The 4-year-old ‘rebel’ shocks her mother by piercing her own ears

Every parent knows – turn your back for a second and it’s anyone’s guess what kind of trouble the kids will be in. Mother-of-three Brianna Attias got a sharp reminder of the rule this week when her young daughter shockingly managed to get her ears pierced after being left unattended for just minutes. “I never … Read more

Full-time baby name consultants are getting $350 an hour

What’s in a name? A few hundred dollars if you’re an increasingly sought-after baby name consultant. Couples are no longer naming their precious offspring after loved ones, or casually flipping through books for inspiration. Instead, moms and dads who want to give their kids every edge they can in an increasingly competitive world are paying … Read more

“System Benefit”

The best things in life are free. Lauryn Clare, who goes by @lauryn.elizabeth_ on Instagram, revealed a Starbucks hack to help parents spend less money at the global coffee giant. Lauryn Clare, 34, discovered a money-saving hack when ordering from Starbucks. Instagram / @lauryn.elizabeth_ “If you can’t afford Starbucks for two, order your little one … Read more

I won’t take care of my grandchildren – some call me selfish but I don’t care

An Australian grandmother of eight has said she will buck the growing trend of the older generation helping with childcare, but her words have angered many. Avril Moore, a writer, said that while she loves being a grandmother, she was quick to tell her three grown children that she wouldn’t be available to babysit. Childcare, … Read more

The NYC hospital charges $36,000 per birth, but you get a free Chanel gift

A luxury spoon helps the medicine go down. An expensive NYC hospital that reportedly charges multiples of the going rate for births in the US is raising eyebrows over the lavish postpartum practice of giving away Chanel gift bags to lucky moms. Past guests of New York-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns at … Read more

Gen Z parents have great sex, new study finds ‘millennials, not so much

They are doing the best dance without pants – no joke. Smoking hot sex is apparently a nice perk of becoming a parent in your early 20s, according to a new study on pleasure between the sheets in the younger generation. It appears that Gen Z parents are leaving their childless peers behind when it … Read more