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Mom Gives Daughter, 8, Botox
 Mom Gives Daughter, 8, Botox 
Mar 24, 2011 3:45 AM CDT

Mom Gives Daughter, 8, Botox

'I wish I'd had the same advantages,' says beautician mother

(Newser) - An addled mom is boasting that she injects Botox into her 8-year-old daughter's face every three months so she can be a "star." She also arranges body waxes for her girl. "I wish that I'd had the same advantages when I was younger," mom Kerry Campbell...

Cops: Mom Showed Us Pic... of Tot Duct-Taped to Chair

Girl, 2, is being placed with relatives

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania mom has been arrested after showing a photo of herself posing with her toddler daughter gagged and bound to a chair with duct tape ... to police. The photo—which shows the mom smiling and her baby clad only in a diaper—first surfaced on the Mediatakeout website. The...

Crib Accidents Injure 10K Babies Every Year

Researchers say more prevention measures necessary

(Newser) - Almost 10,000 infants are injured in crib and playpen accidents every year, researchers have concluded, after studying 19 years of ER data. The injuries generally hit 1- and 2-year-old toddlers who were just big enough to try to climb out, the AP reports. Researchers recommend more safety measures, although...

Mom Busted After Dumping Newborn in Stadium Toilet

Shivering, wet baby found gasping for air

(Newser) - A South Carolina mom has been busted after she gave birth in a stadium bathroom in the middle of a circus performance, then stuffed the newborn boy in the toilet, according to cops. The shivering baby was found gasping for breath some 90 minutes later by cleaning staff credited with...

Hollywood Wants Tiger Mother Movie

Could Amy Chua's story be the next Joy Luck Club ?

(Newser) - Amy Chua certainly captured the nation’s attention with her rather unorthodox parenting memoir —and Hollywood thinks Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has big-screen potential. “Not only is there a movie here, I definitely think it's more than one movie,” says Ron Bass, who co-wrote and...

Baby-Flipping Russian: It's Real

And it's perfectly safe to treat babies this way, insists Lena Fokina

(Newser) - A video showing a Russian woman bending and swinging a baby in such a disturbing way that it's been banned from YouTube is real—and the baby has suffered no life-threatening or permanent injuries, or so says the flipper. Lena Fokina, who twists and turns a two-week-old infant like a...

Chua's Daughter: Back Off, 'Tiger Mom' Raised Me Well

Oldest child Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld defends her mother's parenting style

(Newser) - Author Amy Chua is getting roasted for her praise of strict Chinese parenting , so who better to defend her than her own daughter? "I admit it: Having you as a mother was no tea party," writes 18-year-old Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld in the New York Post . "There were some...

Actually, 'Tiger Mother' Is the One Doing the Coddling

Amy Chua's parenting method is 'soft, indulgent,' writes David Brooks

(Newser) - Amy Chua angered many— to the point of death threats —with her espousal of a strict "Chinese" parenting style and denouncement of the "weak, cuddling" American variety. But as far as David Brooks is concerned, it’s actually Chua who is "coddling her children." By...

'Tiger Mother' Gets Death Threats

Amy Chua shocked by response to thoughts on parenting

(Newser) - Amy Chua is shocked by the furious response to excerpts from her book, Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother , recently printed in the Wall Street Journal. The author—who hails the hardline method of Chinese parenting in the excerpts—has received thousands of angry emails and even death threats, reports...

In Defense of 'Ambivalent' Western Moms
In Defense of
'Ambivalent' Western Moms
OPINION
Jan 15, 2011 3:13 PM CST

In Defense of 'Ambivalent' Western Moms

Op-ed: 'Roaring like a tiger' might not work for all kids

(Newser) - In response to Amy Chua's much-discussed book excerpt in praise of ultra-strict Chinese mothers, Ayelet Waldman begins her defense of "ambivalent" Western moms by rattling off a bunch of supposed no-nos she's allowed her four kids to do—quit music lessons, sleep over at a friend's, surf the web,...

Are We Ready to Parent Like 'Superior' Chinese Mothers?

Amy Chua pushes the Chinese method of parenting

(Newser) - Amy Chua—and her method of parenting—is creating quite a stir. The Wall Street Journal published an except from the Yale law professor's new memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, over the weekend, and the 3,494 comments (and counting) include reactions like: "I am in disbelief...

Teen Mom Jailed for Felony Domestic Abuse

Amber Portwood could get 3 years in stir

(Newser) - A star of the Teen Mom reality series is in an Indiana jail today after being busted for felony domestic abuse. Amber Portwood, 20, was videotaped in scenes for the MTV program viciously smacking and kicking the father of her toddler daughter, boyfriend Gary Shirley, as the little girl watched,...

Today's Birthday Parties Make Kids Spoiled, Selfish

Lessons are lost in outsourced, hectic celebrations, writes Dana Glazer

(Newser) - At a recent party, Dana Glazer had to endure an unfortunate parental moment: At the end of his 4-year-old's birthday party, his 7-year-old asked repeatedly why there weren't presents for him, and inserted his own name into the birthday song. When asked why he did this, the 7-year-old simply said...

Parents Tackle Hijacked Car to Save Baby

Mom: Wherever my baby was going, I was going to hold on for dear life

(Newser) - Stunned parents who stopped for gas on Monday night sprinted into action as they watched a stranger speed off in their car with their baby girl strapped inside. Mom Melanie Richman, 24, was dragged across the parking lot of a Kansas City, Missouri, gas station after she managed to punch...

Children of Divorce Face Doubled Stroke Risk
 Children of Divorce Face 
 Doubled Stroke Risk 
study says
Nov 22, 2010 10:58 AM CST

Children of Divorce Face Doubled Stroke Risk

Study shows link between childhood stress, health

(Newser) - Compared to other kids, children of divorced parents are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke during their lives, a study suggests. Researchers gathered data from 13,000 subjects in a 2005 Canadian health survey and found that, even when other stroke risk factors, like smoking and obesity,...

He's My Son, and He Can Cross-Dress if He Wants to
My 5-Year-Old Son Can Cross-Dress if He Wants to
commentary
Nov 4, 2010 1:51 PM CDT

My 5-Year-Old Son Can Cross-Dress if He Wants to

'Mommy blogger' gains Internet fame with blog post

(Newser) - A “mommy blogger” made quite an Internet stir with a recent post defending her 5-year-old son’s decision to cross-dress on Halloween. She recounts how, when he showed up at his church pre-school dressed as Daphne from Scooby Doo, a group of mothers immediately “went wide-eyed and made...

Suspicious of Your Teen? Hire a Drug-Sniffing Dog

Highly-trained pups for rent in Maryland

(Newser) - If you’re suspicious your red-eyed teen might be experimenting with illicit substances, there’s a new and easy way to find out for sure: Hire your own, personal drug-sniffing dog. Dogs Finding Drugs, a Maryland-based operation, will send a highly-trained canine to your house to determine in moments whether...

Mom Robs Bank, Picks Kids Up From School

(Newser) - Here's a woman who can plan an afternoon: UPI reports that Oregon police arrested a 37-year-old mother who allegedly robbed a bank, then made it to the local elementary school in time to pick up her children. Erica Fay Anderson walked into the Umpqua Bank branch at about 2:15...

For More Kids, Grandparents the New Mom and Dad

Some 3 million children are raised by them

(Newser) - As our economy sank, the number of children being raised by their grandparents rose. A Pew Research Center analysis of census data found that 2.9 million American kids are being raised by grandma and grandpa—up 16% from 2000. But one period in that decade, 2007 to 2008, saw...

Let Go, Helicopter Parent: Let Your Kids Walk to School

Lenore Skenazy reminds us that independence is good

(Newser) - She knows it sounds "Abe Lincolnesque," but Lenore Skenazy can't help but remember the days when kids walked to school—and can't resist taking a look at how completely crazy shepherding our kids to school has become. These days, the bus quite often stops right at each child's...

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