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• Best of FameCrawler: Week of October 3rd

  Matt Bryant Plays, Honors Son (Updated) Duggars Reveal Sex Of Baby # 18 Bill Maher Calls Sarah Palin "A Bimbo" Sarah Silverman Is Still Doing That Baby-Making Thing With Jimmy Kimmel. Angelina's Post Baby Body Revealed- Photos Travis Henry Arrested Jim Carrey Says Jenny McCarthy's Son Taught Him a Deeper Love Jenny McCarthy Hits Back At Amanda Peet On Vaccine Issue Chris Rock: Sarah Palin's A Hockey-Mom Version Of Kim Kardashian Justin Timberlake Proposes To Jessica Biel! Is She Pregnant? Sarah Palin: Miss Alaska Pageant Video Posted Oct 03 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: children, kids, celebrity, Jenny McCarthy, baby, tv, birth, twins, music, father, mother, mom, sibling, parents, angelina jolie, toys, pregnant, MILF, video, family, daddy, Her Bad Mother, Trix, football, drugs, film, body, movie, chris rock, jimmy kimmel, soccer, dad, gossip, whit honea, dolls, hollywood, jezebel, mama, expecting, best of famecrawler, amanda peet, bill maher, jim carrey, arrest, famous, vaccine, hockey, due date, daughter, TMZ, son, sarah palin, sassy smith, breaking, rumor, sweatpantsmom, mommy, due, star, daily show, sports talk, sarah silverman, losing a child, karl erikson, gossip site, tabloid, latest, exclusive, perez hilton, NFL, miss alaska, bimbo, matt bryant, duggars, travis henry, death of a child, kicker

• Teenagers allegedly gave pot and beer to a six year old

  From the "WTF" files (actually, 1010 WINS news radio) comes this story: Three teenagers are accused of giving marijuana and beer to a 6-year-old and videotaping the intoxicated youngster for their amusement in Vernon. The two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old are charged with child endangerment. Read More... Posted Sep 26 2008, 03:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: news, underage drinking, alcohol, beer, crime, drugs, wtf, pot, brothers, marijuana, weed, Brett Singer, bong, 1010 wins, little brother, teenage drinking, younger brother, little boy, teens give pot to 6 year old

• Best of FameCrawler: 9-19-08

  Pam Anderson Marries Fat Old Guy (Photos) CNN Newsmaker Found Dead With Child At Side Sarah Palin's Daughter Caught Doing Drugs On Tape Amy Poehler Crying About Everything These Days Ryan and Redmond O'Neal Arrested for Meth Possession (Photos) Megan Fox in a Bikini! Josh Howard Hates America? The National Anthem Video Sarah Palin's Tanning Bed Mary Louise Parker Naked on Weeds: Photo! Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Splitting Up? All I Want For Christmas Is A Sarah Palin Action Figure Keira Knightley's Odd Reason For Wanting To Be Pregnant Posted Sep 19 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: children, kids, celebrity, doll, baby, racism, tv, birth, twins, music, father, mother, mom, sibling, parents, toys, child, pregnant, fat, MILF, video, family, toy, daddy, Keira Knightley, CNN, Her Bad Mother, Trix, drugs, ryan o'neal, film, pamela anderson, meth, barack obama, movie, dad, Saturday Night Live, gossip, whit honea, dolls, hollywood, jezebel, mama, expecting, best of famecrawler, weeds, mary louise parker, naked, arrest, famous, Amy Poehler, nude, due date, SNL, daughter, bikini, TMZ, son, GOP, sarah palin, sassy smith, breaking, rumor, sweatpantsmom, married, pam anderson, tape, mommy, old, due, star, reporter, dead, action figure, national anthem, karl erikson, bristol, gossip site, tabloid, latest, exclusive, perez hilton, redmond o'neal, megan fox, josh howard, tanning bed

• Bipolar Disorder: A Family Secret

  What would you do if your 10-year-old daughter said to you, “I can’t take it anymore. I don’t want to be me. I don’t want to feel anymore. Why aren’t you doing anything about this?” Or if your normally loving son threatened to slit you open with a knife? Naturally, you would want to do anything in your power to make your children better, but what if that meant giving your six-year-old lithium? Or sending your 10-year-old away to a therapeutic residential school? In deference to the many parents who face these challenges day after day, I highly recommend Jennifer Egan’s piece on bipolar disorder in children. She traces several families’ struggles to cope with children who rage against the world from the time that they can talk, and offers a comprehensive portrait of the uncertainties surrounding bipolar diagnoses in kids. Read More... Posted Sep 13 2008, 04:55 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with no comments Filed under: children, depression, drugs, diagnosis, ADHD, behavior problems, treatment, mental illness, side effects, bipolar, temper tantrums, puzzle, manic depressive, lithium, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, jennifer egan, psychiatrist, mania, manic depression, antipsychotic drugs, bipolar disorder, child psychiatrist, irritable, the bipolar child

• Girl being kept alive by Viagra

  I can see the ads now. "Viagra – it's not just for boners anymore." Case in point: Natalie Archibald, a 7 year old girl from Scotland, "collapsed after opening her presents on Christmas Day two years ago." At first doctors thought she was just "over-excited," but it turns out she suffers from a condition called primary pulmonary hypertension. After two years of treatment that yielded no results, doctors gave her Viagra. Read More... Posted Sep 06 2008, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: health, news, medicine, drugs, viagra, doctors, pills, Brett Singer, natalie archibald, diseases

• Is it fair to take pictures of Britney's kids?

  You may have heard about the photographs of Britney Spears smoking while 2-year-old Sean Preston was playing with her cigarette lighter. Well, the actual photo doesn't quite show that. Here it is: Read More... Posted Jul 22 2008, 09:53 PM by Brett Singer with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: christmas, children, kids, celebrity, holiday, pregnancy, tv, mom, teens, Mel Gibson, xmas, smoking, pregnant, marriage, celebrity moms, paparazzi, Kevin Federline, Britney Spears, Google, family, California, nickelodeon, baby shower, drugs, boobs, teen pregnancy, k-fed, celebrity parents, bobby brown, porn, c-section, lynne spears, jamie spears, gossip, sean preston, crazy, diva, naked, Britney, teen sex, jamie lynn spears, CD, album, parent, casey aldridge, photo, whitney houston, Brett Singer, picture, 2008, celebrity trainwrecks, yahoo, ok magazine, britney smoking photos, britney spears is crazy, britney smoking pics, celebrity teen moms, Louisiana, new, whitney, Federline, Petit Tresor, jamie lynn teen, britney spears smoking, bad weave, jayden james, wreck, year, TV zoey 101, record, blackout, sagging boobs

• The Family Who Pops Pills Together, Stays Together

  Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics released new recommendations that set off a storm of virtual outrage all over the blogosphere. Did the AAP hit on a hot topic like breastfeeding an 8-year old or co-sleeping with a newborn? No. The topic at hand involved a pharmaceutical that many take every day.   Read More... Posted Jul 15 2008, 02:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: obesity, drugs, heart disease, AAP, pediatrics, cholesterol

• They Say: Worrying About Worry Is Bad

  I'm not much of a worrier, mostly because I can't hold on to any piece of information long enough to worry about it. But one writer has tried to find hard evidence that proves that worry is harmful to your health. Did she find it?   Read More... Posted Jun 26 2008, 02:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: yoga, drugs, naps, God, they say, worry

• Other uses for diapers: Heroin Hiding!

  Ah, diapers. So useful for so many things. You know, like... well, okay, diapers are really just for keeping the stuff that bounces out of your babies' bodies away from their clothes. But Frank Keys Jr. is not bound by convention! According to this Associated Press story, Frank was pulled over by state police in New Orleans. After searching the car, drug sniffing dogs discovered something was going on in his pants.   Read More... Posted Jun 14 2008, 04:50 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, Google, diaper, diapers, police, drugs, dogs, wtf, weird, heroin, cops, pants, Brett Singer, AP, pull-ups, drug, frank keys jr, pulled over, frank keys, associated press, man with diaper, Feds say man wore diaper full of heroin, diaper man

• Drug Your Kids

  Rare is the parent who hasn't slapped a band-aid on a nonexistent boo-boo so that the crying would stop. But how far will you go to appease a kid with a minor -- or nonexistent -- complaint?   Read More... Posted May 29 2008, 03:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: kids, drugs, experts, NYT, placebo, Obecalp

• Alas poor Yorick...dude, I am totally baked

  I know it's hard to find a head shop in some towns, but this is taking things a little too far. Three teenagers in the Kingwood community of Houston, Texas have been charged with "misdemeanor abuse of a corpse," a phrase that makes me wonder just what more serious abuse of a corpse would be. (Actually, forget I said that, I don't want to know.) What they did was dig up a body and turn the skull into a bong. Yes, gentle reader. To smoke the merry-jee-wanna. Even better -- one of the sacreligious stoners... Read More... Posted May 19 2008, 05:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: news, teens, teenagers, texas, police, drugs, weird, Houston, marijuana, pot smoking, skull, Brett Singer, bong

• They Say: Never Give Drugs to Your Kids

  I like a good list as much as the next parent. Give me a couple of bullet points and I'm yours forever. However, I'm thinking this recent Parentcenter list might have missed the point.   Read More... Posted Apr 30 2008, 09:30 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: children, drugs, danger, OTC, they say, aspriring, service

• Best of FameCrawler: Week of April 25th

  Kat Moss Stands Up to Pee Brad & Angelina's Quiet Wedding Halle Berry Is No Couch Potato Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz Are Like A Dog and His Owner Jonas Bros Defend Miley's Bra-Baring Skank Pics, But Still No Word From Daddy And The Most Embarassing Parent Award Goes To... Lourdes Looks Like Mama Madonna Bridget Moynihan Has Style Advice And So Do I Mark Wahlberg Adding on to the Funky Bunch Miley Cyrus' New Boyfriend Revealed!   Posted Apr 25 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: celebrity, mom, angelina jolie, pregnant, Madonna, strollerderby, brad pitt, drugs, kate moss, pictures, photos, gossip, ashlee simpson, pee, famecrawler, halle berry, miley cyrus, lourdes, best of, new baby, parent, wedding, bra, pete wentz, model, boyfriend, funky bunch, jonas brothers, marry, embarassing, married, mark wahlberg, drunk, jonas bros, pics

• Weekly Check-Up: Energy Drinks Are Bad For Kids

  Um, maybe it's because I have a very high energy child (sometimes called "spirited" meaning "is there a 'pause' switch cuz mama's so tired") but the idea of children consuming energy drinks is totally appalling to me. And of course, the Red Bulls and Rockstars and Monsters and Pimp Juices (ahem) are quite popular with the kids. Some have 350 milligrams of caffeine--equal to the amount in ten cans of Coke. Let's think about it: A 170-pound adult consuming that amount of caffeine is going to have a different reaction than a 60-pound kid doing the same. In fact, the whole thing kinda makes me wish I wasn't (cough) so hooked on sugar-free Rockstar.  Last month four kids in Florida were hospitalized for... Read More... Posted Apr 03 2008, 07:01 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: health, florida, schools, caffeine, drugs, anxiety, doctors, weekly check-up, physicians, energy drinks, problems, ban, redline, rockstar, red bull

• Drug The Little Buggers To Sleep

  The last time I remember hearing about Melatonin, I was taking a trip to Scotland and was told to take some in order to sack out on the plane. In my case, it wasn't terribly helpful; I took a pill, couldn't nod off, and arrived in Edinburgh feeling like I'd been hit by a truck (or eaten a plate of haggis, which is almost as bad.) Apparently Melatonin is back, and now it's for your kids... Read More... Posted Mar 13 2008, 07:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: cold medication, drugs, melatonin, sleep deprivation, sleeping babies, drugging your kids

• Sex, Drugs and Marketing

  Most parents would never think of sending their kid out into the big, wide world without some hard information about how sex and drugs can be dangerous. (They'd also be well advised to include that both can be great fun -- but that's another post.) Read More... Posted Mar 07 2008, 02:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: kids, television, education, Sex, marketing, drugs

• Weekly Check-Up: Good News/Bad News About Risky Business

  Okay, so good news first? Parents do actually have some influence over their kids' practice of risky behaviors like drinking and drugging and screwing, even when the kids are college-age. A new study found that if moms and dads are in the loop about what their offspring are doing, even when the kids are off at the dorms, the kids were less likely to do risky stuff like befriend a hooker and dance around in their underwear and consume tons of liquor. (Actually I think that Risky Business was about a teenager, not college kid, but you get the idea.) Specifically, when dads knew about their lives kids were less likely to have unsafe sex and use drugs; and when moms were in the know they were less likely to drink until they puked.  Bad news? Read More... Posted Feb 14 2008, 08:33 AM by Kelly Mills with | with no comments Filed under: health, research study, Sex, teens, alcohol, Tom Cruise, college, drugs, Risky Business, weekly check up, adulthood, dorms, unsafe sex, leaving the nest

• Bad Advice in the News? Is Using Retin-A For Stretch Marks Risky During Pregnancy?

  I saw this article from Fox News on preventing stretch marks, and paused for a second. Tip number one is, "Using Retin A Cream (vitamin A) at the inception of pregnancy, a weight-building program or a growth spurt is essential to keep the skin hydrated and moisturized." Now, I sort of remembered that Retin-A was not supposed to be used during pregnancy because of a risk of birth defects. So I went to the internet and poked around for reliable information. (Here's my love-hate with the internet. I adore having easy access to so much information, but sometimes you find everyone quoting some study and it turns out it was done on stuffed animals by a guy named Hal in his basement.) So did the report just advocate pregnant women use something that causes birth defects? Read More... Posted Feb 11 2008, 11:31 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: health, pregnancy, research study, medicine, beauty contests, drugs, birth defects, skin, Fox News, stretch marks, pharmaceutical industry, accutane, retin-a

• Botox Kills Kids

  Yes, it clears up those frown lines for a while, but could there be a darker side of Botox, aside even from the weird face paralysis and all that? In a word, yes. In fact, four children using Botox or a related drug have died, and there have been at least 180 documented cases of serious side effects in kids and adults, including severe difficulty breathing and swallowing, which can lead to a kind of pneumonia. One drug watchdog group wants a more serious FDA warning issued for Botox, as well as providing physicians with guides to give to all patients warning of the problems associated with the drug. Now the children who died were not concerned...   Read More... Posted Feb 11 2008, 07:40 AM by Kelly Mills with | with no comments Filed under: medicine, drugs, cosmetic surgery, cerebral palsy, Botox, pharmaceutical industry, side effects, off label, youth, deaths

• Kids Listen To Music Full of Drug References

  When I was a kid, I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio. (Yes, I essentially lived Footloose, people.) Even as a kid I remember thinking this was dumb--I mean, if I sang "Seduce me tonight" from the Flashdance soundtrack, it wasn't like I really meant it, I just liked the song. I thought of this when I paused, hearing my six-year-old warble, "Don't you wish your girlfriend was a freak like me" the other day. But perhaps I ought to be listening harder for the drugs, man. A new study found that a third of popular American songs today have references...   Read More... Posted Feb 04 2008, 06:37 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: research study, music, rap, addiction, drugs, censorship, radio, communication, pop, substance abuse, country, footloose

• Did You Know Disposable Diapers Can Hold An Eight Ball of Cocaine?

  Whatever happened to baking a hacksaw blade into a birthday cake? Smuggling contraband into prisons has gotten slightly more inventive and slightly less moral since the days of hiding weapons, drugs and pornography in baked goods; although there is still a healthy market in penal complexes for Pot Brownies and Polaroids of muffin tops concealed in muffin tops. No longer is Betty Crocker the subterfuge of choice for narcotics and other penitentiary currency, that slot is now occupied by the least likely of delivery methods: Babies.   Read More... Posted Jan 29 2008, 05:30 PM by makeitadouble with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, jail, drugs, smuggling, drug mule, prison

• Well, At Least Don't Get Coke Dust On the Baby

  Jezebel has been bringing us some of the burning parenting questions of the day, and today's is: When does a baby get too old to snort coke in front of it? The food for thought was inspired by a little tale from Page Six magazine told by a partyin', misbehavin', ad exec type. See, he and his buddy wanted to sneak off and do some lines, so they told their wives they would go pick up some Thai takeout. But uh oh! the wives insisted they take the babies with 'em, so off they went, one baby in a sling and another in a stroller, and as you can imagine, hilarity ensued.  Well, after I'd showered a dozen times to get the slime of these smarmy guys off me... Read More... Posted Dec 17 2007, 06:58 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: dads, bad parenting, drugs, jezebel, grow up, smarmy, coke, page six, illegal activities

• Teen Drug Use Declines; Sales of Pink Floyd Laserium Tickets Also Fall

  Kids these days. It turns out that teen drug use has taken a downward turn, and less and less kids are using marajuana and meth than in previous years. Since we know marajuana is also linked with being a well-adjusted, socially adept, upstanding young citizen, I think it is pretty clear this is a crisis of epic proportions. Makers of black light posters, Doritos, and the crystal meth snorting travel kit have expressed concern that this could spell trouble for their industries, and at least one meth lab has filed for bankruptcy. Officials are working on a public health campaign for high schools and malls, using the theme, "It's 4:20 All the Time" in an effort to raise awareness of the perils of pot smoking decline among kids.   Now, what drug hasn't declined in use among today's youth? Read More... Posted Dec 13 2007, 06:47 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: high school musical, teens, drugs, drug use, adolescence, pot smoking, social skills, oxycontin

• Is It Just Me Or Did That Junkie's Breath Smell Great?

  For years we’ve kept our extra Oregano and Tarragon fresh by sealing it in mini zip lock sandwich bags while our overflow coarse sea salt is put in a small glass container next to the salt grinder. If Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector William Blackburn ever finds out about our spice storage habits its likely that we too will accused of glorifying the drug trade. According to Philadelphia Police officials Ice Breakers Pacs, a new mint being sold by The Hershey Company, look striking similar to the heat-sealed bags used to package and distribute illegal drugs like crack, heroine and cocaine. The Ice Breakers are not actually powdered smack, but rather dissolvable pouches with a powdered sweetener inside bearing the Ice Breaker’s logo. Read More... Posted Dec 03 2007, 03:29 PM by makeitadouble with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: drugs, cocaine, Hershey, breath mints, children and drugs, Ice Breaker Pac

• Obama Did Drugs and He Turned Out Okay

  You know how we have been reporting that teens who smoke weed and screw young turn out better? Hey, here's our proof: Barack Obama was a goof-off in school, a pothead who drank and even (gasp!) did cocaine sometimes. And all he thought about was girls and sports. Now perhaps when you start ragging on your teen to stay straight and just say no to drugs, he or she will turn to you and say, "You don't get to be a presidential hopeful by doing homework. Duh."  Obama told a group of high schoolers... Read More... Posted Nov 20 2007, 06:40 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Sex, teens, high school, drugs, barack obama, bad behavior, goofing off, smoking pot