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In my single-handed attempt to take down MTV's "My Super Sweet 16" and expose it as the most deleterious piece of shit on television, I'm glad to find this report from Portfolio Magazine exposing one of the disgustingly munificent fathers as a total fraud.  According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary M. ...

It's a well-established trend that many celebrities like to honor their children by getting special tattoos on their bodies.  Angelina Jolie's tattoos are the geographical map coordinates accurately detailing the countries of birth of each member of her “rainbow family”.  Soccer star David Beckham has the words has his sons' ...

More than 21 million toys have been recalled as a result of slipshod - and illegal - Chinese manufacturing practices and poor U.S. oversight. Last week, Mattel CEO Robert Eckert pledged to tamp down and begin safety testing with independent laboratories. All well and good. But what's the point? Anyone with toddlers or three year olds can ...

From the NY Times' Modern Love section comes a very well-written and interesting essay by author Maria Dahvana Headley on the travails of becoming a stepmother.  Living in New York City, she had started dating a man who was based in Seattle and had two children from a previous marriage.  At first, her sporadic visits to Seattle were ...

From the NY Times comes a fascinating story about how artwork done by child survivors of Katrina shows that the trauma of the hurricane has influenced thoughts of home and safety.  Countless articles and at least five major studies have focused on the lasting trauma experienced by Hurricane Katrina survivors, warning of anxiety, difficulty in ...

My Kid Could Paint That is a documentary about a 4-year-old girl whose abstract paintings fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars. She was a darling of the media, a target of art critics, and an alleged victim of manipulative parents.  In the span of only a few months, 4-year-old Marla Olmstead rocketed from total obscurity into ...

Hipster parents always seem to take a lot of heat when they dress their kids in Ramones onesies or Che Guevera t-shirts. Personally, I kind of laugh it off.  Who really gives a shit how other people dress their kids? Do you?  Anyway, I was thinking about that recently when a friend of mine sent me this awesome video of two little kids ...

From Telegraph comes an interesting article with details from a study about the "Superwoman Syndrome."   That's when teenage girls try so hard to be perfect that they damage their physical and mental health, with many of them suffering from eating disorders as a result. The study found that girls as young as 13 are under ...

As anyone who lives in New York City knows, getting one's child into a "good" kindergarten can be a ruthless death sport. Parents often jump through hoops, hire private consultants, and interview at dozens of schools.  As for the kids? They have to take IQ tests, be observed in a small group situations, and be interviewed ...

As numerous studies have demonstrated, childhood obesity is a huge problem in this country. In fact, the statistics are damn frightening. According to the National Institute of Health, the prevalence of obesity in American children ages 6 to 19 had reached 20 percent. That's one in every five children! According to retail experts, apparel ...