Tag: parents

A Southern Pastor: Life Is Hard

Dad had a stroke. He has had several heart attacks in the last five years, but never a stroke. There was a bleed on...

New Mexico Outlaws The Shaming Of Kids Who Can’t Afford Lunch...

New Mexico has passed a law outlawing the act of shaming children for not having enough money for lunch. One child in Alabama actually got...

Bullying Ruins Lives – Innovative New Program Aims To Change That...

Bullying - that nasty part of going to school that we all had to deal with. It seems to be getting worse with the popularity of...

Kansas School District Bans Safety Pins Over Non-Existent ‘Disruptions’ After Election...

After President-elect Donald Trump was announced the winner, many of us who are in minority groups were (and still are) afraid to voice their...

Hateful Mom Pens Open Letter To Pet Owners: Your Dog Is...

I'm a vehemently childfree woman. My doctors thought I was weird to get myself fixed, but I know I don't want children and I...

Unfortunately, Christians Are Still Obsessed About Which Bathrooms Transgender People Use...

Earlier this year, the internet was buzzing with news of North Carolina's ridiculous HB-2 law. It requires transgendered people to use the bathroom the...
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Debtors’ Prison For KIDS? Inability To Pay Juvenile Court Costs Leads...

A new report issued by the Juvenile Law Center details how poor and minority children face harsher penalties when they, or their families, cannot...
Khizr and Ghazala Khan on MSNBC (screenshot courtesy MSNBC via Business Insider)

Muslim American War Hero’s Parents To GOP: Dump The Donald (WITH...

By far, the most moving moment of the Democratic National Convention came when the parents of Captain Humayun Khan, a Muslim-American war hero who...

Exposing The Hurt Caused By Verbal Abuse (VIDEO)

When you hear the term abuse, you probably think of violence. However, there are many ways people abuse each other. You may only think...
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STUDY: Educated Women Want Less Children

Deciding whether or not to have children is a very important decision in a woman's life. Either way, you will be judged for it....

Judge Will Uphold Suspension Of Boy With Pastry Gun

In 2013, a 7-year-old boy was suspended for chewing a pastry into the shape of a gun, then pointing it at someone. The child...

11 Strange Facts About The Duggar Family And Their Parenting (VIDEO)

We've seen the Duggar family in the spotlight for years because of their TLC show, 19 Kids And Counting (or however many kids they're up...
toddlers

‘Sick, Disturbing, Horrific Crime’: Toddlers Found Tied Up, Chained In Texas

In a shocking case of alleged child abuse, one toddler has been found tied to a door with a dog leash, and another chained...

Scammers Using Parents’ Worst Nightmare Against Them

Imagine picking up the phone and hearing your child scream for help. They tell you they've been kidnapped and they don't know where they...
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Schools Monitoring Students’ Social Media? Where Does It End?

Public schools are beginning to monitor the social media accounts of their students. The schools are arguing that it is to prevent bomb threats...
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Detroit Parents And Students Voice Solidarity To DPS Sick-Outs While State...

As legislation in Michigan attempting to criminalize teacher sick-outs creeps ever closer to passing in response to the direct action taken up by Detroit...

Detroit Teachers Deserve Respect

As a proud graduate of Detroit Public Schools, I take the recent sick outs personally. I stand with Detroit teachers in fighting against work...

Homophobic Judge Disqualified After Taking Baby From Lesbian Couple

A homophobic judge who recently ruled a lesbian couple unfit to care for the baby they have been fostering simply because they are a...

After Their Six-Year-Old Son’s Death, Parents Find Surprise Note (IMAGE)

Little Leland Shoemake, from Atlanta, GA, passed away on September 25 after fighting a rare infection called Balamuthia mandrillaris for a month. But after...

Controversial Costuming Choice On New Star Wars Toy Causes Parents Concern

Earlier this week, a news segment shed light on controversy surrounding a?Star Wars action figure. During a trip down the toy aisle with his...