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Britney Spears expresses her desire to have a girl, plans for sons’ future in showbiz
Britney Spears expresses her desire to have a girl, plans for sons’ future in showbiz

Britney Spears may be in a somewhat new relationship with boyfriend David Lucado, but she’s already got babies on the brain — a daughter, specifically. Read what the pop star had to say about that as well as her possible showbiz plans for her boys as well as her excitement for her upcoming Las Vegas headlining show.


Jaden Smith wants emancipation while Willow Smith prepares for a comeback
Jaden Smith wants emancipation while Willow Smith prepares for a comeback

It seems like kids are growing up faster these days. For Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s two children it’s like they’re in overdrive. Read on for 14-year-old Jaden’s wish for legal emancipation and 12-year-old Willow’s plans at a comeback plus Will Smith’s interesting comments on he and Jada’s hands off approach to parenting.


Pete Wentz opens up about his post-fatherhood relapse and Ashlee Simpson split
Pete Wentz opens up about his post-fatherhood relapse and Ashlee Simpson split

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz comes clean about getting clean. The 33-year-old rocker and father of one reveals that his addiction to pills took hold of his life beginning in 2009, after his band took a hiatus from performing. Then, following his 2011 split from wife Ashlee Simpson, things got even worse — including paranoia to the point he had his house searched for listening devices.


The Little Couple’s Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold adopted a second child with dwarfism
The Little Couple’s Bill Klein and Dr. Jennifer Arnold adopted a second child with dwarfism

Dr. Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein of TLC’s The Little Couple adopted their first child Will from China earlier this year, and they’re already expanding their family!


VIDEO Shanna Moakler thinks breastfeeding is “incestual and gross”
VIDEO Shanna Moakler thinks breastfeeding is “incestual and gross”

Former Miss USA Shanna Moakler is catching a bit of heat online after a video surfaced of her offering up her thoughts on breastfeeding, which included calling it gross and “incestual.” The 38-year-old mother of three later defended her statements on Twitter.


REPORT Mothers of three report highest stress levels
REPORT Mothers of three report highest stress levels

Is there a reason humans only have two hands? In the words of one mom, maybe that’s a sign to close up the baby factory after two kids. “Going from one to two was an easy, breezy transition,” said Jill Smokler, a Baltimore mother of three, told Today Moms. “Two to three, everything was turned upside [...]


Teen mom yearbook photo with baby banned
Teen mom yearbook photo with baby banned

Administrators at a North Carolina high school have removed a graduating senior’s portrait because the photo shows the student posing with her newborn baby. 17-year-old Caitlin Tiller is a student of Randolph County’s Wheatmore High School in Trinity, North Carolina. Tiller gave birth to her son Leelin in April of last year. Over the summer, senior portraits were taken and the students were encouraged to bring along a prop to pose with that would represent them or their achievements in some way. For Caitlin, she could think of nothing more appropriate than her son. See the full image via Caitlin’s Facebook page and find out the reason given by the school for excluding it.


Ireland Baldwin wants the world to forgive her dad, stop making mean comments about her appearance
Ireland Baldwin wants the world to forgive her dad, stop making mean comments about her appearance

t seems no one in the public can forget the leaked tapes of Alec Baldwin calling his then-11-year-old daughter Ireland a “nasty little pig,” and other hateful things. There’s a good reason for that: it was verbal abuse, and a very difficult thing to hear. But Ireland, who is now 17 and seems to have a wonderful relationship with her dad, wants to stop hearing about it. She took to tumblr to make a plea:


Why Will Smith doesn’t “punish” his kids
Why Will Smith doesn’t “punish” his kids

Raising children can be a fearsome task, and every parent has their own philosophy about how to go about it the right way. Actor Will Smith recently revealed his views on parenting children involves letting them be as autonomous as possible as soon as possible, and avoiding “punishing” them because of the negatively involed.

What do you think of Will’s parenting style?


Why are Michael Jackson’s children Prince and Paris estranged from their mother?
Why are Michael Jackson’s children Prince and Paris estranged from their mother?

In the time since Michael Jackson died, custody disputes have regularly popped up among the family members. However, placing the children under their mother’s guardianship was never really a consideration. The reason why — as was the case with many things in Michael’s life — is pretty interesting.


 

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