Samuel Forrest says his wife Ruzan Badalyn gave him an ultimatum after she delivered their son Leo on Jan. 21: either he kept their child, or she would leave him. “I looked at this guy and I said, he’s beautiful – he’s perfect and I’m absolutely keeping him,” Forrest said. His wife then made good…
Not only is the Feb. 17 premiere of 19 Kids and Counting‘s ninth season right around the corner, but so is the arrival of Jill and Derick Dillard’s first child in March. A new sneak peek for the season originally shared on People shows how the pair is preparing for parenthood… And they both admit…
After more than a year together, Charlize Theron and Sean Penn recently sparked engagement rumors when she was seen out with a ring on that finger. Although there hasn’t been any confirmation about their relationship status, multiple sources say the pair is taking a big step in their relationship — by having Sean adopt Charlize’s…
A Florida father wanted to punish his 12-year-old daughter by paddling her. To avoid being accused of breaking any laws he contacted the local police to come supervise. According to WPBF, the daughter got into a heated argument with her sister on Monday. The father wished to discipline her with a spanking and contacted the…
Drew Barrymore says her life with husband Will Kopelman and two daughters Frankie (8 months) and Olive (20 is “the driving force behind how I live my life.” Family life is coming in top with how the actress prioritizes her time, with her acting, beauty line, and, especially, her weight loss coming in behind.
Leah Calvert and Corey Simms struck a deal at a custody hearing this week. Although Corey didn’t get the full custody he requested, Leah reportedly isn’t happy with the new arrangement…
When Kai Bogert told his parents he wanted to live as a man, they showed their support in one of the sweetest ways imaginable.
A Michigan father is facing the possibility of losing joint custody of his 4-year-old son after he forced the child to hold an ” 🙁 I Hit Little Girls ” sign on the side of a busy road. Get the dad’s take on his decision including having no regrets and then get the mom’s reaction to what she felt was an unnecessarily degrading situation.
A heated debate has erupted on Facebook after a Virginia mom was asked to leave a Virginia bar when patrons complained that she was drinking while breastfeeding. Get the mom’s, who says she is a degreed chemist, take on what happened and read the establishment’s response defending their decision.
When Nick Olivas was in high school, he fathered a child at the age of 14 with a woman who was 20-years-old. He didn’t find out that he was a dad until years later, when he was served papers demanding that he pay child support. Nick’s story is an interesting study in state laws and parenting rights.
Tonight on the Keeping Up With The Kardashians wedding special, Kim’s wedding wasn’t the only focus of the show. Kourtney confided to her partner Scott Disick that she was pregnant, and had known about it for several weeks without telling him. He didn’t react with joy, or even with mixed emotions, he was completely upset and overwhelmed by the news. Scott has been going through a really rough time since he lost both his parents within months of each other.
When KIRO out of Seattle did a news report about an SUV that was stolen with a 10-month-old baby inside that included video of the abduction, it became clear that the bigger story to most viewers was the father’s decision to leave the child in the car and his seeming lack of action when he realized what was happening. See the clip and then get the dad’s reaction to all the negative feedback that he’s received since the incident.
A couple who is currently carrying for the husband’s special needs sister is suing a doctor for not catching their daughter’s genetic condition. If the parents had known, they would have aborted the baby.
Actor Dean Cain has been raising his now 14-year-old son Christopher alone since 2011, after a long and difficult custody battle with his ex, Playboy playmate Samantha Torres.
The surrogate hired by ex-View panelist Sherri Shepherd and her estranged husband reportedly gave birth this week — with just one of the former spouses present.
Although other celebrities moms have posed with their baby bumps, Olivia Wilde may very well be the first to pose for a major magazine while breastfeeding her newborn. See what she said about posing for the pictures…
An Australian couple had twins via a Thai surrogate, took the healthy baby home and abandoned the twin born with Down’s syndrome. The surrogate, a married mom of two, is now caring for the baby boy, who also has a heart condition.
An Austin man filled in for his pregnant wife in a maternity photoshoot. The results were both bizarre and awesome.
Jenny McCarthy recently shared an anecdote about how her son Evan called the cops on her for texting while driving. Her reaction may not be the best example of quality parenting.
When a Virginia girl asked her dad whether she could actually be a princess, he took her seriously and is now making that wish come true. Find out more about Jeremiah Heaton’s interesting quest and whether his newly proclaimed Kingdom of North Sudan is legitimate…
Melissa McCarthy and her director/writer husband Ben Falcone are attempting to take over July 4th weekend with the help of Susan Sarandon with their road trip comedy Tammy. Ben worked with Melissa before in her breakout role in Bridesmaids. Does the couple like working together? How did they meet?
A Philadelphia area woman is being called a “miracle mom” after a terrifying event led to her giving birth while having open heart surgery. Read on for the incredible account of that fateful day that found a first-time father holding his newborn baby girl while his wife lay on an operating table fighting for her life in what the surgeon called his most complicated case in his 30 years.
Yesterday while nearly one million people were changing their Facebook profile pics to photos of their dads and sharing warm and sentimental stories, they got their heartstrings pulled even more by a post seemingly by Ryan Gosling. It told a heart wrenching tale about Ryan’s secret one-year adoption of a baby boy.
Apparently a small group of people care so passionately about what they think Beyonce and Jay-Z should do with 2-year-old daughter Blue Ivy’s hair that they’ve signed a Change.org petition about it.
A Maryland father struck a high school teacher with a baseball bat after he and his wife discovered several inappropriate texts between the educator and their 15-year-old daughter. Police determined no crime had been committed but then the 42-year-old male teacher showed up at their house…
Something old, something borrowed, something blue… What am I forgetting here? Oh yeah, something new – like, say a one-month old baby!?! A Tennessee mom and new bride has found herself defending the decision to secure her newborn baby girl Aubrey to the train of her wedding dress after a photo of the creation that she shared quickly went viral.
When Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman divorced in 2001, the two children they adopted — Connor and Isabella Cruise — opted to live with their father full-time in California. In the time since, Nicole’s rarely spoken of her relationship with the children. So, does she keep in touch with Connor and Bella?
Indirectly opposing Gwyneth Paltrow’s views on the struggles of parenting for actresses, Angelina Jolie said women in their position really shouldn’t complain. She added, “I’m not a single mom with two jobs trying to get by every day.”
Gwyneth Paltrow got herself in some hot water in March for saying her job is more challenging than “routine” careers. After taking some time to compose her thoughts, Gwyneth attempted to clarify the statements… But did she just dig a deeper hole?
This has to be one of the most incredible videos of a parent discovering his/her superpower for the sake of saving a child. Watch as a dad turns on his nitro-powered turbo-jets to save his daughter from the path of a careening toy car…
Alicia Silverstone’s new book The Kind Mama chronicles a myriad of the Clueless star’s parenting methods. The actress made headlines in 2012 when she shared a video of herself pre-chewing her son’s food and spitting it into his mouth, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that a book featuring her own brand of life tips in relation to having and caring for a baby might be a little, shall we say, unconventional. Get her thoughts on vaccinations, the ills of tampons, why you shouldn’t be trying to have a baby and the value of elimination communication.
See the viral photo of a dad recreating his son’s Facebook profile photo selfie as well as what he had to say about his spot-on spoof.
Peaches Geldof passed away suddenly at the age of 25 this week, leaving behind two small boys. The hipster icon had made a name for herself both as a wild child, and a style-setting writer before becoming a mother at 23 with second husband Tom Cohen. Her last bit of writing was a moving piece for a British parenting magazine called Mother & Baby.
Kristin Cavallari revealed this week that she didn’t vaccinate her young son because she believes it leads to autism. She cited an anti-vaccine group that doesn’t have any cases of autism. But, as host Lisa Kennedy pointed out, science seems to side with pro-vaccine groups…
Arkansas Circuit Judge Mike Maggio admitted to leaking news Charlize Theron was adopting a son in 2012. The judge also made racist, sexist and otherwise inappropriate comments on an online forum under a thinly veiled username.
How the tables have turned! Formerly popular actor Eddie Cibrian is reportedly requesting child support from his reality star ex-wife, Brandi Glanville. And per usual, Brandi’s now hiding her feelings on the matter…
Kail Lowry has fired back at critics of candid breastfeeding photos that the Teen Mom 2 cast member shared via Instagram. See one of the pics that ignited the criticism, Kailyn’s reactions via Twitter that included an incriminating retweet of other Teen Mom cast members and let us know if you have a problem with Lowry sharing the pics via a public forum.
A British mom insists she didn’t try to skew the 1-in-133,225 odds of having a “quadruple birthday” for her four children. In fact, her children’s due dates ranged from late December to mid-February.
Bestselling author Snooki just came out with her fourth, most honest book yet. In Baby Bumps, the former Jersey Shore star talks about the criticism she received during her pregnancy, her steep learning curve and how she’s handling motherhood these days.
Supermodel and wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, was photographed in Costa Rica yesterday taking her 1-year-old daughter Vivian for an ATV ride sans a helmet. See the pic and let us know if you think the mom made a bad decision.
Kristen Bell certainly caught the audience’s attention during Monday’s Chelsea Lately. During the show, the actress spoke bluntly about a rather taboo topic: Her baby daughter’s future sex life.
More than two decades after she was successfully emancipated from her parents, Drew Barrymore reflects on the still-toxic nature of her relationship with mom Jaid Barrymore…
16-year-old Ethan Couch was sentenced to probation by a Texas judge after he killed four pedestrians, including a youth pastor and father of 3 who was helping a motorist with a flat tire, during a DWI. The defense argued that the young man suffered from “affluenza” — translated — he was spoiled by his wealthy parents beyond the point of understanding the ramifications of his actions. The prosecution was looking for a 20-year prison sentence after alleging he was belligerent at the scene, even stating “I’m outta here” at one point as he walked away from emergency responders. Find out what happened, how the judge defended her decision and what the husband and father who lost his wife and daughter in the carnage had to say about his opinion on the effect of financial influence in the verdict.
Oprah seems like the kind of inspiring, wise mother any kid would be lucky to have… But she doesn’t see it that way. In a new interview, the legendary talk show host said she is at peace with never having children.
Over half of parents surveyed in a recent poll said they regularly read their children’s social media interactions including Facebook messages, private emails and texts. Find out what else the survey discovered and let us know if you think parents who keep tabs on their kid’s gadgets and so on are crossing a line.
After serving as the guardian of Brooke Mueller and Charlie Sheen’s twin sons for more than one year, Denise Richards has reportedly said she can’t care for the children any longer because they are so violent and out of control.
Charlie Sheen went back to his old ways by posting a rambling rant against his ex-wife and child protection services. The actor also threw some big accusations at Brooke Mueller, claiming she puts their twin sons in danger.
This is one dad who knows how to do Halloween right! Reddit user SpamDog_of_War shared shared a series of pictures of his growing family dressing up for creative Halloween pictures.
California mother-of-three, Maria Kang, has received a mountain of criticism after a photo she posted on Facebook went viral that shows her very fit physique along with her three young children and the tag “What’s your excuse?” Get her #SorryNotSorry response to a cavalcade of critics accusing her of fat shaming as well as her reply to supporters.
After months in an adoption gridlock, Bill Klein and Jennifer Arnold from TLC’s The Little Couple were able to finalize the adoption of daughter Zoey. The family — including big brother Will — is in India to pick up Zoey.
Today’s edition of “Reflections with Farrah” comes courtesy of the new issue of InTouch which features the 22-year-old single mom’s thoughts on balancing her busy career and parenting her four-year-old daughter Sophia. Or not.
Although they are both single mothers, Jennifer Lopez admitted her parenting experience has been much different than that of her sister, Lynda Lopez. Find out more about Lynda’s path as a single mother and how Jennifer said she tries to help.
As the father of a rambunctious 5-year-old kindergartener, I often call on my daughter to keep me tuned in with the latest and greatest in kid’s TV. Admittedly, this sometimes means hours of poorly animated Barbie movies, but sometimes there’s an absolute pop-culture jackpot. Unbeknownst to me, there was an animated treasure lurking among the world of Disney Junior in 2 minute animated shorts called Big Block Singsongs. Check out these wonderful musical videos as I present to you my kid and I’s top 5 favorite (so far).
Check out this Australian mom’s vengeful eBay listing of her teen daughter’s One Direction tickets that includes calling her daughter and her friends “trollops” for lying about sleepovers so they could be with older boys as well as such brutal declarations as: “I find it HIGHLY amusing that you girls think you invented this stuff. Tricks like this on OUR parents is how HALF of you were conceived …..And why a lot of your friends DONT have an address to send that Fathers day card to!!!” (And did I mention the current bid on the four tickets is now over $22,000?)
Meth is a crazy drug, kids. Washington state resident Jonathan Harty, 31, was in tears Friday in court as he faced sentencing for crashing his car high on meth while his two young daughters (4 and 6) were in the back seat.
On Katie this week Lil Wayne, an honor roll student AND high school dropout, gave an order to his fans, AND his children to finish school, even though he doesn’t regret dropping out himself. “I mean, kids, please finish high school. And all my kids, you are finishing high school!” he admonished.
Most kids don’t end up with a lucrative recording contract. It occasionally makes sense for children to drop out of school, but only like 0.000000001% of a time. Wayne revealed that it was his mother who actually suggested that he quit school and get his GED after she found out he was carrying a gun in his backpack for protection.
But back to the kids comment. Just how many children does Lil Wayne have, and who are the babies’ mothers?
Reuters and NBC News are investigating a disturbing trend: American parents search online for new parents for the children they adopted from other countries. When some parents clash with the new child from another culture they’ve brought to live with them, they put up “advertisements” for the children online for prospective parents to take them off their hands. Often the ads are brutally honest, describing the worst attributes of the children, or saying that they “hate” them. As it turns out, the type of people looking to take in unwanted children in an unvetted process outside the regulated system, usually don’t have the children’s best interests at heart. But as long as the right document is drawn up and signed, it’s legal, and not considered child trafficking because no money is exchanged.
For a while it seemed like Simon Cowell was distancing himself from Lauren Silverman, his friend’s wife who is carrying his child, but now he is going public with her as his girlfriend and embracing his new role as a father.
Catelynn and Tyler may be fresh off their teen years, but they are already raising a teen of their own! The mature couple assumed guardianship of their younger sister earlier this month. Pretty impressive!
Kelly Clarkson must have gotten some tips from Cinderella about what not to do! The singer, who will become a step-mother to two in October, said she really digs the mom thing.
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