parenting

Is waiting to have kids after age 40 the better way to parent? According to Halle Berry, yes.

A mom in Texas got mad at her teenage son for taking the brand new BMW for a drive. So she drove around with her daughter trying to find him, got him to pull over, opened his door, and started beating him with a belt on the side of the road.

We're finding out that our five-year-old daughter is a dirty lil thief... or at least that is the phase she is in. How did you fix the issue/phase of your child stealing things?

My son Logan was pretty independent as a child, and his mother and I started leaving him home alone when he was 8. It never occurred to us that we could possibly be breaking Washington state law.

My little Shaylee informed me that she needed to do an interview for a school project. I asked, "who?" She said, "You, mom."
She pulled out her paper with the questions printed on it. She had already filled out the top two questions.

What parent hasn't been there? Waiting up half the night, anxiously wondering where their teenager is and why she hasn't called. Praying she's OK ... but ready to wring her neck the minute she slinks in the back door.
You probably stayed out late a time or two yourself, right? Did you have a curfew? …

It's one of the most painful moments a parent has to endure -- comforting a child who's just been bullied for the first time.
Whether you're a mom or a dad, you ache for your youngster. And then, you're apt to use it as a teaching moment.
But to teach what? How to make peace with your playmates? Or pe…

A Cumberland County Tennessee man was arrested for disorderly conduct when trying to simply pick his children up from their school.

It's almost that time of the year. Well, sure, it's the time of jolliness and being festive. Me? I look at it as the time of year I can tell my kids that Santa is watching to straighten them out. Fortunately, there's now an app where you can "scan" your child to see …

You think your dad embarrasses you in public? Wait'll you see this guy.

We've seen parents use unique methods to punish kids in the past -- through Facebook and by making them carry signs on busy streets, for example. But a Utah woman punished her stepdaughter in the most creative way yet by forcing her to wear ill-fitting thrift store clothing for being a bully.

I was walking through Walmart the other day and saw Mother with 3 kids... and one of the kids was on a leash.  The leash was attached to a harness that the child was wearing.  Now I'm a new Dad, so something like this might be normal?  It just struck me as odd I'm assuming b…