parenting issues

I noticed a strong tendency of people stating that it would be a bad idea to have children in this age. This confuses me since nowadays, a large chunk of the human population has a higher quality of life than previous generations, including life expectancy, access to education, nutrition and...

I gather that a lot of places around the world have a far less relaxed attitude to their children's freedom than we do in NZ & Australia and I'd like to get some info from parents here. Our youngest is 10, and has had the same rules as his older siblings: from age 8 he's been allowed to go out...

Hi all, what do you think? Both positive and negative feedback are welcome (but as always...keep it classy...) General argument what more can you tell to your child in life, than have fun and be careful? What is my reasoning for saying this? Because if you tell your child to do something else...

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/how-a-seemingly-respectable-couple-starved-their-toddler-on-a-vegan-diet-that-left-her-weighing-less-than-5kg-when-she-was-19-months-old-and-why-no-one-spotted-the-shocking-neglect/ar-AABcQG3 This is one of those cases where I hope the accused get the...

A less contentious controversy, but still an important issue, how do we encourage healthy eating, without alienating people... https://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/a/34344998/food-police-shame-pre-schooler-for-snacking-on-piece-of-chocolate-cake/#page1

This is a little disturbing for a lot of reasons: https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/32976614/makes-her-happy-son-removed-from-care-after-mother-forced-him-to-identify-as-girl/#page1 Much is often made about alt-med believing parents treating their children with quackery and the harm that...

source For: Against: It seems reasonable to me. If responsible gun owners are being responsible with their guns, this should have zero impact on them. If it makes less-than-responsible gun owners act a little more responsible, mission accomplished. On the few occasions where my 5 year old...

Here's a response to cyber-bullying I hadn't seen before. A mother apparently caught her daughter engaging in cyber-bullying and as punishment took a photograph of her holding a sign that reads: She then posted the photograph to Facebook, and shortly thereafter someone posted it on Reddit and...

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/nils-pickert-german-dad_n_1840290.html

Should the state have any say in what parents name their children? New Zealand apparently does:

Here is the article: http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Man-arrested-for-punching-son-at-youth-basketbal?urn=highschool-wp9968 I have always felt that the overexuberance of parents vicariously seeking glory through their children is the worst thing about youth sports. It...

Theres a little video clip of an 8 year old kid whispering to Michele Bachmann 'My mommy is gay but she doesn't need fixing' and MB looking a bit like a deer stuck in the headlights. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/michele-bachmann-vs-8-old-192125455.html Now - I don't care for MB at all...

My first poll on the forum! Although I don't have children, I've been thinking about the Santa Claus issue for years and find myself wondering whether self-identified skeptics who celebrate Christmas teach their kids to believe in him or not. If you do, do you find that inconsistent with...

So basically once I had an argument with my father. See, my father is an intelligent and sensible person but deep down he has some rooted conservative values. He believes marriage should be between a man and a woman. We were having the typical argument about homosexuality being a choice. It went...

This has come to my attention just today, and I didn't see a thread about it, so I started one around this pretty disturbing youtube video of a judge beating his daughter for downloading illegal software/music to the home computer after being told not to. Apparently the video was uploaded...

A Brownstown Township man is facing child endangerment charges for allegedly letting his 9-year-old daughter play chauffeur after he’d apparently been drinking. OK, granted it's a bad idea, but the father is now facing up to 20 years in prison. Apparently the kid, the 911 caller, the cops and...

I can hardly believe what I just read. I'm fairly liberal, but unless the reporter is lying by omission or something, this is just ridiculous judicial overeach. Texas Mom Gets Probation, Loses Kids, for Spanking her Daughter Congratulations Grandma! I mean, red marks on the butt? This is...

Is it wrong? Think about it, not more then 200+ years ago, it was natural for a 12/13 year old girl to have an arranged marrage, 400+ years ago, most girls were moms around the age of 15. They all seemed to turn out fine for the most part, seeing if the country they were in wasnt in an economic...

I was just reading this on the net - what do you think? http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/04/why-having-kids-is-foolish/?xid=yahoo-feat As a new parent myself, I admit I am a bit biased in favor of having kids. I do acknowledge the validity of their stand that kids are expensive - in time...

Ok there were pictures of under 8 children and the question was asked. Is it abuse or dicipline to put hot sauce on a childs tongue when he or she misbehaves. Ok is this mere diciplining or abuse?

"woman, charged over the death of her one-year-old son who drowned while she was preoccupied by Facebook" I get tired of seeing tons of kids running around without adult supervision. You don't wanna have kids get fixed or something. They need to create a law to protect the children. Something...

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior By AMY CHUA I'm speechless. :eye-poppi There's also an online poll: No "planet X" option I'm afraid.

Now faces child abuse charges .. Ugly Video of Teen Girl Fight; One's Mom Nabbed

My next door neighbor and friend has a 7 year old daughter with dicipline problems. She hits other children for no apparent reason. Other children won't play with her and shes not popular at school for obvious reasons. Yesterday she hit her younger brother in front of her father. He beat...

A family who has given all their kids names related to Nazis has had their kids removed. (Although admittedly, the government hasn't said exactly why they were removed, nor whether the parents actually were racists, etc....) http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/01/14/8020031-ap.html ...state...

They are so ignorant that they don't understand what kind of vegan food you have to eat to get adequate nutrition. Reminds me of that father that only allowed his wife to nurse his 8 month old, requiring her to only drink soy milk. The baby died as they prayed over him...

Hi, I work in 'Social' Housing and study the subject at the same time. In the UK one of the current buzz-words is Social-Exclusion. This term basically refers to disadvantage based upon many different environmental factors, housing, education and health being some. One factor brought up when...

From here, free registraton required. Despicable. Though she was 18, she was mentally disabled. The mom and step-dad could be fed to starving crocodiles and it wouldn't be enough punishment.