Parenting News 26
Mom heckles comedian over parenting jokes and doesn’t stand a chance against him
When you go to a comedy show it’s highly likely something is going to offend you. Most people will either laugh at themselves or let it go and enjoy the rest of the show. One mom just couldn’t stop herself when Steve Hoffstetter made jokes about parents thinking their kids are special.… Keep Reading!!!
Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau speaks publically about extended breastfeeding
In a recently recorded interview with Katie Couric, Canada’s “first lady”, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, speaks candidly about a variety of issues. Near the end of the interview, Katie mentions Sophie’s recent interview in Chatelaine, which seems to have gone mostly unnoticed. In this interview, Sophie mentions that she is currently nursing her two-year-old son Hadrien.… Keep Reading!!!
Toddler calls 911 for fashion emergency
Aliyah Ryan of South Carolina had a very serious emergency. She needed help putting her pants on. So she picked up the phone and called 911.
Confused by the toddler’s needs, the dispatcher followed procedure and sent a Deputy out to the location.… Keep Reading!!!
Parents plant drugs on PTA president after a misunderstanding
When someone makes a comment about your child you don’t like what’s the logical thing to do? Confront them? Let it go? Vent to friends? For a Southern California couple the answer was to plant drugs in her car.
Yes, you read that right. Kent and Jill Easter were unhappy with the PTA President of their son’s school so they set her up.
The tale begins way back in the year 2010, Jill was waiting for her 7-year-old son … Keep Reading!!!
Mother fights to have her son’s headstone returned after it was removed from his grave
A grieving mother in Worcestershire, U.K is now in a fight with the town to get her son’s headstone put back after it was removed because another family complained.
Jo Corbett-Weeks lost her 4-year-old son, Max Corbett-Gardener, when he died from complications of his epilepsy. To honor him, in the way she felt he deserved, she spent 3 years saving up for Max’s headstone. She saved $4,580 for a custom designed star-shaped stone with a teddy bear and a … Keep Reading!!!
Eight-year-old boy learns the art of ‘drag’ makeup and kills it!
When Season Wilwert’s eight-year-old-son, Ethan, said he wanted to become a professional makeup artist she immediately took him for a lesson with MAC cosmetics make-up artist Joey Killmeyer.
Ethan told Joey that he wanted to learn to do drag make-up like Jeffree Star and Joey gave him just that.
Joey did one side of Ethan’s face and had Ethan do the other. I’m not even sure who did what side. Ethan is clearly a natural talent and got a lot … Keep Reading!!!
Professor helps single mother and ROTC student finish her exam by babysitting her children
Anyone who has tried to balance parenting and being a student can tell you how hard it is. Figuring out childcare, finding time to study, time to be a present parent – it’s a lot of work. The stress of a babysitter canceling right before a big exam is one of the worst case scenarios. This is exactly what happened to Monica Romero, earlier this month.
Monica is an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) student at the University … Keep Reading!!!
Eleven-year-old girl assists mom in her baby sister’s surprise delivery
Eleven-year-old Catilin Burke found herself acting as midwife for her baby sister’s birth, earlier this month. Her mother’s labor started as she was getting ready for school. Caitlin called an ambulance for her mom, Tara Knightley, but her little sister was in a hurry to meet her.
With some guidance, Caitlin caught Elsa-Monet, at 7:17am, as she entered the world. Caitlin then unraveled her sister from the cord, which she was wrapped in, and handed Elsa-Monet to her mother. … Keep Reading!!!
Jill Duggar’s husband upsets parents with new Instagram photo
Derek Dillard, Jill Dillard’s (nee Duggar) husband, posted a cute photo of himself and son Israel to his Instagram account, this weekend. The accompanying caption read “Babysitting this guy this morning”. Comments immediately began pouring in upset over the caption.
Most of the comments took umbrage with the use of the term “babysitting” by a father referring to his own son. On the other side of the fence were people complaining that it’s all semantics and the word doesn’t matter.… Keep Reading!!!
Girl Guides of Canada updates guidelines to include transgender girls
Girl Guides of Canada made a landmark announcement this week. In a move that continues their long-held tradition of inclusivity and diversity, they are welcoming transgender girls with open arms! This includes girls from age 5, at the Sparks level, right through to adult volunteer Unit Guiders. Along with the announcement came the release of their Guidelines for the Inclusion of Transgender Members.
The new resource guide is intended to help Unit Guiders understand the needs of transgender children so … Keep Reading!!!
Regional health unit offers breastfeeding toolkit to local businesses
A health unit in the Grey Bruce Region of Ontario, Canada has put together a Breastfeeding Friendly business toolkit. This kit is designed to help businesses and organizations with strategies and resources to support their customers as well as their employees. This is great timing as just this summer a local restaurant asked a nursing mom, who was waiting on a friend, to leave their premises, in direct defiance of Ontario’s Human Rights Code.
Dr. Hazel Lynn, Grey … Keep Reading!!!
Macklemore shares a precious photo napping with his daughter
It doesn’t matter how famous you are, you can’t escape the exhaustion of parenting. This week, Macklemore posted this photo of him napping with his 4-month-old daughter, Sloane Ava Simone. It has caused a stir on his Instagram account as the co-sleeping debate rages, but none-the-less the rapper gushes about fatherhood stating “There is nothing better”.
You can’t blame the man, look at that face! She is one of the cutest celebrity babies I’ve ever seen. Absolutely beautiful.
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