Parenting

Lots of adults remember receiving an allowance when they were growing up — but chances are good it wasn’t what today’s kids get. A new poll reveals modern children pocket almost $800 a year from their parents.

You might think in today’s world of soft disciplinary parenting most moms and dads aren’t beating their little diaper terrorists as a means of making them obey, but a new study finds that they actually are — just not when they think someone “important” is looking.

Parents in the Northeast are paying the highest rates for baby-sitters in the country, ranging anywhere from 12 to 20 dollars an hour with an average of $15.50.

The federal government announced Tuesday that baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA.

Children as young as seven are cutting themselves to deal with pain. That's according to a new study of nearly 700 children which finds that nine percent of girls and almost seven percent of boys surveyed have engaged in self-injurious behaviors like cutting, banging their heads or hitting themselves.

If you’re a parent, would you friend your children on Facebook? If your parents sent your a friend request, would you accept them?  Before you answer think of the ramifications.

How old do your kids have to be before you start letting them out of your sight these days? I was allowed to roam the streets near my house in Staten Island when I was about 8 years old. I wasn't allowed to walk home from school without a friend, however, until I was in sixth grade...

A 15 year old vents her frustration about her parents on YouTube. What she fails to remember is that her father works in IT and 'private' does not mean 'private'.

Dennis and Judi were talking about a 36-year-old sperm donor who happens to also be a virgin. Trent Arsenault, a computer security specialist in California, has fathered 14 children and was described by Dennis and Judi as "pasty". Check out maybe the most controversial father in America below.

A former school administrator takes a swing at what she considers the biggest problem in education.  Namely, parents.