Parenting

The Social Security Administration has come out with its annual list of the most popular baby names, and for the 13th straight year Jacob was the number one name for a boy. This is part of a broader trend toward names from the Old Testament (or possibly 'Twilight'), with Noah snagging the fifth spot and Elijah and Joshua at 13 and 14.

Jamie Lynne Grumet, the 26-year-old mom who posed for the cover of Time magazine breastfeeding her three-year-old son for a story on attachment parenting, appeared on 'Today' and discussed the controversial image making waves on the Web.

This week's issue of Time magazine features a cover story on attachment parenting, a controversial form of child-rearing that involves breastfeeding to an older age, co-sleeping and wearing children in slings. It also features a cover image of a mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son that's sure to raise a few eyebrows.

One would think notorious New Jersey tan mom Patricia Krentcil, who stands accused of sneaking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, and 'Jersey Shore's' mascot Snooki would be allies, given their mutual embrace of ultraviolet radiation. But, apparently, they are anything but.

Yesterday, we met Patricia Krentcil, who is extremely tan. While this would generally just be an aesthetic problem, it also became a legal issue for the 44-year-old New Jersey woman when her five-year-old daughter told a school nurse that her rash was from when mommy took her to the tanning salon.

In what may be the most egregious example of bad babysitting ever, a pair of grandparents were arrested on Sunday for drunk driving and child endangerment after police found them towing a seven-year-old-girl in a Hot Wheels car behind their SUV. Seems like something for the 'Jackass' crew, not the grade-school set, doesn't it?

Knowing what we do about the health risks associated with tanning beds, it might be a good idea to stay away from them. It's certainly a good idea to keep young children away from the ultraviolet radiation they emit. But allowing her five-year-old daughter to use a sunning bed is exactly what authorities say Patricia Krentcil did. And now the 44-year-old New Jersey woman is facing charges of secon

Turns out, Facebook isn't just a great way to stay in touch with friends. As an Akron, Ohio mom recently showed us, it also makes an effective tool for disciplining a teenager.

Last week, Alicia Silverstone shocked the internet with a video of her chewing up some food and then feeding it mamma bird style to her 11-month-old son Bear. Silverstone calls the technique "premasticating." But, as Jimmy Kimmel correctly pointed out, the rest of us call it "disgusting."

A video featuring Alicia Silverstone chewing up food in her mouth and then feeding it -- mother bird style -- to her 11-month old son Bear is causing waves on the internet.

An annual Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs has been canceled this year because of misbehavior -- by parents, not kids.

It's been exactly a month since Tommy Jordan took his .45 to his daughter's laptop, creating a viral video sensation. Jordan was angry that his daughter had posted profanity-laden comments on her Facebook page about having to do housework, and his extreme reaction touched off an intense discussion of parenting methods. Jordan, along with his wife and his daughter Hannah Maria, sat down with Matt L

Tommy Jordan, the computer savvy cowboy father with a very interesting approach to parenting, has inadvertently sparked a huge national discussion on whether or not he overreacted when he pumped his daughter's laptop full of lead in response to her foul-mouthed letter of grievance that she posted to her Facebook page. The viral video even prompted daytime TV talk show host Dr. Phil to weigh in on

They say kids learn by example, and now we have further proof -- little ones who've watched their moms and dads order coffee are now able to do the same thing with a new concoction called a "babyccino." And baristas are none too happy about it.

Some kids just get grounded when they disobey their parents. But in Memphis, TN, this young lady had to stand on a busy corner holding a sign that said, “I steal from my family” as a punishment.