India incentives for big families

Churches in the southern Indian state of Kerala are offering cash incentives to couples who produce more children, parish officials say, amid concerns about the declining number of Christians.

 

Teen charged with beating his parents to death

Authorities in suburban Chicago have charged a high school student in the deaths of his parents, who were found beaten in their home.

 

TLC Cancels 'Kate Plus 8'

The cable channel said Monday that it was cancelling its long-running reality franchise about Jon and Kate Gosselin's twin daughters and set of sextuplets.

 

Motherlode: I Found My Mom Through Facebook

Motherlode: I Found My Mom Through Facebook

With Facebook, if you think your child needs you to find a birth parent, you are fooling yourself.

 

Accidental dad takes care of nephew, niece

Accidental dad takes care of nephew, niece

Adrian McLemore, once a foster child himself, decided he couldn't let the same thing happen to his nephew and niece so he became an accidental father.

 

Obama: Being a dad is a hard job

Obama: Being a dad is a hard job

President Barack Obama says being a dad is sometimes his hardest job, but also the most rewarding.

 

How to write to your kids

Let’s say you’re ready to make the big leap. You’re going to record your personal family history for your kids. Good for you. Still, you might be asking yourself some questions: Where should I start? How do I say what I want to say? And so on, into infinity and beyond.

 

Is America's love affair with kids waning?

Is America's love affair with kids waning?

The share of kids is declining in more counties and it's altering many parts of the quintessential family symbol: suburbia.

 

1 in 5 US women have kids with multiple dads

One in five American moms have kids who have different birth fathers, a new study shows. And when researchers look only at moms with two or more kids, that figure is even higher: 28 percent have kids with at least two different men.

 

Poll: Americans reject single motherhood

Poll: Americans reject single motherhood

Even as they've grown more comfortable with same-sex or unmarried couples raising children, most Americans still view single mothers as detrimental to society, according to a new poll of attitudes toward the country's soaring number of non-traditional families.

 

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