Parenting, Parents | featured news

Health officials are concerned about the trend at a time when many infectious diseases are making a comeback.

A couple used a jug to make their 10-month-old daughter take solid food which eventually killed her, a court hears.

“The vulgar new flavor has turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive,” the group One Million Moms posted on its website.

This month, young adults across the nation are donning graduation robes and tweaking resumes, while parents ready their Canons and Kleenex. At the podium, guest speakers will motivate and inspire, but they will likely omit one tiny detail: Many of those grads will remain financially dependent on their parents for years.

Parents.com has a launched a new site similar to Groupon, that provides parents deals on products they can actually use.

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.

For sandwich generation, planning ahead is key to good elder care. How do you take the car keys away from a father who taught you to drive? When did he go from wise council to frail, elderly man?

As food makers lavish trips and goodies on parenting bloggers, critics see a shrewd marketing ploy. On most days, Andrea Deckard can be found in her home office, digging through stacks of coupons and grocery receipts for money saving tips and recipes that she can share with readers of her Mommy Snacks blog.

When Michael Singer of Coral Springs, Fla., started saving for his children's college education about six years ago, he relied mainly on a 529 savings plan sponsored by the state of New Mexico.

The mother of a chronically ill baby has defended her court battle with the child's father to have his life support machine turned off.