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Inside Fatherhood

Archive for the ‘Parenting in the News’ Category

August 7th, 2007

Lowering the bar on parenting

Along with being an expectant father comes a healthy dose of nervousness about my suitability as a parent. Will I be nurturing enough or will I provide him with enough opportunities? Will I provide a safe and healthy environment for him to grow up in?
I have a usual list of things I worry about for […]

By Bill -- 2 comments

April 30th, 2007

Missing Toddler May Have Been Swept Away By River

This story has been all over the news in my area. Terrible tragedy. A mother left her 3 year old daughter unattended for 5 minutes only to come back and find her daughter had escaped and run outside. The door had been opened. She went out looking for her and they live right near the […]

By steve -- 0 comments

April 26th, 2007

Child Obesity is a Huge Problem in America

What are we feeding our youth? Could it be we let electronics baby sit our kids? Both?
What makes me angry about this entire obesity problem is that the parents aren’t doing anything about it. Why? Are they living in such denial that they can’t see their own kids have a weight problem? I understand each […]

By steve -- 3 comments

March 7th, 2007

Parenting Blogs Respect Your Kids’ Privacy

As a parent, and a blogger who blogs about parenting I think those in the same shoes I am need to be careful of what we type about our family. There are those who are so scared of revealing information that some predator will stalk their family, kids, and turn their life upside down. I […]

By steve -- 1 comment

January 22nd, 2007

Spanking Could Land You in Jail

Unreal! The government wants to tell us how to raise our kids now. Like always they want to step in and interfere. But guess I am old school because I think there should be a law saying parents who don’t spank are not raising their kids properly.
California Assemblywoman Sally Lieber is introducing legislation that […]

By steve -- 27 comments

January 9th, 2007

Bad Parent Award For 2006

Thanks to Jay at Parents Behaving Badly for keeping up with parents who behave badly and make the news. If you haven’t been over to his blog yet it is a definite must. Add it to your favorites. His blog readers voted and gave the Worst Parent Award for 2006 to Melinda Duckett.
What did […]

By steve -- 0 comments

November 20th, 2006

Trophy Dads - Staying at Home With the Kiddos

Thanks to Hsien for emailing me an article that just came out about an increasingly common issue. What’s that common issue? That’s right, a dad who stays home because the spouse wears the financial trousers in the family. Well, believe it or not his story sounds like mine and everybody else’s I’ve heard who is […]

By steve -- 3 comments

October 24th, 2006

A Few Tidbits Happening Lately

Idiot Dad gets upset with son’s playing time and pulls a gun on the coach, Parents Behaving Badly reports.
For those following the story Canon passed away the other night. Canon Norman was born February 4, 2002 with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. You can leave comments and prayers on the family blog.
Also, Halloween is right around […]

By steve -- 1 comment

October 17th, 2006

Parents Behaving Badly Blog

There has been a dad blog out there for some time now who has joined the b5media team. Just for some of you guys who are unaware but my blog here is part of a larger network compiling an array of blogs from entertainment, to parenting, to blogging about blogging. You can get a full […]

By steve -- 0 comments

October 13th, 2006

Babysitter Shoots 422 Pound Bear To Save Kids

A scary moment for an Idaho babysitter and three young kids. Apparently one of the kids while out playing spotted a bear and screamed “bear… bear…” The babysitter gathered up all the kiddos and brought them inside. The bear, weighing 422 pounds, came running across the field and clawed at the house and at the […]

By steve -- 1 comment