Parents shot by their toddler charged with child abuse
The shooting happened last Saturday afternoon at a motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The couple was shot apparently after the child grabbed a .45-caliber handgun from his mother’s purse and…
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Pope Francis Thinks It’s OK To Spank Children Under Right Circumstances
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis says it’s OK to spank your children to discipline them – as long as their dignity is maintained. Francis made the remarks this week…
Malawi’s Child Mortality Rate Dropped 72% With A Program Any Poor Country Can Replicate
A new report found that 78 percent of surveyed countries face overwhelming obstacles in reducing deaths in children. But Malawi’s notable progress proves impoverished countries are capable of keeping more…
Heroin Users Passed Out In Freezing Car With Toddler Inside: Cops
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A man and woman in northeast Ohio have been charged with child endangering after police say the pair passed out from drug use with a toddler…
Baby Died From Home Lice Treatment: Cops
Massachusetts police are investigating the death of an 18-month old child who suffocated, apparently because of a home remedy for head lice involving mayonnaise and a plastic bag. – The…
The Best Way To Respond To A Child’s Meltdown (VIDEO)
When your child is upset — a frustrated, hurt, tears-streaming-down-the-face type of upset — your first instinct is often to make it all better. Typically, this sends parents into one…
Brutally Honest: Is it OK to discipline another parent’s child?
I’m pretty sure if that happened in my household, it would be a race between my husband and me to see who could get to that family member first and…
Seeking Justice Through Vaccines, These Famous Artists Are Standing Up For Change
Beloved portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz often captures celebrity subjects before her noted lens, having snapped cultural icons ranging from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West….
Measles outbreak: Different states, different rules on vaccinations
Take California, for example, where more than 90 people have already been infected with measles this year. Like many states, parents in California don’t have to vaccinate their children before…
Ohio Executions Rescheduled
The state on Friday rescheduled executions for seven death row inmates as it tries to find new lethal drugs, meaning no inmate will be put to death in Ohio in…
Escaped Syrian Child Soldier: ‘Don’t Join ISIS’
An escaped Islamic State child soldier in Sanliurfa, Turkey, shows the scar on his neck to a reporter on Jan. 27. He says a bullet grazed his neck during battle….
China to Tally Suicides by Civil Servants
The Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, the body that oversees staffing of official positions, called for the new accounting earlier this month, according to Caixin, a…
Father asks California school district to ban children who haven’t been immunized
But it’s a truly incredible scene. Rhett survived nearly four years of chemotherapy for leukemia and has been in remission for a year and a half. Now he has another…
Courtney Love Admits To Using Heroin While Pregnant With Frances Bean Cobain
Almost 23 years after Courtney Love vehemently denied Vanity Fair writer Lynn Hirschberg’s claims that she had used heroin during her pregnancy, the singer is coming clean. Love, 50, now…
Ferrets Bite Baby’s Face; Parents: ‘It’s Not Our Fault’
Two Pennsylvania parents face charges after their pet ferrets ate part of their baby’s face. The 1-month-old child was left unattended in a car seat downstairs in the family’s Darby…
Mom: Family that refused vaccination put my baby in quarantine
Livia isn’t sick, but doctors fear she might become the 53rd person to contract measles in a recent Disneyland outbreak. Now she’s in a 28-day quarantine, because of a family…
Obamas Honor Work Of 12-Year-Old Child Slave Turned Activist During India Trip
Promoting gender equality was vital in President Obama’s message to India, so it made sense that a 12-year-old female activist who has overcome incredible odds was there to draw attention…
These Parents Are Teaching Others How To Prevent What Tragically Killed Their Baby
In the weeks after the birth of their son Charlie, Maura and Sam Hanke were the picture of exhausted, blissed-out new parents. Maura’s pregnancy had been smooth and full of…
When Kids Are Sold For Sex –They’re Not ‘Child Prostitutes,’ They’re Victims
When police came upon a 13-year-old girl selling sex in North Hollywood, they promptly handcuffed her, arrested her and hauled her off to detention. As is the case in many…
Man Who Fathered Child With 11-Year-Old Gets 15 Years
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A convicted sex offender was sentenced to 15 years in prison for fathering a child with an 11-year-old girl in western New York. – Judge Sara…
Ferrets Attack Baby In Philadelphia Home
By Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA, Jan 23 (Reuters) – As many as three ferrets kept as household pets attacked a one-month-old infant girl in her suburban Philadelphia home, and the child…
Stacy And Holly’s Story From The Let Love Define Family Series
Today’s Huffington Post Gay Voices RaiseAChild.US “Let Love Define Family™” series spotlights the Tatom-Scharer family, who moved from South Carolina to California before beginning their foster-adoption journey with Penny Lane….
I’m a feminist and I’m against abortion
Polls taken since the Roe v Wade decision routinely show women in favor of abortion restrictions, and in slightly greater numbers than men. But how can this be? How can…
Child Porn Allegedly Discovered On Daniel Garcia’s Stolen Phone
A Houston man is behind bars after authorities allegedly discovered child porn on his stolen phone. Daniel Garcia, 20, had his Galaxy Note 3 stolen some time last year. It…
Politicians Introduce Bills That Would Work To Reduce The Role Of School Standardized Testing
In the same week that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held its first hearing on the issue of rewriting No Child Left Behind, two separate…
How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Won Their War Against Child Labor
The fictional world of “Harry Potter” has made a profound impact on human rights in Muggle society. And it used chocolate to do it. – To be fair trade certified,…
Zooey Deschanel Is Engaged To Jacob Pechenik
The excitement just keeps building for Zooey Deschanel. The 34-year-old actress is engaged to her boyfriend Jacob Pechenik, her rep confirms to HuffPost Entertainment. The couple is expecting their first…
Li Na: ‘Housework is harder than pro tennis’
Twelve months on, the former world No. 2 is facing a whole new challengegetting to grips with the vacuum cleaner. Persistent and worsening knee problems forced her to retire in…
Sebrina Ann Thompson Accused Of Trying To Give Away Child At Department Store
An Alabama woman is facing charges of child endangerment after trying to give away a child — that was not her own — at her local department store. – The…
Did Pope Francis Just Break New Ground On Birth Control?
(RNS) Pope Francis may have been elected by the Holy Spirit, but he seems made for the Age of Twitter. A case in point were his latest remarks, in which…