Parenting

Jamie Lynne Grumet, L.A. MILF Breastfeeding on Cover of TIME, Sees Her Blog Crash Amid Controversy

So of course you've peeped the new cover of TIME Magazine. The story's about attachment parenting, and its cover star is (unavoidably young, hot) L.A. mommy blogger Jamie Lynne Grumet. Annnd she happens to have a three-(going on four)-year-old attached to her left nipple. Grumet is part of a new wa ... More >>

Katie Hamilton's Breastfeeding Sucks Sense Out of LACMA: Museum Apologizes

An L.A. mom whipped out her booby and started breastfeeding at the L.A. County Museum of Art recently, inspiring a hapless "staffer" to tell her to cover up. We call it human-nature performance art. The LACMA guard thought it was too strip club. And so Katie Hamilton and her supporters have taken ... More >>

Shawndeeia Bowen, Young Mom, Spotted Texting While Driving on 405 -- With Infant in Her Lap

On the third day of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Torrance Police Department hit the distracted-driving jackpot. Not only do cops say that 29-year-old Hawthorne resident Shawndeeia Bowen was texting while driving on Tuesday afternoon, but she was allegedly doing so while carrying her baby ... More >>

Ecstasy Use Can Increase Your Chance of Having a Baby Boy (And Other Bad Things)

Ah, yes, ecstasy: The drug that makes you feel good before you feel really bad. Turns out there's another reason for E users in this rave capital of the nation to consider sticking with marijuana: A recent Case Western Reserve University study found that a pregnant mom's ecstasy use could be bad ... More >>

Doc & Renee Anello

Ah, yes, ecstasy: The drug that makes you feel good before you feel really bad. Turns out there's another reason for E users in this rave capital of the nation to consider sticking with marijuana: A recent Case Western Reserve University study found that a pregnant mom's ecstasy use could be bad ... More >>

Are You Kiddie Me?

Ah, yes, ecstasy: The drug that makes you feel good before you feel really bad. Turns out there's another reason for E users in this rave capital of the nation to consider sticking with marijuana: A recent Case Western Reserve University study found that a pregnant mom's ecstasy use could be bad ... More >>

Teen Cellphone Photos, Texts, Contacts Being Searched at School: ACLU of SoCal Says It's Illegal

ACLU​Those pesky bleeding-heart liberals at the ACLU actually want teachers and school administrators to keep out of your kids' cellphones. A report issued by the ACLU of Southern California lists some anecdotal evidence that school authorities are searching the contents of students' phones w ... More >>

A Touch of Naomi/Doc & Renee

ACLU​Those pesky bleeding-heart liberals at the ACLU actually want teachers and school administrators to keep out of your kids' cellphones. A report issued by the ACLU of Southern California lists some anecdotal evidence that school authorities are searching the contents of students' phones w ... More >>

Off Her Chest

ACLU​Those pesky bleeding-heart liberals at the ACLU actually want teachers and school administrators to keep out of your kids' cellphones. A report issued by the ACLU of Southern California lists some anecdotal evidence that school authorities are searching the contents of students' phones w ... More >>

Devon Rios: Tiger Trainer

ACLU​Those pesky bleeding-heart liberals at the ACLU actually want teachers and school administrators to keep out of your kids' cellphones. A report issued by the ACLU of Southern California lists some anecdotal evidence that school authorities are searching the contents of students' phones w ... More >>

Fly Away

ACLU​Those pesky bleeding-heart liberals at the ACLU actually want teachers and school administrators to keep out of your kids' cellphones. A report issued by the ACLU of Southern California lists some anecdotal evidence that school authorities are searching the contents of students' phones w ... More >>

Christy Karacas on Season 2 of Superjail! and What's Up with The Twins

After three years of waiting, Superjail! is back. It's about time, really. Even in the world of Adult Swim, where waiting periods of more than a year between seasons is normal, the downtime between the first and second seasons seemed kind of long. Adult Swim​If you stayed up until midnight l ... More >>

In Mother Words

After three years of waiting, Superjail! is back. It's about time, really. Even in the world of Adult Swim, where waiting periods of more than a year between seasons is normal, the downtime between the first and second seasons seemed kind of long. Adult Swim​If you stayed up until midnight l ... More >>

California's Parent Trigger

How McKinley in Compton became the first school taken over by parents under a radical new law

HEY KIDS, CAN YOU SPELL PARENTHESES?

How McKinley in Compton became the first school taken over by parents under a radical new law

Supervisor Mark-Ridley Thomas Wants To Get A Handle On Number Of Deaths Of Children In L.A. County's Care

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

DOWN TERRACE

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

Life As We Know It

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

Movie Review: A Mother's Courage

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

THANK YOU MR. HENSON!

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

PUT A LID ON THAT KID

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

Closer Than Ever

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

Museum Workshop for Kids

Mark Ridley-Thomas wants to get a handle on the number of deaths of county-supported kids.​Update: The County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a motion to have one entity at the county track these deaths (PDF). First posted Oct. 28 at 7 a.m. Kids under the care of your c ... More >>

Judge Orders Financial Guardian for OctoMom's Kids

Yesterday an Orange County judge appointed a Santa Ana lawyer to act as the financial guardian for all 14 children belonging to "OctoMom" Nadya Suleman, in anticipation of a reality TV show's filming the La Habra single mother and her brood. Suleman and her attorneys had fought the petition for gua ... More >>

HOW TO WRITE A BLURB WITHOUT ACTUALLY WRITING ANYTHING

Yesterday an Orange County judge appointed a Santa Ana lawyer to act as the financial guardian for all 14 children belonging to "OctoMom" Nadya Suleman, in anticipation of a reality TV show's filming the La Habra single mother and her brood. Suleman and her attorneys had fought the petition for gua ... More >>

Octo-Punked! RadarOnline Hit With Child-Labor Charges

RadarOnline, the celebs 'n scandals site, became the envy of gossipeurs everywhere earlier this year, when it inked an exclusive deal with Nadya Suleman to provide wall-to-wall coverage of her life after giving birth to octuplets. Today, however, Associated Press reports the state Department of Indu ... More >>

Your Placenta or Mine?

RadarOnline, the celebs 'n scandals site, became the envy of gossipeurs everywhere earlier this year, when it inked an exclusive deal with Nadya Suleman to provide wall-to-wall coverage of her life after giving birth to octuplets. Today, however, Associated Press reports the state Department of Indu ... More >>

OctoPorn: Will Octuplets' Mom Suck It In for Vivid Entertainment?

Octuplet Mom's Publicist: "There's Nothing Left to Defrost"

As a press representative for Union Pacific Railroad, Joann Killeen has plenty of experience with train wrecks, which may explain why she is handling publicity for Nadya Suleman, the Whittier mother who gave birth to octuplets last month. You might say Killeen is the 47th member of the maternity tri ... More >>

Octuplets' Mom: The Mother of All PR Nightmares

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Octuplets' Mom Leaves Kaiser

The Associated Press reports that Nadya Suleman, the 33-year-old single mother who gave birth to eight children January 26, has left the hospital. She returns to Whittier and an uncertain future. Initially there had been an outpouring of public astonishment and elation over the seemingly miraculous ... More >>

Octuplets' Mom and the Public: Where's the Love?

An Associated Press story indicates that Nadya Suleman, the Whittier mother of octuplets, shouldn't hold her breath waiting for the kindness of strangers. While parents of multiple-birth babies are usually showered with gifts from an adoring public, it seems that the nature of these particular birth ... More >>

Octuplets' Mom: No Welfare -- Just $2M for My Story

Several sources are reporting that Nadya Suleman, the Whittier mother of octuplets born in a Bellflower Kaiser Permanente hospital last week, is hoping to rake in $2 million from TV interviews and product sponsorships. The 33-year-old woman has been under increasing fire by letter writers to newspap ... More >>

Esteban Nunez: Good Boy or Gangbanger?

That's the question explored by Latinopoliticsblog.com (from the "barrio to D.C."). Since former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez's son Esteban and four friends got picked up last week for allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old college student to death in San Diego, his Myspace "EsTeBaN" has pre ... More >>

Denis Anyone?

That's the question explored by Latinopoliticsblog.com (from the "barrio to D.C."). Since former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez's son Esteban and four friends got picked up last week for allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old college student to death in San Diego, his Myspace "EsTeBaN" has pre ... More >>

Best Nitpicker: Hair Whisperer Amy Goldreyer

That's the question explored by Latinopoliticsblog.com (from the "barrio to D.C."). Since former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez's son Esteban and four friends got picked up last week for allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old college student to death in San Diego, his Myspace "EsTeBaN" has pre ... More >>

MySpace Suicide Mom in Court

Although July approaches, it’s still not too late for a first-time criminal defendant to make her spring debut in federal court. Media Village of the Damned: Press waiting for Lori Drew

The Survey Says: Teens in Trouble

Forty percent of Hollywood’s homeless youths ended up on the streets at some point after having been removed from their homes by a city, county or state department of children and family services. That's the stunning word from a survey conducted by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Hollywood ... More >>

Sex and the Globe: Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman

Forty percent of Hollywood’s homeless youths ended up on the streets at some point after having been removed from their homes by a city, county or state department of children and family services. That's the stunning word from a survey conducted by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Hollywood ... More >>

Keeping It Real (Clean)

Forty percent of Hollywood’s homeless youths ended up on the streets at some point after having been removed from their homes by a city, county or state department of children and family services. That's the stunning word from a survey conducted by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Hollywood ... More >>

The Nanny Diaries: Child-care Crisis

Who’ll suffer the children?

Attack of the Alterna-Parents

Erika Schickel and Neal Pollack have kids, and tell us all about it

A Style Councilette is Born!

Welcome Charlotte Elsie Cadillac Pinkerson! On November 4th, our gal pal Lina gave birth to healthy baby girl! With a name like that, we know she's gonna be a little rock star, and we can't wait to hang with her. Mama Lina promises more details later in the week, but she's a little busy right now ... More >>

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Welcome Charlotte Elsie Cadillac Pinkerson! On November 4th, our gal pal Lina gave birth to healthy baby girl! With a name like that, we know she's gonna be a little rock star, and we can't wait to hang with her. Mama Lina promises more details later in the week, but she's a little busy right now ... More >>

I Am Not a Housewife

Caitlin Flanagan fights the mommy wars

Singled Out: Everybody has a Mother

Caitlin Flanagan fights the mommy wars

Mommy, Ltd.

Bridget Jones, meet Kate Reddy

Butterfly Meets Bazooka: The Offending E-mail

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Fighting Words

The rude, obnoxious and inaccurate coverage of a childcare report

Things Fall Apart

If your mother can’t take care of you, who will? The story of Sophie’s boys