Parenting
- You Can Do Anything: Must Every Kids' Movie Reinforce the Cult of Self-Esteem?—"Encouraging kids is fine, but films like Planes and Turbo take their messages to an extreme. Parents should turn to 1969's A Boy Named Charlie Brown for a reality check."
- 6 Easy Ways to Create a Bratty, Self-Entitled Child
- Collaborating with a 4-year Old—A creative and fun way to connect with one's kid.
- The Secret Behind Finland's Super Smart School Kids? Recess.
- Reading for pleasure puts children ahead in the classroom, study finds
- 'The price of libraries is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation'—"Lincolnshire's library cuts do not make economic sense because growth relies on a literate public, argues author."
- Frustrated professors convince elementary schools to step back from 'new math' and go 'back to basics'
- L.A. sheriff: Pay for preschool, not prisons—"Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca is heading a lobbying effort by more than 1,000 police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors to convince Congress to enact the Obama administration's plan to expand preschool to every 4-year-old in the country. 'Either you have to pay now (for preschool), or you're going to have to pay a guy like me later.'"
- 'Are the kids going to tease me today?': Sending my rainbow child back to school
- Boys Who Wear Pink Aren’t Just Internet Sensations—"Gender-nonconforming children need empathy, not the media spotlight."
- Opinion: Raising my son without reinforcing gender stereotypes
- School bullying's chilling new front
- Girl's Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies—As many as 15 girls bullied her. NYT
- Student arrested for using phone app to "shoot" classmates—"He said it was a result of him being frustrated and tired of being bullied. He said that he had no intentions of hurting anybody."
- High School Coach Suspended For Slapping Player's Helmet—In the video, it looked like it was more than a slap.
- YouTube video brings to fore physical abuse in Japan schools
- Not Allowing a School to Administer Corporal Punishment—"What do you do when your child brings home an unexpected 'Corporal Punishment Consent Form'?" NYT
- University Of Alabama Sorority Chapters Allegedly Discriminate Against Black Women—The school president's looking into it.
- Is there racism in Kentucky schools?
- Tiana Parker, 7, Switches Schools After Being Forbidden From Wearing Dreads
- When High School Students Are Treated Like Prisoners—"Advocates call for an end to the criminalization of students in New York and around the country."
- Why Zero Tolerance Means More Kids in Jail—Which is just fine for private prisons.
- Zero tolerance in school discipline goes too far, Tavares says—"Bill would forbid automatic suspensions, expulsions except for students who take guns to school."
- Rethink 'Zero Tolerance' Law
- Viewpoint: 'Zero Tolerance' generation—"Today’s youth are afraid to make mistakes and to be rebellious because of this culture. [...] We were taught one strike and you’re out, and that’s how we’re living our lives."
- 3-Year-Old Shoots 5-Year-Old Boy In Louisiana
- Teens Playing With Gun Ends With One Shot In The Face
- Hooray for the Small-Town Cop Who Refused to Call a Child-on-Child Shooting "Accidental"
- Lodi Police Officer Shot When Child Pulled Trigger On His Gun At Reading Event
- Keeping Kids From Toy Guns: How One Mother Changed Her Mind—"Is violent play bad? I used to think so. Then I spent some time outside of the United States."
- Police: 8-year-old shoots, kills elderly caregiver after video game—Blame the game? Blame the parents who bought the age-restricted game and left a gun somewhere the kid could get to it.
- Dorkly: Culture of Violence
- Blast from the Past: Only Terrible Parents Buy GTA for Kids, According to Rockstar
- Mom sues police and neighbor after she is arrested for letting her kids play outside—"[A] Texas mom was arrested and spent the night in jail after a neighbor complained that the children were unsupervised."
- Ontario police investigating hateful letter telling family to 'euthanize' autistic child
- Former NFL star's area home damaged after party of 300 teens—"Holloway says he received word of the party from his son, who saw notifications about the party on Twitter, getting tweets that a break-in was going on at the home including drugs, alcohol, and destruction of property."
- Restaurant bans kids after 7 p.m.—The more, the merrier to enjoy meals away from bad/lazy parents.
- Airlines offer no-crying sections—"Seating devoid of screaming babies — for a fee."
- Another airline rolls out a 'no-kids' zone
- A New Airline Class for the Child-Intolerant NYT
- Stuck next to two screaming toddlers in first class — can I get a refund?—United Airlines are trying to buy him off with a $50 voucher for a first-class flight.
