Kids’ play time with screens should be cut to this many hours a week: study
Less screen time means less bad behavior. Parents can see big improvements in their children’s mental health and behavior by reducing their recreational screen time to three hours a week in just two weeks, a new study finds. Published in JAMA Network Open. Reducing a child’s leisure-time screen time to three hours per week could […]
Ireland Baldwin, eldest of Alec’s 8 kids, among celebs supporting him after ‘Rust’ charges tossed
Ireland Baldwin posted a sweet post A throwback photo of himself as a child with his father, Alec Baldwin After his manslaughter case was surprisingly dismissed. The picture, which Ireland, 28, captioned with a simple black heart emoji, has received more than 15,000 likes, including from actress Melanie Griffith. Baldwin lives in Ireland with his […]
Free ice cream scoop promised to kids if they recite the Pledge of Allegiance by heart
“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream,” begins the song, but a nationwide initiative spearheaded by an independent Georgia ice cream shop is putting a patriotic twist on the lyrics. The “I Pledge Project” offers children 12 and under a free scoop of ice cream at participating stores if they recite the […]
My elderly parents no longer want their kids or grandkids around — what do I do?
Dear Abby: My parents are in their 70s. They live in a retirement community. As they get older, they have become more private in their lives. They no longer want their children or grandchildren nearby. Recently I received a call that they are no longer answering their phones. I stopped by their house and they […]
Jewish ‘cult’ leaders sentenced for kidnap of 2 NY kids, including a child bride, in twisted sex scheme
Prosecutors say leaders of a Jewish fundamentalist cult have been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for kidnapping two children, one of whom was married as a child, and smuggling them into Mexico. The three brothers, all followers of the Reb Tahor sect, allegedly forced the girl back into the arms of her […]
Larry Nassar survivor Sarah Klein: Kids need abuse awareness
The first known survivor of sexual abuse by prolific pedophile Larry Nassar is an advocate of giving children sex awareness education starting as early as kindergarten. Sarah Klein first met Nassar when she was 8 years old at a gymnastics class in Michigan, after he went on to become a doctor at Michigan State University […]
Brad Pitt has ‘virtually no contact’ with his adult kids: report
Brad Pitt has “virtually no contact” with his adult children, a source close to the family said. He told people. The source also revealed that the actor has “limited opportunities” to meet his kids due to his busy schedule – he is currently filming the upcoming racing movie “F1” overseas. “He has very little contact […]
Andrea Yates, who drowned 5 kids, is refusing chance to go free
Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her five young children in 2001 while suffering from postpartum psychosis, remains in a psychiatric hospital and, if she has her way, will never be released. The Washington Post has confirmed that Yates last month declined to attend a hearing to determine whether he is competent to be […]
Parents angry at cops for detaining their kids after 200 teens ran amok, fireworks set off, fire started — in shopping mall
Some Los Angeles-area parents are outraged that police took their children into custody after 200 teenagers rampaged inside a shopping mall, setting off fireworks and starting a fire. In the end, police detained and charged more than 70 minors in connection with the massive disturbance that occurred at South Bay Pavilion Mall in Carson on […]
Mom accused of murdering 2 of her 5 adopted kids enlisted another to dismember them: report
A North Carolina mother accused of killing two of her five adopted children forced another child to dismember the bodies and threatened to hold him responsible for the murders if he came forward, shocking court documents reveal. Avantae Deven, 63, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder after the remains believed to […]