Read more parenting stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/486/parenting.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:41:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74665/millions-of-cribs-recalled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMillions of cribs with drop-down sides were recalled today out of fear they could injure or even kill children sleeping in them. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall by Stork Craft of Canada, which distributed an estimated 1.2 million cribs in the US and nearly 1...http://www.newser.com/story/74665/millions-of-cribs-recalled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 18:10:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74651/home-daycare-turns-kids-into-couch-potatoes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren in home-based daycare watch far more TV than kids in formal child-care centers, with preschoolers averaging as much as 3.4 hours a day. The numbers in a new survey haven't changed much from stats recorded in previous years, which the researchers say they find "disconcerting, given the intervening...http://www.newser.com/story/74651/home-daycare-turns-kids-into-couch-potatoes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74582/jon-and-kate-finalize-details-of-split.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the eve of the Jon and Kate Plus 8 series finale—good timing!—the battling Gosselins have worked out the details of their divorce. Kate was awarded primary custody at a mediation hearing yesterday, and Jon didn't object, a source tells People . "Kate is just relieved that a very...http://www.newser.com/story/74582/jon-and-kate-finalize-details-of-split.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 15:27:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74426/chicago-suburb-tops-best-family-towns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBusinessWeek has combed the US for the best places to raise a family and has come up with a Chicago suburb to top the rankings again. The rest of the list, based on factors that include education, crime rate, cultural vitality, and air quality, is broken down by state. A...http://www.newser.com/story/74426/chicago-suburb-tops-best-family-towns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 1:24:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74149/daughters-are-great-but.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAaron Traister is thrilled to have a daughter—“I was just as excited about my daughter as I was about my son,” he writes. “And she's even better out of the belly.” But the nagging preference for male children in our society has him doubting his own emotions. “If she...http://www.newser.com/story/74149/daughters-are-great-but.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 13:57:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74010/balloon-parents-plead-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe parents of “balloon boy” Falcon Heene pleaded guilty today to charges related to the hoax that sent police and rescue personnel on a wild-goose chase. Richard Heene pleaded to a felony, Mayumi Heene—a Japanese citizen who risked deportation if she had a felony on her record—to a...http://www.newser.com/story/74010/balloon-parents-plead-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 13:40:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73914/inside-the-octo-family-circus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the paparazzi follow Nadya Suleman around, a film crew shooting OctoMom: Me & My Fourteen Kids films them filming her…and John Bowe records it for the New York Times Magazine. From the British film director to the children’s welfare representative ensuring labor law compliance, people who expect to dislike...http://www.newser.com/story/73914/inside-the-octo-family-circus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 10:05:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73413/drugstore-sorry-after-clerk-scares-child-with-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA New Hampshire drugstore has apologized to a customer after a pharmacy clerk enacted her own quarantine. Scott Sullivan’s 12-year-old son was told he probably had the flu by a doctor, who gave him a paper mask because he was coughing. At a local Walgreens, the clerk took one look...http://www.newser.com/story/73413/drugstore-sorry-after-clerk-scares-child-with-flu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 16:28:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72657/the-mommy-industry-is-killing-moms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThanks to offhand comments from her son ("You're a mean mom!") and underhanded comments from other parents ("Your son's very competitive!"), Karen Houppert wakes up at 2:30am every day, wrestling with self-doubt. The newest parenting trend—family coaches to perfect your child-raising skills—joins the already $2....http://www.newser.com/story/72657/the-mommy-industry-is-killing-moms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:37 CDT