Bad Parenting

Boy Locked In Filthy Coal Bunker Every Night For A Year

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.28.2012

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An English couple who locked their 11-year-old son in a converted coal bunker every single night for a year will spend two years in prison, a judge or...

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Man Tied Up Daughter So He Could Play Video Games, Cops Say

The Huffington Post | Hilary Hanson | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Video, Heath Howe Child Abuse, Mug Shots, Bad Parenting, Florida Crime, Man Ties Up Daughter Video Games, Heath Howe, Heath Howe Ties Up Daughter, Heath Howe Video Games, Ties Up Daughter to Play Video Games, Crime News

A Florida man is accused of using a rope to tie up his 4-year-old daughter so he could play video games. The young girl told police that she was w...

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15 Hilariously Inappropriate Playgrounds

Oddee.com | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Weird UK, Inappropriate Playgrounds, Playgrounds, Bad Parenting, Weird Playgrounds, Creepy Playgrounds, Weird News News

Looking for a place where your kids can play? Oddee has a list of places to avoid. Seems these places all have something, well, inappropriate about...

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Girl Tied To Tree, Pelted With Eggs, Beer By Legal Guardians, Cops Say

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Virginia Crime, Girl Egged, Threw Eggs on Girl, Bad Parenting, Battery, Campground Assault, Loretta Miller, Margaret Allen, Child Abuse, Tied Up Girl, Big Bear Campground, Assault, Randel Miller, Ross Renicker, Crime News

A 15-year-old girl's legal guardians and neighbors are in jail after they allegedly tied her to a tree at a Virginia campground and pelted her with eg...

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BURNED BY CRITICISM: Tanning Mom Defends Herself On 'Today'

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.21.2012

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Patricia Krentcil is known for her extremely bronzed epidermis, but all the criticism she's receiving is making her see red. Krentcil was accused o...

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Police Chase Wild Moose On The Loose

AP | Posted 05.19.2012

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LOGAN, Utah -- Utah wildlife officials say a moose went on a jaunt through neighborhoods north of Logan and triggered a police chase. Division of Wil...

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DRIVEN TO ACTION: Dad Jumps Out Of A Moving Car To Save 4-Year-Old Daughter

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Video, Father Jumps From Car, Bad Parenting, Girl Falls From Car, Wenzhou, Weird Photos & Videos, Dad Jumps From Car, Weird China, Chen Shu, Weird News News

A father's love shows no bounds -- even if it requires him to jump from the car he is driving. That's what a father in the Chinese city of Wenzhou ...

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Parenting Questions

Etan Thomas | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Good-Parenting, Parenting, Raising Kids, Parenting Questions, Bad Parenting, Parents News

When is right time to teach kids all the bad words that they are eventually going to hear at school anyway? Is it better to teach them early so at least then they know what words not to say that will get them in trouble?

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Drunk Driver Allegedly Straps 4 Kids To Car Hood

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. — An Indiana man accused of driving three blocks with four children strapped to the hood of his car was being held in jail Tues...

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Woman Charged After 4-Year-Old Daughter Found At Half Her Healthy Weight

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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NEW YORK -- A Brooklyn mother accused of starving, drugging and beating her 4-year-old daughter to death says she never harmed the child. Carlotta Br...

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Tanoerexic Mom Lashes Out At 'Fat' And 'Ugly' Critics

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Video, Patricia Krentcil, New Jersey Tanning Mom, Tanorexia, Krentcil Tanning, Richard Krentcil, New Jersey Crime, Patricia Krentcil Tanning, Bad Parenting, Weird New Jersey, Slideexpand, Anna Krentcil, Tanning Mom, Tanning, Weird News News

The now-infamous "Tanning Mom" of New Jersey has a dark side to her public image that almost matches her extremely artificial suntanned complexion. ...

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Police Seeing Red Over Mom Who Put 5-Year-Old In Tanning Booth

Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Tanning Beds, Nutley New Jersey, Video, Patricia Krentcil, Patty Krentcil, Mom Puts 5-Year-Old in Tanning Booth, New Jersey Crime, Mug Shots, Patricia Krentcil Tanning, Bad Parenting, Pat Krentcil, Mom Takes Girl Tanning, Tanning, Crime News

UPDATE MAY 2: A New Jersey mom denies that her 5-year-old daughter's sunburn was caused by a trip to a tanning salon. Patricia Krentcil told NBC that ...

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This Woman Is Pregnant With 9 Kids

TMZ | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Weird UK, Nuevemom, Video, Most Kids, Nine Kids, Bad Parenting, Nadia Suleman, Weird Photos & Videos, Octomom, World Records, Weird Pregnancies, Karla Vanessa Perez, Weird News News

Adios OctoMom because there's a lady in Mexico who's reportedly pregnant with nine kids. This "NueveMom" has been identified as Karla Vanessa Perez...

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Octomom's House Gets Graffiti-Scrubbing Facelift

TMZ | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Video, Octomom Nadya Suleman, Octomom Filthy House, Octomom Dial-a-Star, Weird Los Angeles, Bad Parenting, Octomom Scandal, Octomom, Weird News News

Octomom's graffiti-riddled den of filth is morphing back into a normal-looking house -- at least for now -- because the entire interior just got a fre...

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Pregnant Man Claims Wife Punched Him In Crotch

TMZ | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Glbt, Video, Thomas Beatie, Bad Parenting, Transgendered, Pregnant Man Abused, Pregnant Man Divorce, Anatomical Wonders, Weird Photos & Videos, Pregnant Man, Nancy Beatie, Weird News News

The Pregnant Man claims his estranged wife is a violent alcoholic who once hit him in the "crotch" during a heated argument in front of their kids, ac...

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Police Investigate Octomom For Child Neglect (VIDEO)

TMZ | Posted 04.25.2012

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The La Habra Police Department and the Orange County Dept. of Family and Children's Services showed up at the home of Octomom Nadya Suleman Tuesday ni...

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Mobile Home Fire Kills 4 Kids Left Home Alone

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Jamari McDade, Louisiana Crime, Video, Louisiana Department of Public Safety, Bad Parenting, Shaqueta McDade, Rayne-Louisiana, Brian Steiner, LaShay McDade, Shaqueta McDade Arrested, Mobile Home Fire, Jr, Amous Mouton, Crime News

Four boys died in a mobile home fire in Louisiana and their mother was charged Sunday with four counts of negligent homicide for allegedly leaving the...

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Naked Mom Thought Baby Was Possessed, Tried To Toss It In Ocean: Cops

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Video, Child Abuse, Covered in Lizards, Lydia Chako, Baby Covered in Snakes, Bad Parenting, Florida Crime, Possessed Baby, Clearwater Florida, Possessed, Mom Throws Baby in Water, Crime News

A Florida mom tried to drop her 3-month-old baby into the ocean because she claimed it was possessed by demons, and covered in lizards and snakes. ...

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Man Put Little Girl In Dryer, Burned Boy's Feet As Punishment: Cops

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.17.2012

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A Wisconsin man was charged with six felonies last week after he allegedly put a 4-year-old girl in the dryer several times for wetting the bed and pi...

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Bad Parenting Techniques That Are Actually Good For Kids?

www.cracked.com | Posted 04.12.2012

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Anyone who grew up in the '80s knows that parenting used to be a whole other ball of wax.Allergies were rare, kids roamed the suburbs in roving bicycl...

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Grandpa Forgets Granddaughter In Car Trunk

Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Video, Girl Left in Trunk, German Grandfather Forgot Granddaughter, Girl in Car Trunk, Granddaughter in Trunk, Germany, Grandpa Forgot Granddaughter in Trunk, Bad Parenting, Weird News News

One German man might officially be out of the running for Grandpa of the Year. In northwestern Germany, a 72-year-old man was allegedly so distract...

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Boy Brings Stepdad's Heroin To Show And Tell

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A 5-year-old boy found dozens of bags of heroin inside a jacket he had taken to school and showed them to his kindergarten classm...

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Breastfeeding Bandit Sneaks Into Home And Suckles Stranger's Baby

Posted 04.09.2012

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Debates have flared over where it's okay for women to breastfeed, but here's one location that's definitely off-limits -- inside a stranger's home wit...

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Pet Alligator Seized From Home With Infant, Dog

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Video, Pet Alligator, Pet Gator Seized, Bad Parenting, Weird Iowa, Alligator Near Child, Animals in the News, Alligator Seized, Gator, Weird News News

Cops confiscated an alligator in a Des Moines home this week after it was found in the same house as an infant and a dog. The Des Moines Register r...

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LOOK: Sketchy Easter Bunnies Make Kids Uneasy

TheFW | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Creepy Easter Bunnies, Easter Bunnies, Sketchy Easter Bunnies, Animals in the News, Weird Photos & Videos, Bad Parenting, Weird News News

Easter Bunnies might seem cute, fuzzy and fake to grown-ups, but some kids can sense a creepiness adults ignore. TheFW has compiled the worst wabbi...

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