Study: Pacifiers prevent babies from expressing their emotions
Parents against using pacifiers now have another weapon in their arsenal should they wish to impose their lifestyle choices on others. A recent study has found that parents may have a hard time...
View ArticleExpecting moms put it all out there for Labor Day
If you follow celebrity news, you will know that famous moms don’t just get baby bellies, they flaunt them. And why should celebrities have all the fun? A daring group of Houston moms put Mila Kunis...
View ArticleLearning about being a parent from Facebook
My wife and I do not have children, but we have vague plans to have some in the future. We make do with two small dogs, eight hours or so of sleep each night, and friends and family who make their...
View ArticleToday’s grandparents are taking on hipper names
Move over Granny and Gramps. Today’s grandparents are asking their grandchildren to call them by cooler, hipper names. Ace, G-Dawg, Rocky and Wampa are a few of the monikers on GrandParents.com’s list...
View ArticleThe best states for having a baby
Where’s the best place in America to have a baby? Where are the infant death rates the lowest? The cost of a hospital delivery the cheapest? WalletHub, a social network aimed at helping people make...
View ArticleWatch it: Baby freaks after her dad shaves his beard
Story update: SFGate just heard from the father who stars in this YouTube video that now has nearly 1 million views. Bradley Bailey gave us a little backstory on the clip he taped with his 19-month-old...
View ArticleSurprising findings from a global breastfeeding survey
The 2014 Lansinoh Global Breastfeeding survey revealed what women think about breastfeeding in Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Turkey, the UK and the U.S. Americans say breastfeeding...
View ArticleMom irate when 2nd grade teacher refuses vagina cookies
A mother who’s being called Autumn Lily Speaker on Reddit was supposedly outraged when her daughter’s second-grade teacher refused to serve students a tray of vagina cookies. Reddit user JPStudly is...
View ArticleHalloween hits all-new low with slutty ‘Frozen’ costumes
Nothing is sacred. Not Elsa or Anna. Not even Olaf. Along with every other children’s pop culture icon, the Disney Frozen cast has been sucked up into the Halloween slut machine and spit out as a...
View ArticleKids and pets: Readers’ adorable photos
What do you get when you combine cute kids and their cute pets? Cute overload! Here’s a collection of adorable photos from our readers that will make you smile. If you’ve been on the fence about...
View ArticleHalloween costumes that bring the family together
The family that dresses up for Halloween together, stays together! Some of the best and most memorable Halloween costumes are worn by families dressed up around a theme. We’ve hunted down costumes that...
View ArticleToys R Us agrees to pull ‘Breaking Bad’ dolls
Update: The Associated Press reported late Tuesday that Toys R Us is pulling its four collectible dolls based on characters from AMC’s hit series “Breaking Bad.” The toy giant, which is based in...
View ArticleMom photographs baby in different costume every day until Halloween
A New York mom has made it her goal to dress her baby in a different Halloween costume every day during the month of October in celebration of Halloween. Jessica Chavkin has been taking photos of her...
View ArticleMiddle schooler accepts spot on college basketball team for 2020
Now at age 13, the 5-foot-8 star athlete, who's a seventh-grader at Luna Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, has made a verbal agreement with the University of Texas women’s basketball team and...
View ArticleThe most awkward Thanksgiving photos ever
Let’s be honest. Thanksgiving is often more like a scene out of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation movie than like a pretty and perfect spread from the pages of Martha Stewart. Uncle Joe drinks too...
View ArticleMost popular baby names of 2014
BabyCenter has just released its list of top baby names for 2014. The online parenting and pregnancy destination compiled over 406,000 baby names and combined those that sound the same but have...
View ArticleThe ugliest Christmas sweaters you’ve ever seen
We can blame Colin Firth for the ugly Christmas sweater trend. In the role as Mark Darcy, he was wearing a roll-neck emblazoned with a giant smiling reindeer head when he first met Renee Zellweger in...
View ArticleColorado couple welcomes new giant baby
A Colorado woman was shocked when doctors placed a 14-pound baby girl in her arms. Alisha Hernandez of San Luis Valley had been told in pre-natal appointments that she’d likely deliver a 7-pound child....
View ArticleShow us your Charlie Brown Christmas trees
Does your Christmas tree make you want to say “Good grief?” Email photos of your sad, scrawny Christmas trees to photos@chron.com with the subject line “Charlie Brown.” You probably watched A Charlie...
View Article