Richard Aaron Wright balances his life as a digital media producer and a father.
There’s bound to be parents out there who say we shouldn’t celebrate bad parenting, but we’re realistic about the fact that things go wrong sometimes. We feel that it’s fair to take a moment to appreciate them in a way that helps us deal with out own disasters coming on just about …. now! When …
From time to time we come across a story that reminds us of the imperfect world in which we live. Recently, a father posted on Reddit his flawed and heroic parenting decision after that father catches his daughter with a naked teenager. The below story is not safe for work (NSFW)! That means he’s got …
It happens more often than you’d like to think, and most of us don’t know about it. Babies are losing toes, fingers and even worse. A newspaper report shows horrendous pictures of babies who are being strangled by hairs from other people. It would seem that a hair couldn’t hurt anyone, but these pictures tell …
It all started so well, then my son fell on his ass. Mommy was in Chicago and a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do! What happens when kissing your toddler becomes something more than you signed up for.
A growing number of parents are crazy overprotective parents, and some are seeking professional help to free their children from their controlling ways. Crazy overprotective parents are those parents who hover around their child and swoop in and help their child whenever the child is distressed or challenged – even when the kid doesn’t need …
Here’s the statement that parents throughout the world should agree on, not only when it comes to athletics, but also any competitive activity. How to raise a successful athlete is best summed up in the words of this adage. Your child’s success or lack of success in sports does not indicate what kind of parent …
A growing number of parents are warning against letting children bump-butt down stairs. What are the risks associated with butt injuries in children? Many. What are the pleasures watching your kid bump down stairs? Many more. Not that we would condone butt-bumping down stairs. Apparently, there’s a serious problem with injuries in children, so get …
My baby was perfect in every way and I was the proudest dad in the ward. Then the guilt started. This dad’s postpartum depression bonding issues were real. Not feeling bonded with my baby felt to me like a form of patricide. Mind you I did everything to protect him in those hours and days …
Spanking your child is one of those subjects best discussed after talk about religion and politics has already cleared the room. Yeah, we’re willing to discuss both the good and bad, the perils and perks of spanking your child. Constructive conversation on the subject of spanking your child isn’t helped when the media reports on …
There’s something permanent about some disasters while others just fall into the category of “another day”. But these 5 toddler paint disasters caught on video portray a sort of permanence that most parents would like to forget. Remember these horrible acts portrayed by kids the next time someone says to you, “Enjoy every moment.” #1 …
The recent uproar over parents telling their kid she’s going to jail has caused quite a stir in the political correctness circles who say threats are dangerous to kids’ sense of well being. “Should I threaten my child with jail?” is a question you’ll have to answer for yourself. However, as this video portrays, sometimes …
According to child psychologists and a growing number of studies, kids too cool for school today are ten times more likely to be on welfare tomorrow. Those were the kids who got drunk, who thought they were better than the other kids and were somehow the most popular kids in the class at the same …
We’re celebrating the parents who are with Toya Graham, the Baltimore mom who recently beat the crap out of her kid she caught red-handed. “I was shocked. I was angry, because you never want to see your child out there doing that,” Graham told CBS News of the moment she spotted her son, Michael, 16. …
There are some children who are born with gifts, the gift to heal or an ability to see spirits that adults can’t. But what about those kids who are in touch with the darker side of reality? There are plenty of accounts where kids demonstrate abilities beyond the realm of understanding. Take the recent post …
“A woman and a baby came to the hospital and were admitted after a short wait in the emergency room. The doctor on call was surprised to see such a healthy looking baby and woman there, but decided to take the visit very seriously. The doctor immediately realizes the baby was not as plump as …
The water lapped at the walls of the holy place where I’d just settled into prayerful meditation. It could have been an ashram located far from human habitation, in a forest grove next to a river or beyond the last vestiges of human machinery. It could have been among the candles of a great and …
Friday, May 18, 2012 Ben’s Birth Story … What happens when a mother feels the urge to push but the baby won’t come out? The strength and vigor of this young couple will amaze you. You won’t believe what 15 medics couldn’t do. “Before the paramedics even arrived, David delivered Ben’s head. Then, all of …
The recent police case of an 8-year old boy in New York, who got spanked by his father, has led some anti-helicopter parenting advocates to protest that the government is not letting parents deal with their own children as they see fit. The father, who was charged and convicted with child-endangerment, found vindication from a …
Today’s pundits and doctors insist they know what’s best for our children while not allowing parents to do right by their own judgement. Helicopter parenting laws are coming to municipalities in ways unimagined, but the anti-helicopter parenting movement is pushing back. Humor is one way we’re doing it, including this clever video shows the stress …
At one time or another, all parents need to take on the role of teachers in a classroom, using teacher tools that help manage children. Managing classroom noise level with common sense is not all that common, after all. But it will happen to you – it might come at a church retreat or a large …
