Parenting

Back in the ’60s, corporal punishment was common practice for a shocking 94 percent of parents in the US. While a lot of us may find this number unsettling, just as many don’t. In fact, half of all parents today admitted to punishing children by “spanking on the bottom with a bare hand” to a telephone poll conducted by the National Institutes for Mental Health.

Want to keep your kids from drinking and driving? A new study says not doing it yourself is a good start.

A boy in Cleveland, OH, who weighs more than 200 pounds, was taken from his mother by authorities last week. Officials were forced to remove the third-grader from his home when caseworkers decided that his mother’s inability to reduce his weight constituted medical neglect.

A study of 20,000 US families found kids with fathers suffering from depression are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems than other children. Michael Weitzman at the New York University School of Medicine, who authored the study, said these findings are especially important at a time when unemployment is high and some military dads are returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with emot

Police took custody of a Honolulu couple’s 3-year-old daughter after they were arrested for stealing $10 worth of sandwiches in a local Safeway, even after they offered to pay for the food.

The parents of three children, who gave each of them Nazi names, including Adolf Hitler, have finally lost custody of all three kids. On Thursday, a New Jersey appeals court ruled that the children, who have been in foster care, should not be returned to the couple due to evidence of domestic violence in the home. The court has returned the case to family court for further reconsideration. Read M

Naming a child is usually the first big decision a new parent makes, and one that almost one and ten would like to do be able to do again.

In its latest guidelines for doctors, the American Academy of Pediatrics is advising against the usage of bumper pads in cribs, saying they may increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.

In the first study of its kind, researchers compared the testosterone level of men when they were single and childless to their testosterone level after they had had a child. While testosterone always decreases when men age, the decline was much more pronounced among the men who had become fathers.

So, there I sat, minding my own business watching my favorite show when she came bursting into the room.

"Have you packed your bag yet?!"

"Are we going somewhere?" I responded.

"Your hospital bag!"

For anyone who has ever seen a movie involving pregnancy, it is no secret that every expecting mother should have a "Go Bag" ready weeks in advance. What only the experienced parents know is that every expecting father should have the same things. My wife and I are expecting our fourth child in about three weeks, so I've been around the block a couple of times. Here are eleven things that every father should remember to take to the hospital when mom goes into labor.