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Helicopter Parents Continue to Hover

When most of us think of helicopter parents, or helicopter parenting in general, our thoughts are relegated to overeager, but undeniably loving and caring, parents trying to “curate” a playdate, or intervening in an awkward so [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Top dentists grossing $1-million a year on First Nation rese...

Treating impoverished First Nations patients is a surprisingly lucrative enterprise for the country’s dentists, with the six highest-billing practitioners receiving more than $1-million a year from Health Canada, according to govern [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Family's lucky escape from house blaze in Harborne St, Macle...

John Pezzin was woken by his wife just after midnight when she smelled smoke inside their Harborne St home in the Melbourne suburb of Macleod. She had woken to feed their baby son and alerted her husband, who searched the weatherboard ho [...]

Posted On : Dec, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Parents say 'beautiful son' rose above homelessness

California resident Michael Murphy was recovering from drug addiction and moved to Hawaii about a year ago because he wanted to experience life and eventually become a writer, his parents, Joe and Dona Murphy, said. "He called it th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Why Parents Should Put Children Before Marriage

We live in an age when love, sex and intimacy seem to be many people's epitome of happiness. Yes, we seek other ways to find happiness and fulfillment, but the rate of divorce and the percentage of single parent families compared wit [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2010 | Comments : 1

Madeleine McCann’s parents sign book deal to raise cash to ...

Madeleine McCann’s parents have signed a multi-million pound book deal to write about their daughter’s disappearance. Kate and Gerry McCann’s emotional account about their four-year-old vanishing from a holiday apartmen [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Cameron Lowe's parents hope his death will deter more violen...

Rikki Arney and Gavin Lowe faced the press in the hope their plight might save another family their shocking experience. Cameron had just stepped out to buy a hamburger when he was assaulted by a cowardly thug on the way back to his Pake [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Child dies, mom in critical condition after Highway 5 crash

A 33-month-old child died and the toddler’s 21-year-old mother is in critical condition following a single vehicle accident on Highway 5 approximately 14-kilometres south of Clearwater. RCMP said the crash occurred at around 11:30 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Parents get probation after baby'd 2008 death

The death of an ailing 2-month-old Steelton girl was considered suspicious almost from the moment paramedics arrived at her home. The room where the infant lived was filthy, investigators said. Her heart monitor had been turned off for h [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Vaccinate your kids, worried parents told

Vaccines are safe for your kids and save lives — despite what some parents feel, the head of the Ontario College of Family Physicians says. A survey commissioned by the college found that one-third of Ontario parents who have or pl [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Parents 'warned of windows' in tower where girl died

Leanne Minick, eight, was reportedly leaning out of a window at Sandall House in Tower Hamlets, east London, when she lost her balance and fell. Now parents living there have told BBC London they repeatedly raised concerns over the windo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Parenting Tips For Healthy, Effective Parenting

Many parents are hungry for healthy parenting tips and effective parenting advice. The Responsible Kids Network offers parenting tips to encourage and support authoritative parenting. I did not expect parenting to be so hard New par [...]

Posted On : Sep, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Parents want separate special needs classes

Parents in Leduc, Alta., are angry their children with special learning needs are now being integrated into mainstream classrooms because of a new provincial policy. "He needs that classroom where there's quiet, small individual [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Parents teach and learn about Rosh Hashana

The books arriving in the mail in recent weeks have been about the birthday of the world, the sweet taste of apples and honey, and the importance of reconciliation. All are themes and symbols of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which b [...]