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People were milling on the main thoroughfare, bikes zig-zagging through traffic, cafA©s and pubs spilling onto the sidewalk, patrons sipping their way through a lazy Friday afternoon.

Plenty of working parents can relate to the dilemma Debra Harrell faced when her 9-year-old daughter asked to play unsupervised in a park this summer.

The First International Conference on Shared Parenting has just concluded, a conference organized by the International Council on Shared Parenting , the first international interdisciplinary organization of divorce scholars and family practitioners interested in issues related to co-parenting after divorce.

The father and stepmother of a 12-year-old Detroit boy who was found in his basement after an 11-day disappearance are due back in court.

I'm always looking for articles related to parenting. Here's one from the Huffington Post .

In this week's episode of The Strain , "Gone Smooth," we quickly dispel any lingering doubt that this show is about sexy vampires, as so many others are.

Earlier this month, TLC brought back "Sister Wives," a reality show featuring the Utah-based polygamist Brown family of four wives and 17 children, for another season.

I've mentioned this before I'm sure - but I'm a total convert to the Kindle way of life; the Kindle way of reading.

TACKLING THE BIG ISSUES: Nigel Latta about the way things are in New Zealand and why we could all do better.

Dr. Frank Stass, the Clinical Director at Heritage Oaks Hospital who specializes in addiction medicine, in his new book, Why Smart People to Stupid Things", offers insights for parenting cyber-powered kids.

Children who have been abused or neglected early in life are at risk for developing both emotional and physical health problems.

I guess pretty soon we'll be able to add Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi to the list of couples who have desperately had a baby with the hopes of it salvaging an already failing relationship heading towards divorce.

Having raised their own children, the Lebanon, N.J., couple, who declined to give their last name, planned to retire to Florida.

Jade took on the role of surrogate mother to the baby bird when, unfortunately, the breeding adults didn't prove to be the most capable of parents.

Parents are always told no tv, no computers, on electronics, etc. However, a lot of very good information is out in forms of electronics.

And I didn't want another puppy. The first one died, horribly, in a mess of blood and vomit, the victim of parvovirus, a harsh environment with virtually no veterinary care, and my ignorance.

Union J singer J.J. Hamblett's bandmates say he uses parenthood to get out of things he doesn't want to do.

The writer John Shea tells the story of Margaret, who found a bag of pot shoved in the back of her 14-year-old son’s sock drawer.

Debra Harrell was arrested recently after the McDonald's employee let her daughter spend the day playing in a nearby park while she worked her shift.

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