Jerk Boss Tells Mom to Pretend Her Dead Kid 'Didn't Exist'
Post by Jeanne SagerWho hasn't wished there was a law against being a horrible boss? Maybe the story of Cecelia Ingraham will convince you this is something that can be legislated. Less than two years...
View ArticleBeware Crazy Relatives Finding Your Kid on Facebook
Post by Jeanne SagerHow's this for proof that being a parent makes you neurotic? When I first heard that a teen girl had reconnected with her long-lost dad thanks to Facebook, I got a big ol' stupid...
View ArticleDad's Death From Toothache Is What's Wrong With America
Post by Jeanne SagerIt started as a toothache. Two weeks later, 24-year-old father Kyle Willis was dead. Dead because he didn't have health insurance. Dead because he couldn't afford a simple...
View Article10 Reasons Cooking at Home Tops Going Out
Post by Jeanne SagerIt's practically written in stone that going out to eat = good, staying at home to cook = bad. Just watch a few TV commercials or read a few Facebook statuses. People whine about...
View ArticleLongest Hockey Game Ever Isn't What You'd Expect
Post by Jeanne SagerWhen someone says "longest hockey game" ever, what pops in your head? A bunch of burly guys with gaps in their teeth and a lot of beer on the side of their pond? You'd be wrong. The...
View ArticleThis Breast Cancer Prevention Plan Is Nuts
Post by Jeanne SagerThere's nothing more empowering than knowing that just making little changes in our lives can forever alter its course. Nothing scarier either. Especially when scientists are...
View ArticleMom Gets Punched Just for Trying to Help Her Autistic Kids
Post by Jeanne SagerIt was supposed to be a nice, happy family outing. Mom Jennifer Schwenker took her twin 8-year-old sons to McDonald's for Happy Meals. But the fact that Schwenker ended up getting...
View ArticleLosing My Dad on 9/11 Made Me the Dad I Am Today
Post by Jeanne Sager Sometimes when Peter Guza is playing with his son Owen, it's not his 1 1/2-year-old he's seeing but a child's version of himself. And joining him in his mind's eye is his dad, Phil...
View ArticleSouthwest Passenger's Cellphone Addiction Got Him Arrested
Post by Jeanne SagerYou know your cellphone addiction has reached an all-time high when you're so connected you'll get arrested rather than turn the sucker off. And yet there it is. A passenger on a...
View ArticleA Good Mom Will Fight to Have Her Kid Fail in School
Post by Jeanne SagerYou hear about parents fighting to get their kid's school to push their child to the next grade all the time. So what do you call a mom who is fighting to force her son's school to...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Adds Basketball to His World Domination Master Plan
Post by Jeanne SagerI'm starting to feel really bad for America's professional basketball players. They've got that whole NBA lockout thing going on. And every time you turn around, Justin Bieber is...
View Article6 Eerie Similarities Between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama
Post by Jeanne Sager Time to give credit where credit is due. Ann Coulter got something right about President Barack Obama last night (yes, it's been marked on the calendar). The right wing pundit said...
View ArticleDirty Music Isn't Sexualizing Our Teens, But This Is
Post by Jeanne SagerHoly Elvis Presley flashbacks, Batman! Scientists took a look at the Billboard chart topping hits from the last 50 years, and parents, it feels like the 1960s all over again! Sex in...
View ArticleI Lost the Father of My Children on 9/11
Post by Jeanne SagerJennifer Gardner Trulson was a proud mom watching her son put together a puzzle in his new classroom on his first day of school when the first plane hit the World Trade Center on...
View ArticleSan Francisco Giants Are All Heart When It Comes to Missing Fan
Post by Jeanne Sager We like to talk a lot about sports franchises in terms of the fan experience. Teams supplement game play with JumboTron antics and giveaways for a reason: to keep us coming back....
View ArticleAnti-Semite John Galliano Would Have Gotten Better Punishment in America
Post by Jeanne SagerJohn Galliano may be an anti-Semitic jerk, but I kind of wish the former Christian Dior creative director was living in America these days. A French court found him guilty of public...
View ArticleOutback Serves Toddler Booze, Makes More Helicopter Parents
Post by Jeanne SagerHere we go again. Another restaurant in a national chain has been accused of giving a little kid booze. Once is an accident. Twice a coincidence. Now I'm getting scared of what's to...
View ArticleCasey Anthony Forces Mom Cindy Into Another Desperate Act
Post by Jeanne SagerCindy Anthony is a desperate woman. Her granddaughter, Caylee, is dead, and the entire country is more or less convinced that her daughter, Casey Anthony (hello), did it. Tough row...
View Article'Glee' Star Kristin Chenoweth Stands Up for Gays
Post by Jeanne SagerSay what you will about Glee, but the producers sure do know how to pick the stars. Every time you turn around, there's another member of the cast proving they're the kind of person...
View ArticleReal-Life Vampire Attack at Hooters Sucks the Fun Out of 'True Blood'
Post by Jeanne SagerAmerica, it's time we face it. This vampire mania has gotten a wee bit out of hand. I mean, I love True Blood as much as the next devotee of the marvel that is Alexander Skarsgard...
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