Parenting

A Record Store Geek (And Parent) Explores The Music Generation Gap

Finally, I get to write about music. I've been hanging out on the cultural side of the New Times site, Jackalope Ranch, writing a little column called Parent Hood. Not a "how to parent" column, more like a look at pop culture through the eyes of a parent (five kids aged 11 through 30) and a hoodlu ... More >>

Pop Secrets

(Worst) Parent of the Year: Toddler Potty Training In Restaurant

See Also: Baby Strollers at Devoured?! Young Children?!?! The Horror! See Also: What's the Most Bizarre Thing You've Seen at a Restaurant? Breast feeding in public has its vociferous avatars and detractors but at the end of the day it is not unreasonable to say that the issue is debatable. Modesty ... More >>

Farmville

Friends With Kids: An Unconventional Parenting Setup in a Highly Standard Rom-Com

County Attorney Bill Montgomery to Head Governor's Child Safety Task Force to Fix Mess at CPS

County Attorney Bill Montgomery and other child welfare experts have been pegged with the task of figuring out how to fix Child Protective Services. ​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced today the members of a task force she's organized to review the state's child-safety policies following a rece ... More >>

How to Make Sure Your Kid Has the Most Boring Prom Ever, Compliments of SADD

www.icanhazcheezberger.com​Spring has sprung, which means one thing for high school seniors and tuxedo-rental stores: prom season.No prom is complete without the risk of a potential unplanned pregnancy coming nine months after the big night, and nothing helps an able-bodied teen get laid qui ... More >>

Beauty and the Beast

Chrysa Robertson of Rancho Pinot, Part Two

Chef Chrysa Robertson of Rancho Pinot is a true Italian chef; why, you ask? "I always make way too much food!" Robertson laughs. Today she tells us about her first nerve-racking Italian feast, sweetbreads and all; her embarrassing fryer oil incident three days into a job, and the one addictive snack ... More >>

Natalie Merchant

Teen-Targeting Clothing Store Forever 21 Pushes Maternity Clothing Line in Arizona -- and, Coincidentally, Two Other States With a Lot of Pregnant Kids

www.herestheproblem.com​If you're a pregnant teenager in Arizona, congratulations! Not for throwing away your youth by lettin' one slip past the goalie, but because your geographic location (and likely Arizona's astonishingly-high teen-pregnancy rate) allows you to be one of the most fashion ... More >>

Fringe for the Kids

Starting young ones on the cutting edge

Chuckle Down-Dog

Laugh it off at East West Exchange

Mesa Air Group Being Sued by Mom Thrown Off Plane for Breast-Feeding

www.photobucket.com​A Vermont woman, who was thrown off an airplane for refusing to put a blanket over herself while she breast-fed her 1-year-old daughter, is suing Mesa Air Group. The incident happened about three years ago and sparked national protests, or "nurse-ins" at 19 ai ... More >>

Home Depot and Phoenix Cops to Remodel Neighborhood Activist's Home

A Phoenix neighborhood activist in failing health will get a home makeover, courtesy of Home Depot and Phoenix police. Guadalupe Arenazas played a major role in ridding her neighborhood of criminals and scofflaws, also working with the Phoenix City Council on improvement issues. Now she's in need ... More >>

Hermosillo, Mexico, Day-Care Fire Spurs Relief Fund by Phoenix Officials

Image: Wikimedia CommonsPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Councilman Claude Mattox and officials with the Sister City program will kick off a fundraising effort this morning to benefit families of children burned in a Mexico day-care facility fire. At least 44 children were killed in the blaze. Abou ... More >>

Black Rock Petroglyph Hike

Conjoined Twins Separated by Surgical Team at Phoenix Children's Hospital

A team of surgeons and nurses at Phoenix Children's Hospital early this morning finished a 17-hour operation to separate conjoined twins. The hospital staff released these photos this afternoon to tout the achievement and the national media attention it brought. NBC's Today Show is scheduled to re ... More >>

In Your Own Words:

Etgar Keret on his low-budget movie Fatso and high-budget life

Sarah Fenske’s in dogged pursuit of maternal instinct

Mother, interrupted: CPS accused her of everything from neglect to excessive care, never proved anything, and took her daughter anyway

Lynx and Lamb Gaede, the neo-Nazi Olsen twins and their wack-job mother.

My Super Sweet Six

Don't you wish your birthday party was hot like mine?

Indian Takers

A war for custody of 4-year-old Raven Laws includes a spurious Alabama tribe

Wanted in Sun City: Breast Specialists

Suffer the Children

Governor Napolitano made CPS reform a top priority. But it's been a tough four years

Breast of Intentions

Mrs. Milliron has a pair of complaints

Playgroup

Reproduction
(Peacefrog)

BEST RESTAURANT FOR KIDS

Sabuddy's Israeli Restaurant

Redact Attack

Secrecy at CPS must change before real reform of this broken agency can begin

Heaven Help The Child

Arizona's child welfare system is perpetually in disarray. Now, Governor Janet Napolitano wants to save the children. But can anyone sort out this political and financial mess?

Turning Japanese

Comics confab draws animation aficionados

Playgroup

DJ-Kicks (Studio K7!)

Murky Waters

The drowning death of a child is always a tragedy. But when does it become a crime? County prosecutors are wading into a dangerous debate.

Best Creative Outlet for Moms

Mothers Write
Writers Voice
602-252-2530, extension 16

A Foot Soldier in the War on Child Abuse

The Once and Future Mom

CPS slammed for severing parental rights while doing little to preserve the family

A Rift in the Ranks

Pro-choice lobby may be weakened by a disagreement over regulation of abortion clinics

Spalding Knows Best

Fab Five Fib

Arizona doesn't put all of its women on pedestals

Cops Kid Around

Loudon Clear

Pro-Life-Choice

Age of Consent

Once again, the Legislature wants to require minors to get a parent's permission for an abortion

RING AROUND THE DAY CAREPUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE LOSERS IN A MOVE TO DEREGULATE PRIVATE CHILD-CARE CENTERS

EDUCATION INTERRUPTUS

A SCOTTSDALE PARENTS' GROUP WITH TIES TO PAY ROBERTSON IS MAKING SURE THE SEX-ED CURRICULUM DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY

THE FAMILY TRAP

UNDER ITS "REUNIFICATION-FIRST" POSICY, THE STATE OF ARIZONA ROUTINELY FORCES CHILDREN TO LIVE WITH PARENTS WHO ARE UNFIT GUARDIANS BY ANY DEFINITION

RESERVATION NOT ACCEPED

THE COURT RETURNED LALITA ALTAHA TO HER NATURAL MOTHER, AND A LIFE OF UNHAPPINESS AT FORT APACHE

MAY DIVORCE BE WITH YOU

FOR BOB HIRSCHFELD---MEN'S-RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND DOMESTIC-RELATIONS LAWYER---BREAKING UP IS FUN TO DO