Parents

Parents face prison sentence for homeschooling after court accuses them of ‘intellectual neglect’ in bizarre cultural charge

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Parents face prison sentence for homeschooling after court accuses them of ‘intellectual neglect’ in bizarre cultural charge

A Brazilian court has sentenced a couple to 50 days in prison for “intellectual neglect” after they homeschooled their two daughters without a state-approved curriculum. A São Paulo criminal court ruled against Audato and Ieda Denardi, alleging they had failed to include programs on “gender and sex education” and “tolerance and diversity” in the curriculum for their … Read more

Bay Area restaurant fines parents after rowdy kids trash the place — and the internet is loving it

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Bay Area restaurant fines parents after rowdy kids trash the place — and the internet is loving it

A Bay Area restaurateur has gone viral for charging parents as much as $327 for failing to control their rowdy children at his Chinese eatery Chez Xue. You You Xue, who operates two restaurants south of San Francisco, says he’s slapped financial penalties on parents of spirited tots who smashed credit card readers, carved “designs” … Read more

Trump Accounts for kids have officially arrived — here’s every detail parents should know

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Trump Accounts for kids have officially arrived — here’s every detail parents should know

Free money is officially up for grabs as Trump Accounts are now live. President Trump hosted the heads of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the Oval Office on Monday to mark the launch of the new accounts. While the site went up on July 4, the event was the official start. The … Read more

Lonzo Ball sheds light on parents’ breakup: Mom was ‘damn-near forced to leave’ LaVar Ball

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Lonzo Ball sheds light on parents’ breakup: Mom was ‘damn-near forced to leave’ LaVar Ball

Lonzo Ball — the oldest of LaVar Ball’s three sons — spoke candidly this week about his parents’ breakup, and he said he believed his mom was “damn-near forced to leave” his dad. Lonzo gave his opinion on the topic during the “Ball in the Family Podcast” that he co-hosts with his younger brother, Gelo, … Read more

Actress daughter of legendary Hollywood parents reveals extraordinary offer to get beloved cat back

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Actress daughter of legendary Hollywood parents reveals extraordinary offer to get beloved cat back

An actress from a prominent Hollywood family claims she has spent more than two years trying to reunite with her beloved cat, Sheila — even offering the shelter caring for him $50,000 for his return. Katharine Towne, 47, the daughter of Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown Robert Towne and Hitchcock actress Julie Payne, claims she entrusted … Read more

Fired up parents defend enraged dad for reprimanding stranger who said ‘shut up’ to teen girls

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Fired up parents defend enraged dad for reprimanding stranger who said ‘shut up’ to teen girls

Don’t mess with him. A father is going viral for stepping in to reprimand a stranger who yelled at teen girls traveling for the first time — and people online are praising him for it. In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @Suzierizzo1, a crowd of people appears to be standing at … Read more

Airline ‘reluctantly’ scraps mandatory fees that allow kids and parents to sit together

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Airline ‘reluctantly’ scraps mandatory fees that allow kids and parents to sit together

Ryanair will “reluctantly” allow parents to sit with their children for free after an investigation into the practice was opened, bringing the airline in line with European industry standards. Previously, Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers charged a fee—typically $10.70 each way per adult—to allow up to four children aged two to 11 to sit next to … Read more

Parents disturbed by kids’ out-of-control screentime at school, spent surfing web and playing poker-like game: ‘Electonric fentanyl’

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Parents disturbed by kids’ out-of-control screentime at school, spent surfing web and playing poker-like game: ‘Electonric fentanyl’

Screen time at school is tech-ing a toll on tots.  Rather than reading, writing and arithmetic, students as young as preschoolers are learning the fundamentals of Chromebooks, iPads and apps in 2026.  It’s a vexing, virtual reality much to the chagrin of peeved parents, nationwide, who are now admonishing the academic powers that be for plying their children with … Read more

Teachers, parents and even students trash disastrous impact of AI in schools: ‘My heart breaks for this generation’

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Teachers, parents and even students trash disastrous impact of AI in schools: ‘My heart breaks for this generation’

A few months ago, a third-grade student in Brooklyn was assigned — like the rest of his classmates — an AI-powered reading program called Amira. He was already reading at a sixth-grade level, but he also suffered from hearing loss. Amira, the AI program, repeatedly flagged his pronunciation — which was sometimes slightly off, due … Read more

Food influencer recreates In-N-Out experience for parents at her East Coast home – and makes everything from scratch

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Food influencer recreates In-N-Out experience for parents at her East Coast home – and makes everything from scratch

For some East Coasters, introducing their parents to In-N-Out means booking a flight to California. But for food influencer Grace Lewis, it meant building an entire knockoff drive thru at her New Jersey home. The content creator behind the wildly popular Crazy Korean Cooking page stunned millions after transforming her front yard into a convincing … Read more

Pricey pre-game! Parents shell out upwards of $30K for elaborate pre and post-prom festivities: ‘Go all out for your kid’

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Pricey pre-game! Parents shell out upwards of K for elaborate pre and post-prom festivities: ‘Go all out for your kid’

Keeping up with the prom joneses. Gone are the days of posing in gowns and tuxes at a designated classmates’ house while snacking on some chips and soda before hitching a ride to prom. Today, highfalutin parents are spending upwards of $30,000 on over-the-top pre-prom parties that are in the same realm as an A-lister … Read more

Half of parents admit they have ‘no idea’ how they will afford kids’ college education: survey

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Half of parents admit they have ‘no idea’ how they will afford kids’ college education: survey

Half of parents admit they have “no idea” how they’re going to afford their kids’ college education, according to new research. A survey of 500 parents of high school seniors who intend to enroll in a four-year university this fall and 500 parents of current four-year university students unveiled the realistic struggles they face in … Read more

Exclusive | Summer camps have gotten so expensive that NYC parents are sending their kids abroad to save money: ‘It’s crazy’

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Exclusive | Summer camps have gotten so expensive that NYC parents are sending their kids abroad to save money: ‘It’s crazy’

Like many New York City parents, Marva Babel has willingly paid upwards of $8,000 to send her tween daughter to an upstate sleepaway camp for the past few summers. It was a pricey way for the Brooklyn resident’s 12-year-old, Aleim Tucker, to escape the city for a few short months — but to Babel, it … Read more

Exclusive | Peeved NYC students, teachers, parents beg mayor to cancel school for Knicks parade: ‘This is once in a lifetime’

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Exclusive | Peeved NYC students, teachers, parents beg mayor to cancel school for Knicks parade: ‘This is once in a lifetime’

While the Knicks are on parade, Sebastian Crosa will be working to get the grade.  Rather than lining the streets of lower Manhattan Thursday — whooping for the 2026 NBA Champions, led by Jalen Brunson, Karl Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby and his favorite player, Josh Hart — the middle schooler, 12, will be one of … Read more

Majority of adults caring for their parents say it helps heal their relationships: survey

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Majority of adults caring for their parents say it helps heal their relationships: survey

In spite of burnout and exhaustion, most Americans who are caring for an aging parent said it has healed their relationship with them. That’s according to a recent survey of 2,000 sandwich generation parents who also care for an aging parent, in which most (88%) said that caregiving has given them a life-changing reset with … Read more

‘Supernanny’ Jo Frost slams ‘lazy’ parents for raising unresilient kids: ‘When did we stop teaching these life skills?’

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‘Supernanny’ Jo Frost slams ‘lazy’ parents for raising unresilient kids: ‘When did we stop teaching these life skills?’

“Supernanny” Jo Frost is laying down some stone-cold truths. The 55-year-old TV personality announced that parents are all but hobbling their children with helpfulness. “I’m going to say something that might make you uncomfortable, so sit tight,” Frost said in a Facebook video. “We are slowly disabling our children,” she mic dropped. The British reality star … Read more

I’m a pediatrician — 5 symptoms I wish parents saw me about sooner

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I’m a pediatrician — 5 symptoms I wish parents saw me about sooner

Kids have been known to complain about silly things — which can make it hard to know what to take seriously. But there are a few symptoms that can signal something serious. Dr. Gayathri Kapoor, DO, a pediatrician based at Orlando Health in Florida, spoke to The Post about common issues parents are prone to … Read more

Girl, 6, claims sex assault at ritzy Christian school — but academy sues her parents with absurd explanation

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Girl, 6, claims sex assault at ritzy Christian school — but academy sues her parents with absurd explanation

A traumatized 6-year-old Florida girl claimed she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by another student at her ultra-expensive private Christian school – but the posh academy kicked her out and slapped the youngster’s family with a ruthless lawsuit.  The kindergartner’s parents sued Creation Village World School in Celebration for failing to protect their daughter, who was … Read more

Alleged teen lottery winner asks ‘Am I the a–hole?’ for refusing to split $4.5M with parents: ‘They called me selfish’

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Alleged teen lottery winner asks ‘Am I the a–hole?’ for refusing to split .5M with parents: ‘They called me selfish’

Who’s in charge here? A 19-year-old who claims to have scored a £4 million ($4.5 million) prize in a UK lottery is asking social media if he should have split his winnings with his parents. In a thread featured in the Reddit.com group r/AmITheAsshole, the unidentified teen wrote that he won the UK Lotto earlier … Read more

Shocking number of millennial and Gen Z parents spank their kids, study says: ‘Necessary to raise a child properly’

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Shocking number of millennial and Gen Z parents spank their kids, study says: ‘Necessary to raise a child properly’

Spare the rod and spoil the child? A recent study found that a large swath of Gen Z and millennial parents still use spanking as a form of punishment. Published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health last month, the research revealed that when this demographic of parents was asked whether they had ever spanked … Read more