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Moms talk, text while driving — even with baby on board

Texting While Driving

A survey finds mothers indulge in risky driving behavior with their babies in the car.

 

Mom saves son's life by Googling symptoms

Google

A quick-thinking mother saved her son’s life when she Googled his ailments, the Shropshire Star reported. Kian Jones, 12, of Shrewsbury, U.K., had persistent headaches, poor vision and vomiting, which his mother, Sabina, typed into Google after the child was initially misdiagnosed.

 

Most breast-feeding moms quit earlier than planned

Erin Carroll planned to breast-feed both her newborn sons. But like many women with the best intentions, it didn't work out. A new government study finds only a third of new moms achieve their goal of exclusively breast-feeding for three months.

 

TODAY Moms get creative with discipline

Like the laptop-shooting dad and the Facebook-shaming mom, TODAY Moms readers have their own take on creative discipline. Here, they share their own clever punishment tactics.

 

Woman Convicted of Child Abuse in Hot Sauce Case

An Alaska woman was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor child abuse after squirting hot sauce into the mouth of her adopted Russian son as punishment in what prosecutors said was a ploy to get on a TV show.

 

Moms confess their deepest, darkest secrets in our survey

Moms confess their deepest, darkest secrets in our survey

TODAY.com and Parenting.com surveyed more than 26,000 moms about their secrets and confessions – and discovered plenty that doesn’t get discussed at play dates. Even in our post-Oprah, confessional culture, there are some things moms just don’t say out loud.

 

Moms: Working mom guilt, be gone! Your kids fare better, study finds

Moms: Working mom guilt, be gone! Your kids fare better, study finds

Little girls with stay-at-home moms were twice as likely to develop emotional and behavioral problems, a British study finds.

 

Ga. mom is spared prison in son's jaywalking death

A woman who was arrested after her 4-year-old son was struck and killed by a van as they were jaywalking across a busy street was spared a prison sentence Tuesday following an outcry over her prosecution....

 

Mom may get more jail time than son's hit-and-run killer

Mom may get more jail time than son's hit-and-run killer

Georgia mother, whose 4 -year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run-driver, could get more jail time today than the jaywalking and reckless conduct ...

Senh: It's scary being a parent. You just have to be extra careful. I guess I'll always be using the crosswalk.

 

Mom who withheld son's meds gets 8-10 years

A Massachusetts woman convicted of attempted murder for withholding cancer medications from her autistic son was been sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison.

 

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