Parenting

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Watch This Dad Shoot His Daughter’s Laptop

3:45AM Yesterday | Mat Honan

So this happened. It’s a father reacting to a post his daughter made on Facebook. He wasn’t happy. You can skip ahead to seven minutes for the big reveal. More »


Gadgets

Hourglass Timer Stool Nixes Tantrums In Just 5 Minutes

7:20AM December 23, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Though it looks the part, this stool isn’t a training potty — but it will take the piss out of your kids. It’s actually a giant sand timer designed for time outs, sequestering rowdy ruffians for a calming five minutes. More »


Online

Mum Arrested For Facebook Pic Of Bong-Smoking Baby

6:20AM August 18, 2010 | Adam Frucci

That’s right, there is a picture of Rachel Stieringer’s baby taking some wicked bong rips. She was arrested for posting the picture on Facebook. More »


Entertainment

The Best iPad Apps For Babies, Toddlers And Sanity-Loving Parents

9:40AM May 7, 2010 | Wilson Rothman

Having a kid aged 0-5 means constantly having to come up with entertaining diversions. Fortunately, even this early, the iPad is absolutely brimming with those. If you have a small kid, the iPad bandwagon beckons. More »


Give Your Kid An Inflated Ego With The Ultimate Boy-Racer Stroller

11:00PM December 23, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

You just know that the kid who gets pushed around in this stroller will grow up to become a boy-racer. At $US2000, it’s almost karma for the parents who decided buying a Roddler was a good idea. More »


Gaming

Mum Calls Cops For Help With Son’s Gaming Addiction

6:58AM December 23, 2009 | CNET

A 14-year-old boy’s mother had enough with her son’s gaming over the weekend. After turning off the console hoping he would stop gaming, she called police to ask for their help in solving her son’s “addiction”. More »


The Texthook Makes A Great Stroller For A Terrible Parent

1:00AM December 13, 2009 | Brian Barrett

Be honest, parents. What’s your least favourite part about parenting? It’s all that darn parenting, am I right? Lucky for you there’s Texthook, a smartphone mount that lets you totally ignore your child on pleasant afternoon strolls. More »


Baby-Carrying Roomba is a Fun Way to Make Your Kid Require a Lifetime of Therapy

3:40AM March 24, 2009 | Adam Frucci

And the father of the year award goes to Ron Tajima, who created a Rooma/baby crib hybrid that he calls the Cradloomba. A better name might be Child Services Express. [GetRobo via Hack-a-Day]

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Cars

Segway-Powered Sledding Guarantees Your Kid Will Grow Up Fat and Lazy

7:00AM February 11, 2009 | Adam Frucci

This is the second best parenting via Segway photo ever, because I don’t think anything will ever be able to beat this one. [Break via The Daily What]

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TV, Video Games and Bad Parenting Creating Generation of Dumb, Addicted Two-Year-Olds

2:00AM January 5, 2009 | Jack Loftus

We love HDTV and video games something fierce, but this news out of the U.K. is pretty rotten. Apparently, parents are allowing tots to watch so much TV that they’re forgetting their own names.

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