Cross-posted from CentralValleyMoms.com
Home birth: Will I get arrested?
In Mississippi it’s illegal to give birth assisted by a midwife at home. Madeline Holler, writer and mother to two, wanted a more natural experience with her second child. She opted for a felony delivery.
Read her story of meeting the midwife, asking questions — like “Could we be arrested?” — and delivering at home here.
Teen pranks gone wrong?
From marijuana and laxative-laced cupcakes to calling President Bush on his personal phone, have teen pranks gone too far?
As a pimply-faced gangly teen, I pulled my share of pranks. Usually it included buying Johnny Quick’s inventory of toilet paper, tubes of toothpaste and running amuck in the cover of night.
I’m sure the neighbors grumbled and complained when it came time to clean up the next morning. However, no one got hurt. (Unless you count that time I tripped, slid and embedded gravel in my shins.)
Many of today’s teens have taken their pranks to another level, a dangerous level. Recent news stories have reported that some of these outlandish jokes have resulted in injuries and even death.
Have you talked to your kids about pranks? When does a prank go from fun to wrong?
Read the full post here and then comment below.
Judge rules against detention
A father in Quebec, Canada grounded his 12-year-old daughter from the Internet after she placed photos of herself on a dating site. He extended the punishment to include her elementary graduation trip after she got into an argument with her step-mom.
What was a girl to do? Well, this one took off to her mom’s and then filed a motion to the court asking to overturn the punishment.
The court did. The judge thought the girl had been punished enough. (Read the full story here, via ParentDish.)
What are your thoughts? Can you see a similar case happening in the States? Should family court have the power to smack down the dad’s authority in this matter?
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Genevieve Hinson is a social media coordinator for Children's Hospital Central California. She's also a writer, wife and mom to two boys and a girl. The opinions she expresses here are her own, as is her obsession for coffee.
Been there, done that, attended another mom’s homebirth with a DEM–have friends who have done unassisted births.
My thoughts? That it’s wrong. Just plain WRONG. Discipline is love and a 12 year old has no business putting her face all over the internet. Unbelievable!