Family Patterns
An Old Saybrook woman is accused of making her son sleep in a locked dog crate because he was acting out and soiling his bed.... Police started investigating Kathlyn Anthony, 54, after the boy's sister said at school that she was tired because she kept getting up at night to let her brother out of his "sleep locker."...
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Department of Human Services received five abuse or neglect complaints against a Del City couple in the years leading up to the deaths of their three children in a Jan. 4 motor home fire but found no cause to remove the children from the home.
Tulsa police arrested a man after a domestic dispute led officers into the man's house where they allegedly found a meth lab and three children hiding with their mother in a bedroom Sunday, officials said.
Police say two of the five kids living in Beauchamp's home were Jermaine McNeil, 10, and Ju'Tyra Allen, 6, likely the biological children of Brown. Their bodies were recovered in the C-15 canal Wednesday by police divers, and their identities have been confirmed in the last two days through dental records. Authorities have not released a cause of death. Brown's relatives say she and her children began living with Beauchamp in 2007, but Brown disappeared last summer. They say Beauchamp was vague on her whereabouts.
The boy's mother told police she'd left the boy and a 4-month-old girl in the care of two others while she attended parenting classes. She is not charged but police say endangerment charges are pending against her boyfriend's father and sister.
Lyndsey Dawn Fiddler... now being charged with first degree murder... in the death of her 10-day-old infant in November 2010....
When asked how he felt as his children were taken from him by U.S. website, Radaronline, the 45-year-old Two And A Half Men star said bizarrely: ' My fangs are dripping tiger blood.' [Uh, yeahhhh... they just might've made the right decision....]
A woman who is set to become Britain's youngest grandmother at 29 said it was 'her worst nightmare' when she discovered her 14-year-old daughter was pregnant. Kelly John said she always hoped Tia would not repeat her mistake and become pregnant at 14.
Criminal charges have been approved against a 24-year-old woman... believed to be a Burmese immigrant... who abandoned her newborn boy near a Wheaton home early Friday morning... baby was found lying naked under a tree - umbilical cord still attached... child's condition was upgraded from serious to fair...
An Oklahoma farm family could be the next global reality TV stars.... The Brits will be expected to attend church and help with chores around the farm.
showed no emotion when she was arrested Thursday afternoon... not married and has no children... lived with her terminally ill mother...
While leaving the baby by the road was a criminal act, state law does provide for the legal abandonment of newborns at certain designated locations.
A mother has had her three-year-old daughter taken away from her by social services after authorities deemed her too stupid to look after the child.
woman accused of leading an armed robbery gang involving her 12- and 14-year-old sons.... "If anything surprises me, it's that it took them so long."
Desmond Hatchett's brood came to light after authorities in Tennessee in the U.S. took him to court for non-payment of child support. He has apparently set a U.S. record but said: 'It just happened.'
Bonnie Sweeten is accused of filing false reports that she and her daughter were kidnapped, and then taking her daughter for a trip to Disney World while using another woman's ID to get there.
DNA tests have revealed that a 13-year-old British boy who claimed to have fathered a child with his 15-year-old girlfriend was not the dad.... story... sparked claims from other boys who lived nearby that they could also be the father and social workers organised a DNA test. ... father was 15-year-old Tyler Barker, who lived on the same housing estate
first born... attention-seeking authoritarian strict ... second born... perfectionism competitive wants to overtake older child... third born... strong-willed even tempered "take it or leave it" attitude has trouble finding a place... fourth born... wants to be bigger than the others may have huge plans that never work out spoiled...
The Birth Order Effect for Couples: How Birth Order Affects Your ... By Cliff Isaacson, Meg Schneider [Google Books]
Police say a Palmetto mother neglected to provide her child with needed dental care, which led to severe tooth decay.
An Oklahoma mother, who stood by and watched as someone gave drugs to her seven-year-old, is now behind bars. The stunning scene involving the developmentally delayed child was caught on camera. Authorities were tipped off to what happened after video of the incident surfaced on a repossessed computer.
A former prison officer has given birth to a baby fathered by a 'dangerous' inmate. ... Police were called in over accusations that she had breached security, but she resigned before they finished investigating.
KATY — Police say a 12-year-old suburban Houston girl fatally shot her father in the back of the head, possibly while he was sleeping. ... Neighbor... told the newspaper there had been tension between the girl and her father.
North Dakota woman, 26, is facing a child neglect charge for allegedly breast-feeding while drunk ... Since alcohol can pass from mother to child via breast milk, Anvarinia was arrested for neglecting her six-week-old infant ...