parenting

A Rockford area dental office shared a photo of a patient doing something we've never seen in a dental office before and it's adorable.

Thanks to a letter from an Illinois mom, President Obama has announced a plan to help families who can't afford diapers.

A town in Wisconsin has decided to fine parents of children who repeatedly bully their classmates; here's how it will work and how much they'll have to pay.

The internet. The land where you never really know what will catch on.

Size matters. Never more so than when you're a grown man hurling a huge snowball at a small child with no means of protecting himself.

Having kids is a lot of work, as this woman proves in spades.

I don't remember the first time my wife and I went searching for ways to get our newborn son to stop crying, but I seem to recall there were lots and lots of people with advice on the topic. Some suggestions included: Quiet things down in the house Make lots of noise in the house Swaddle him up Don't you dare swaddle him up Rock him Hold him very still Take a car ride because the vibrations will

So, your son went off to college well over a month ago, and you haven't gotten a single phone call from him. What's a mom to do? My mom would probably have shown up at my dorm room with a wooden spoon in her hand. Assuming I lived to tell the tale, I would have gotten the message loud and painfully clear...

Meet 3 month old Ben. He really, really loves his dad, or he's quite the gifted mimic. I'm guessing it's both. Luckily, mom had the camera going, or we might have missed his declaration. I figure if he's saying "I love you" at 3 months, he'll be spouting Shakespeare's soliloquies by the time he's in 1st grade...

They played, danced, bounced and had a whole lot of fun at Kidabaloo Feb. 28 at the Hononegah High School dome in Rockton.