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Parents Behaving Badly

Archive for August 2006

August 31st, 2006

John Hogan: I’ve Already Been Punished!

Okay, I’ve had enough of this. John Hogan’s gone too far with his little "poor me" routine, and it’s turning my stomach. Hogan, as you will remember, is the UK dad who grabbed his two kids and dashed off the balcony of his hotel room in Greece, killing his son and injuring himself and his […]

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August 30th, 2006

The Latest Fashion: Parents Running over Their Children with Lawn Mowers

This next story is less in the category of "placing blame", and more in the category of "Public Service Announcement". I was reading CNN.com today, and saw a link to a video clip about Isabelle Norton, a 2-year-old who received an artificial leg after her father, well, sorta kinda destroyed the flesh-and-blood one with a […]

By admin -- 5 comments

August 29th, 2006

Missing Blind Girl Wasn’t So “Missing” After All

Folks, help me make sense of this one. I need a map. So we have two "roommates", Steven Doll and Kevin McDonald of Scottsdale, Arizona. (Guys? It’s okay to admit you can’t quit one another. We won’t judge you. Well, okay, we’re gonna judge you - but not over that.) Doll is the father of […]

By admin -- 38 comments

August 29th, 2006

Giving Your Kids Lung Cancer to Cost $100 in California

New legislation approved by the California Senate would make it a misdemeanor to kill your children softly with your smoke. Bill Ab 379 would make it a misdemeanor to light up in the car with your kids present, punishable by a $100 fine. The bill passed 23-14, with many conservatives choosing to fight for mom […]

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August 28th, 2006

Foster Parents (Straight Ones!) Leave Boy in Closet to Attend Reunion (UPDATED)

Earlier this month, Pam Spaulding at Pandagon went off on the ridiculous notion that heterosexual foster parents are somehow inherently better than gay foster parents. As if Mother Nature were dying to add another data point to bolster that case, along comes the horrifying story of Marcus Fiesel, a 3-year-old foster kid who was left […]

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August 28th, 2006

Mom: Don’t Blame ME for My Abandoned Son Plummeting from Apartment!

Now, Elizabeth Burciaga has something that resembles a point. Kids do sometimes, tragically, fall from the windows of apartment buildings, and it’s just a sheer accident. This happened to Eric Clapton, when people in his household became confused over who was watching his son.
But, Elizabeth? You don’t get to plead "accident" when your son […]

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August 27th, 2006

Guy Attempts to Murder Pregnant Ex Who Refuses to Be His Crack Mule

You know what I hate? I hate it when I’m chillin’ on my boat with my ex, and I’m like, "Bitch, get me some crack!", and she’s all like, "Get your own damn crack, lazy-ass motherfucka!", and I’m like, "Bitch!", and I have to pop up and lay a few backhands on her. And, you […]

By admin -- 5 comments

August 26th, 2006

New Car Death: Baby Left in SUV by Busy Dad

Every summer, we see the same story dozens of times: a mom or dad forgets to drop a kid off at child care, then walks into work and abandons their offspring. Hours later, the child is dead from heat stroke and dehydration, as summer temperatures of 90 or 100 degrees Fahrenheit push the internal temperature […]

By admin -- 10 comments

August 25th, 2006

More Gun Accidents: Son Shoots Self with Illegal 9mm

Wow. This could have been so much worse. As it is, 13-year-old Daryl Matthews Jr. had to be rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital in Wyandanch, Long Island, after finding father Daryl Sr.’s unlicensed nine-millimeter in the trunk of the family car and shooting himself in the hand with it. Well, rushed may be an exaggeration. […]

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August 25th, 2006

Manslaughter for John Hogan? What the Fuck, Greece?!

Not only does it look like John Hogan is not carrying through on his plan to kill hmself properly, but the British dad who killed his son in a murder-suicide leap stands to serve no more than a brief stint in jail. According to the Daily Record, Hogan will plead guilty to "the Greek equivalent […]

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