WSJ recently featured an article in their “Venture Capitalist Dispatch” blog titled The ‘Quantified Baby’: Rest Devices Aims to Popularize Wearable Infant Monitor.” The blog post described a new wearable physiological baby-monitoring device that is set to hit markets in 2014.
Read MoreMany men describe the birth of their child as a truly wonderful, life-changing event. But with the new responsibility and devotion, the expense and duty that parenthood brings may also come feelings of anxiety and bouts of exhaustion and stress. Research even points to a form of depression in new fathers, triggered by a combination of hormonal fluctuations and a struggle to cope with the role and its expectations.
Read MoreA study at Kansas State University concluded that dads feel just as guilty as moms about taking time to work out. The researchers said both parents tend to view exercise as a selfish behavior that takes up family time. The researchers said, in order to stay active, many dads take time during the lunch hour to exercise, while active moms exercise first thing in the morning.
Read MoreTypically, the idea of time falling back an hour leaves one feeling happy and excited for that extra hour of sleep. For all you parents who know better I can see you shaking your heads. This time of year brings cooler weather, costumes and candy and this is just the prequel to the rest of the holiday season.
Read MoreThe only thing better than picking out the perfect pumpkin: picking up your daughter who hasn't seen you in months. Levi Kaplan, a soldier who had been serving in Afghanistan for 10 months, gave his daughter the surprise of a lifetime last week. Luckily, Kaplan's wife, Meg Kaplan, got it all on camera.
Read MoreSometimes I feel like a bad dad. Doubts over my parental savvy often correlate with how long I’m at the office. When I call to tell Mrs. Tepper that I’ll be here until 7:30 p.m. working on a magazine feature—and won’t be home to put our son Luke to bed—the soft disappointment in her voice stays with me like a faint ember. The same guilty feelings apply to my job, too.
Read MoreOk, a big ‘thumbs up’ for Little Twig and Sparrow's really well made and comfortable pajamas. Made from cool, Tanguise cotton from Peru, my 4 and 6 year old immediately became inseparable from them! I really like to “outside the box” designs, very different from any jammies on the market the designs (y kids love them for child role play wear as well, for everything from Star Trek to Spide-Ma costumes).
Read MoreWatch a very talented dad monkey around making chocolate pancakes to look like chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas! As this incredible video shows, illustrator Nathan Shields' pancake designs are flippin' amazing. For his most recent collection, he's battered the competition, creating monkey versions of the sweet treats inspired by a gorilla pancake attempt by his son.
Read MoreActor expecting baby with former girlfriend Catherine Harding, a singer/songwriter also known as Cat Cavelli. The 41-year-old said in a statement that he and Harding, 23, a singer-songwriter also known as Cat Cavelli, are no longer in a relationship but are both "whole heartedly committed to raising the child".
Read More"I feel sorry for you when they become teenagers." "Dude, you're surrounded by women." "What did you do to deserve that?" Being a dad of four daughters (we also have one son), I hear stuff like this almost daily. And honestly, I'm the one who feels sorry for people who think this way. Having daughters is one of the greatest joys I could imagine. We have a saying at our house that goes like this, "I love you more today than I did yesterday." Raising girls is a privilege, not a burden.
Read MoreWho needs a birth announcement when you've got Ellen DeGeneres to do the job for you?! Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump is the proud dad to a newborn baby boy, talk show host DeGeneres announced via Twitter on Wednesday, October 15. Stump and his wife, Elisa Yao, only revealed their exciting pregnancy news last month, during an interview with 102.7 KIIS FM on Wednesday, Sept. 3.
Read MoreSoul superstar Stevie Wonder is reportedly set to welcome triplets with his new fiancee. Sources tell National Enquirer tabloid that 40-year-old Tomeeka Robyn Bracy is pregnant again, a year after she allegedly gave birth to the "Superstition" singer's eighth child in secret. Wonder, 64, has seven other kids from previous relationships, including two sons with his second ex-wife, fashion designer Kai Millard Morris, who he divorced in 2012.
Read MoreOctober is national SIDS awareness month and although it’s being highlighted this month, it’s important to stay educated and diligent all year. Here are tips, guidelines and recommendations to keep your little ones safe and reduce the occurrence of SIDS.
Read MoreJohn McElhenney's outlook on life after divorce is pretty simple: Upward and onward. Of course there were some emotional moments during the process, but once he worked through his initial grief, the single dad tried to set his mind on regrouping and feeling whole again, if only for his kids' sake.
Read MoreSimon Cowell doesn't mince words, even when it comes to his own parenting skills. "I'm going to be honest – I'm not exactly a hands-on dad," Cowell tells Hello! magazine about caring for his 8-month-old son, Eric Philip. "I want to fast forward a few years so I can take him go-karting and then introduce him to women," says the music and TV producer, 55.
Read MoreOne morning in 2013, dad Adrian Murray and his wife Michelle experienced every parent's nightmare. They woke up to find their 10-month-old son Emerson unresponsive in his crib. The parents rushed their baby to the hospital, where he remained for three days. After severals rounds of tests, doctors still could not provide an answer as to what exactly was wrong with Emerson.
Read MoreBeing a dad might entail dirty diapers, but it also tends to come with big bucks. Men with children earned 40% more than their childless counterparts in 2010, according to a new study by The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Dads had a median salary of $49,000 compared to around $29,000 for men without kids.
Read MoreRetired Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell became famous after his harrowing experience during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, which became the subject of the Oscar-nominated film "Lone Survivor." Recently, the military veteran has made headlines again for a Facebook status he posted about a very different topic -- fatherhood.
Read MoreWe've all been there: When face-to-face with a baby or fluffy animal, the urge to speak or sing in a shockingly high voice is hard to overcome.That's just what happened to this dad who was in the tub with his baby. The happy father, who was gleefully singing to the little cutie, however, didn't realize he was being recorded the whole time.
Read MoreI wrote this article for Every Little Thing Magazine just after Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban back in 2012, for the daring to be a girl who wanted an education. This morning, I listened to her acceptance speech for her richly-deserved Nobel Peace Prize: proof that respect for human rights is not a political issue - it's a humanity issue regardless of gender, race or beliefs.
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