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• Who is babysitting the Kid-Rods?

  At least some part of the A-Rod/Madonna/C-Rod/Lenny Kravitz bizarre love square is true (C-Rod is the new name for Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of Alex, in case you didn't know). Kravitz denies that he and Mrs. Rod are having an affair, and the fact that he reportedly isn't even in Paris lends some credibility to that claim. But Cynthia is definitely in The City of Light, and the New York Post has the photo to prove it. PLUS she isn’t wearing her $150,000 engagement ring. Now, I have a question, one also asked by Boston teacher DeDe White in today's New York Post: um, don't these people have young children? Normally the phrase "but what about the children?" is used as a club to bludgeon... Read More... Posted Jul 05 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: divorce, celebrity moms, Google, Guy Ritchie, Baseball, Alex Rodriguez, celebrity dads, New York, celebrity divorce, scandal, derek jeter, lourdes ciccone, Brett Singer, sassy smith, major league baseball, mlb, yankees, arod madonna, red sox, strikes out with the bases loaded, ciccone, Cynthia Rodriguez, alex rodriguez and madonna, sports talk, arod, can't hit in october, central park west, madonna divorce, A rod, a rod madonna, a-rod and c-rod split, alex rodriguez wife, alex rodriguez madonna, Natasha Rodriguez, celebrity breakups, ella rodriguez, rocco ritchie

• School T-Shirt Controversy: "N the 'N' Word"

  Eight-year-old Jaiden Haber was sent to the principal's office for wearing a shirt that said, "N the 'N' Word" and below that, "It's time!" The principal of the Amityville school told Jaden to change the shirt. The executive director of the Nassau chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union says that violated Jaiden's First Amendment rights. The district superintendent says, "To send a little white girl wearing this shirt into a very diverse district that is almost 90 percent nonwhite was not the way to address this word. It's a lightning rod." Jaiden's mom says the school should have used this as a teaching moment, and that Jaiden innocently made history. But you know what really bothers me about this story?  What Jaiden says. "My mom picked it out. She thought it would look nice on me. I don't know why they made me take it off...   Read More... Posted Jun 30 2008, 06:38 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: education, racism, mom, school, clothes, principal, New York, first amendment, daughter, t-shirt, political, civil rights, n word, jaiden haber

• A Bouncing Baby Girl ... on a Subway Platform

  There are lots of places where I would prefer not to deliver a child: In a bathroom stall; on a pitcher's mound during the seventh inning stretch at an Orioles game; Newark, New Jersey. (Ah, just kidding, New Jersey residents. That last joke was too easy.) Anyway, I would add to that list: A New York City subway station. But Francine Alfontent did just that on Monday, giving birth to a 6-pound, 7-pounce baby girl on the F train platform at the East Broadway stop. Read More... Posted Jun 25 2008, 11:58 AM by Jen Chaney with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: newborn, birth, New York, labor, delivery, subway, going into labor, Francine Alfontent

• Down with “The Herp”: 1 in 4 New Yorkers Has Herpes

  Hey New Yorkers, I got a fun and quick game for ya. Gather up three of your friends. Now take a good look at the circle of you. One of you has herpes. See, wasn’t that fun? According to  the New York Health Department, over a quarter of the Big Apple’s denizens has got the magic touch. Now you might be saying, “Oh they must be including cold sores as herpes.” Nope, that 26% number is all gential herpes.  This is compared to a national average of…      Read More... Posted Jun 13 2008, 11:00 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: condoms, teen pregnancy, New York, abstinence, STDs, safe sex, herpes

• Real Life Wonder Woman saves her twins

  Remember the TV show "That's Incredible"? They had a segment once where a woman lifted a car off of her child to save him. This isn't quite that superhuman, but it's close. Read More... Posted Jun 10 2008, 01:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: news, Wonder Woman, New York, accident, car, Brett Singer, long island, river, Coleen Charles, mom saves kids

• Harry Potter and the Schlong of Broadway

  Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter, is coming to Broadway this September to star in "Equus." If you're not familiar with the play, it involves a boy, his therapist, and the horse that the boy is, um, sexually attracted to. Plus, Daniel gets to show the world his birthday suit. Its Full Frontal Muggle, girls! Now, will there be a massive public outcry, the way there was with Miley and her seemingly never-ending supply of vaguely suggestive photos? Read More... Posted May 28 2008, 01:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: entertainment, news, harry potter, New York, london, theater, Brett Singer, british, theatre, broadway, equus, daniel radcliffe, peter shaffer, j. k. rowling

• Rapper Remy Ma(ma) going to jail

  Rapper Remy Ma (née Reminisce Smith, Remy Martin) was sentenced to 8 years in jail on Wednesday for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph in "a dispute over money." The judge in the case, Rena Uviller, told Remy that she was, "a young woman whose anger is out of control." Why mention this here? Because when the case was over, Remy pleaded for a lighter sentence, citing her difficult childhood -- and her 7-year-old son. Read More... Posted May 15 2008, 10:30 AM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: children, news, mom, rap, marriage, crime, guns, jail, weddings, NYC, New York, sons, shooting, Brett Singer, rappers, remy ma, fiancée, papoose, rikers island

• Politician drives drunk, has child with mistress, is big jerk

  Is every guy in New York politics an adulterer? Vito Fossella, a Congressman from Staten Island, has now admitted to fathering a "love child" with a mistress that he carried on an affair with for several years. This news came to light after Fossella was charged with a DWI after leaving a D.C. bar where he was drinking with a friend who was so wasted he "passed out in front of the men's room." The other woman is Laura Fay, a former colonel in the United States Air Force. Their daughter is now 3 years old. Read More... Posted May 09 2008, 02:45 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: new york city, news, Sex, NYC, New York, government, scandal, wives, DWI, governor, staten island, New York state, Brett Singer, carlos santana, love child, out of wedlock, extra-marital, vito fossella, laura fay, other woman, affair, elliot spitzer, representative, politicans, senator

• Dooce Meet-Up Tonight And Dad Book Signing

  I've read a few essays from "Things I Learned About My Dad (in Therapy)" -- all from bloggers and compiled by Heather Dooce Armstrong -- and I have to say I'm impressed. And why not? She asked for fatherhood essays from some of the web's best parenting bloggers, and lohd ahmighty, did she get them. Read More... Posted May 07 2008, 01:28 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: dooce, New York, essays, book, meet-up

• Sale alert: NettoCollection Spring Sample Sale

  If you want to upsize your baby's style quotient without breaking the bank, check out NettoCollection's annual sample sale.  Baby furniture floor samples and accessories are 60% off. The sale is going on today through May 6th. Full details after the jump. Read More... Posted May 02 2008, 01:45 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: cribs, NYC, furniture, New York, baby furniture, nettocollection, sales, Brett Singer, dressers, stylish, cubkids, soho, children's furniture, sample sale

• Saudi Women Treated As Children

  A report released by the New York based Humans Rights Group says adult Saudi Arabian women hold the status of “perpetual childhood” with their husbands and the male members of their families. Among the other rights not afforded to Saudi women are the right to drive and the right to health care unless given permission.     What this means for Saudi mothers is not being allowed to make even the most simple choices for their own children, because they, after all, have the same status as their children... Read More... Posted Apr 25 2008, 07:02 AM by Cole Gamble with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: children, women, New York, human rights, sexism, Saudi Arabia, patriarchy, middle east, oil, human rights group

• And now, the Papal Skateboard

  OK, we know he's Catholic. But does the Pope ollie? Krystal Melendez from Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan was the winner of the Papal Skateboard Design Contest. She presented her winning design to the Pope himself in Yonkers yesterday. Huh? What's that?  Read More... Posted Apr 20 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: church, NYC, New York, Pope, youth, Brett Singer, yonkers, big apple, washington heights, catholic, skateboard, design contest, krystal melendez, papal visit

• Hasselbeck says wives need to bring sexy back

  I take it all back. Everything I said. Elisabeth Hasselbeck is the most amazingly wonderful woman in the history of the world. She is a true intellectual, a raconteur of the highest order, and above all: she knows that men need sex. Read More... Posted Mar 14 2008, 01:15 PM by Brett Singer with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: the view, elisabeth hasselbeck, New York, governor, spitzer, scandals, eliot spitzer, silda wall spitzer, cheating spouses

• New York Governor Spitzer Resigns

  That's it--he's over. Done. Kaput. Gone-a-rooney. Governor Spitzer, formerly known as a crusader against, among other things, prostitution rings, announced his resignation today after he was caught on tape arranging to visit a prostitute. Considering where he was just a few days ago, this has to be one of the biggest falls in political history. Yes, Bill Clinton was President. But that situation was not only very different for several reasons...   Read More... Posted Mar 12 2008, 01:23 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: New York, governor, spitzer, scandals, eliot spitzer, silda wall spitzer, cheating spouses, david paterson

• Another Reason to Love Mary Louise Parker

  I admit it: I dig Mary Louise Parker. She's beautiful, a great actress, and apparently she takes motherhood seriously (she's also a single mom, thanks partly to Billy Crudup dumping her when she was seven months pregnant. Butthead.) In this terrific New York Times story... Read More... Posted Mar 04 2008, 08:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, New York, single parents, weeds, mary louise parker, single moms, theater, west wing, actresses

• Kids Night on Broadway: Get Free Theater Tickets Now!

  Here's an awesome opportunity for anyone living in or near New York, or even planning a visit in February: free Broadway tickets for kids. It's all part of Kid's Night Broadway 2008, an annual event that lets kids aged 6-18 get in free to Broadway shows with a paid adult ticket. In New York, the event takes place February 5-6 and 12-13, but there are associated events taking place across the U.S. also during winter and spring 2008. And there's more stuff: Read More... Posted Nov 09 2007, 10:07 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: kids, New York, kid's night broadway, free stuff, theater, tickets

• Tragic Death of Manhattan Mother Preventable

  New Yorker Carol Gotbaum was a 45-year old mother of three young children on her way to alcohol treatment in Arizona when she died in airport police custody.  Her death, apparently a suicide (though it's under investigation) was entirely tragic and completely preventable.  A woman suffering from depression and alcoholism simultaneously, whose husband called airport security (too late) to warn them of her precarious state of mind... Read More... Posted Oct 15 2007, 12:29 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 43 comment(s) Filed under: post partum depression, New York, alcohol abuse, judith warner, treatment, carol gotbaum

• Something is Horribly Wrong in Adoption Land

  It's unbelievable how many hoops parents have to jump through to adopt a child. Applications, home studies, background checks. If it's a foreign adoption, there's even more: visas, endless paperwork, and always, money money money. Celebrities, however, seem to float right through the process on tiny butterfly wings. It may not be true, but that's our perception. But flouting the process isn't reserved for celebrities: like you I was sickened last week about reports of the Florida woman found to have horribly abused 11 adopted New York kids in her care. Read More... Posted Aug 09 2007, 07:24 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: adoption, child abuse, florida, New York, celebrity adoption

• Woman Thrown Out of Store for Breastfeeding Wins Settlement

  It's about time somebody who was photographed, thrown off a plane, thrown out of a restaurant, or in this case, escorted out of a store, all simply for breastfeeding, got revenge. Lass King won a $3600 settlement from Fossil after she threatened a lawsuit for being asked to leave Fossil's Manhattan showroom when breastfeeding her 8-month-old son. Didn't Fossil hear that NYC Mayor Bloomberg wants breastfeeding? Maybe it's time for a nurse-in. I know this has been done to death, but c'mon people, let's have a group vote on this: Is breastfeeding in public okay or isn't it? I'm willing to accept a majority vote here, but let's just all get on the same page, shall we? And understand me when I say "public": I don't mean that we'll be forced to cover up our babies with a blanket or an effing ugly weird hat or something. Not unless WE choose to. But at the same time, if a true majority votes "no" on public breastfeeding, I will completely honor that.   Oh, and one more thing? Babies each get TWO votes. Posted Jul 06 2007, 07:55 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: breastfeeding, lactivism, New York, F.B.I.ossil, Lass King

• Girl Kicked Off Plane Due to Coughing Fit

  Here I was thinking recently that Continental may be my new favorite airline.  I hadn't flown them before until this past week, but I was impressed with the low cost of my last-minute ticket, the ease of check-in, and the fact that they may be one of the only remaining airlines to offer food in coach at no additional cost (not that it was good food, you understand, but at least it was something.  And there were M & M's).  So imagine my surprise when I read that Rachel Collier, a teenage girl returning to Hawaii from a school trip to New York City, was kicked off her plane and made to remain behind while her classmates went home without her, all because she was coughing. Read More... Posted Mar 31 2007, 02:32 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: hawaii, Continental airlines, airplane travel, New York, coughing