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James Bond actor punched his pregnant wife? Wow - that's a pretty serious allegation. James Bond actor George Lazenby, 68, is in the middle of a nasty divorce battle - he and his current wife, tennis champ Pam Shriver are fighting for custody of their three young kids. Now in the midst of his current...

This is a weird one. Shawn O'Hara, a 15-year-old high schooler in Deltona, Florida, did not want to get a haircut. But his father said he had to. So the kid did what any teen would do in this situation. He threw a bag of seashells at his dad, and then stabbed him in the hand with 10-inch sword. Shawn...

Hannah's terrific post about whether or not to step in when you see someone hitting their kids reminded me of a post I'd wanted to write for awhile now. Over in the Babble forums, a thread titled Smacking my 2 year-old is up to 155 replies. As someone who was slapped once by my mother (I think...

In this video from MSNBC, a little leaguer gets sucker punched by someone on the other team during the end of game festivities. It's pretty screwed up, although I could have done without the extreme close ups of the resulting fat lip. This is one of those times when I think you pull your kid aside...

When your kids misbehave, are you a ranter or a reasoner? Genetically, I'm a ranter who, until now, has fought hard to become the calm reasoner. I've tried (unsuccessfully) to recreate myself into the kind of mom who, in the heat of a child's blatant disregard for the sanctity of a peaceful...

Which came first, the exhausted parent or the screechy parenting style that can accompany that level of tired? That's the question raised by an Australian study that found mothers who yell or hit their kids are more likely to have toddlers with sleep difficulties. Pediatrician Harriet Hiscock studied...

A new study claims that children who were spanked may be at a higher risk for sexual problems later in life. Initial findings of the study suggest in addition to being spanked, kids who were slapped or hit, had objects thrown at them are at a greater risk for being coercive with a sexual partner or engage...

So...maybe it's something of a free-for-all in Italy's education system? First teachers go postal , now it's parents . A family of a middle-school student, including the father and the gradnfather of the student, beat up the school's principal in protest of recent low grades and a ban imposed on cell...

Parents rights activists are weighing in on spanking. The language of rights is a sign of the times. We are an entitled, grasping, self-centered bunch, us parent types. And those interested in protecting the parental right to spank are no different than the rest of the lot. Well, they're a bit more asinine...