Babble

You know, so often with issues that face our society, we fail to ask: what about the children? Healthcare is a hot-button issue in the upcoming Presidential election. The Onion presents reports on a study that shows that kids, when asked if they would like to go to the doctor more often, respond "NOOOO...

Pierce Brosnan has family values! Pierce was raised without a father and has made a committment to himself and his kids that they would know what it feels like to be loved all the time. He and his family live in Malibu, and they paly in the sun and surf together. I'm so jealous. He has five children...

MSNBC is reporting that Christina Applegate had a double mastectomy three weeks ago. She was diagnosed with cancer in one of her breasts earlier this month. She decided to have both breasts removed because, "Her mother battled breast cancer, and she tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation linked...

Most of the news that mentions Des Moines this week will be about will Shawn Johnson , the adorable little pixie person with abs of steel who is winning gymnastics medals in Beijing. But there's something else happening in Iowa's most populous city. (BIG GIANT CORRECTION: This happened in Des...

We've seen quite a bit of Michael Phelps' mom Debbie in Beijing. Bob Costas interviewed her and her record-setting spawn after Mike beat Mark Spitz's record by winning of eight medals in one Olympic games. But Phelps pop, Fred, isn't there. Where is he? He's at home, in Baltimore...

Dara Torres is an inspiration to many, competing in the Olympics at age 41, and winning. But I think the story of Oksana Chusovitina, a German gymnast, might be even more inspiring. Here's the deal: Oksana is from Uzbekistan. Her son was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 3. There were no beds...

Back in the year 2000, Dara "Superwoman" Torres was at a swimming camp in California. Two sisters, Sandra and Danielle Fong, were fascinated by her, and the medal she had just won at the Santa Clara International Invitational. So she did what anyone would do: she gave them her medal. OK, that's...

Ghazala Khamis (which I think is a really cool name) just gave birth to FOUR BOYS AND THREE GIRLS via c-section. She has three daughters and had undergone fertility treatments because she wanted a boy. Well, now she has four of them. The septuplets – my heart skips a beat whenever I look at that word...

Australian crewman won a gold medal in men's pairs rowing. For inspiration, he kept a photo of his kids tucked away in his shorts: So he's a gold-medal winning dad, and has been keeping a blog at drewginn.blogspot.com . It seems like there are more parents competing at the games this year, but...

While we wonder whether or not the Chinese gymnasts are the age the government says they are, there's some other stuff happening over in China. First up, British protesters were arrested for unfurling a "Free Tibet" banner (video below): Second, and perhaps more disturbing, is this video...