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'Brit Fritzl' Impregnated Daughters for Child Benefits

Rapist father lived off pay for incest babies

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) Nov 28, 08 4:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A British man sentenced to life for raping his daughters over a 30-year period wanted them pregnant so he could collect child benefits from the government, his sister-in-law told the Daily Telegraph . The man, 56, impregnated his two daughters a total of 19 times, resulting in nine children, two of whom died at birth. The man never worked but always had money, the sister-in-law said. More »

More about:  Great Britain • rape • incest • father • child rape • benefits

'Brit Fritzl' Gets Life for Raping Daughters 30 Years

'Worst case' judge has ever seen

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Nov 26, 08 3:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A British father has been sentenced to 25 life terms for raping his two daughters over nearly 30 years and impregnating them 19 times, reports the Guardian. Nine of the pregnancies resulted in children, all with genetic abnormalities, and two died at birth. Other pregnancies miscarried or were terminated. The man, who has been called the "British Fritzl" after the Austrian father who raped his daughter, began assaulting his children between the ages of 8 and 10, and beat them severely. More »

More about:  Great Britain • rape • Josef Fritzl • assault • Elisabeth Fritzl • father • child rape

OPINION

 Ranking the 
 Dads-in-Chief 

Carter among the best, FDR one of the worst

Babble Babble Nov 4, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Enough with debates on Sarah Palin being a mommy and a vice president. A look at the best and worst fathers-in-chief, as compiled by Madeline Holler for Babble, starting with the worst: Thomas Jefferson only acknowledged (the white) half of the "kajillion kids" he had. FDR might have saved the nation, but the mama's boy fathered five kids who had 19 marriages and 15 divorces!  More »

Edwards' Ex-Lover
Refuses Paternity Test

She's a 'private person' who's 'not running for office,' lawyer says

Washington Post Washington Post Aug 10, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards’ former lover refuses to get a paternity test “now or in the future” for the baby Edwards denies he fathered, the Washington Post reports.  Rielle Hunter’s lawyer said she is a “private person” who is “not running for public office” and “wishes to maintain her privacy and her daughter's privacy.” Hunter and former Edwards fundraiser Andrew Young have said that Young is the father. More »

More about:  John Edwards • baby • Rielle Hunter • father • paternity test

glossies

 Are We Happier Without Kids? 

Childless Americans enjoy life more, studies say

Newsweek Newsweek Jul 5, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Little bundles of joy may not be delivering as much pleasure to their moms and dads as they're reputed to, Newsweek reports. Parents are about 7% less happy than the childless, one study says, while another concludes that "no group of parents reported significantly greater emotional well-being than people who never had children."  Are today's parents too busy and bleary-eyed to feel the love, Newsweek asks, or have expectations changed? More »

More about:  children • family • study • mothers • survey • happiness • father

Lindsay Has Secret Half-Sis, 13, Dad Says

Papa Lohan fathered girl with other woman while separated

OK! OK! Jun 27, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan may have a secret sister, if her dad is dishing the truth. Michael Lohan told OK! today that he fathered a child with another gal while separated from ex-wife Dina 13 years ago. She’s “beginning to look a lot like Linds,” Papa Lohan wrote to the girl's mom. More »

More about:  Lindsay Lohan • father • Michael Lohan • paternity test • Dina Lohan • half-sister

opinion

 A Call for Dads to Step Up  

Fatherless upbringing can help doom kids

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 14, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Father’s Day approaches, it’s important to recognize that alarming numbers of America’s youth don’t know their fathers, leaving them feeling like “throwaway people,” writes Juan Williams in the Wall Street Journal . The lack of a dad “to push them, discipline them,” can mean “they give up trying to succeed,” says an author who writes for teens. More »

More about:  parenting • family • father • single parenting • child care • Father's Day

Skip the Ties and Tools:
Dads Want Gadgets

High-tech is the way to make dad feel like a million on his special day

ABC News ABC News Jun 14, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lose the power tools and the landscaping implements this Father's Day, ABC News suggests. The kind of cutting edge Dad really wants can't be found at the hardware store. Among them: For dads who want media at their fingertips, the enV2 by LG hosts music and video via V CAST and sports a QWERTY keyboard for only $129, with a phone contract. More »

More about:  gadget • consumer electronics • Netflix • father • Father's Day • Vudu • LG Electronics

Superhero Dads Protest on Lawmaker's Roof

Fathers' group demonstrates for paternal access rights

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 8, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two dads in superhero getups climbed on a British lawmaker's roof today to demand their rights, the AP reports. A fathers' group staged the protest to promote paternal access rights, after talks with 10 Downing St. broke down. “We are now resuming a full-scale campaign of direct action,” said the founder of Fathers 4 Justice. "F4J is now the last line in the defense of fatherhood.” More »

More about:  protests • civil rights • father • superhero • costume • Britian • Harriet Harman • British officials

Obama Senior's Long-Lost Political Writing Surfaces

Elder Barack critiqued Kenyan socialism

Politico Politico Apr 15, 08 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mid-'60s treatise on Kenyan socialism has been causing a stir in the 2008 US presidential election, Politico reports, because of its author—Barack Obama Sr. Titled “Problems Facing Our Socialism,” conservative bloggers believe the paper reveals the elder Obama’s hidden communist leanings. But the scholarly paper is more a moderate, mocking critique of the “African Socialism” Kenya’s government was then advocating. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Kenya • socialism • father • Dreams From My Father

Father, Daughter Have Love Child

Australian couple tell interviewer they 'knew it was illegal, but you know, so what?'

Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Morning Herald Apr 9, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian father and daughter, reunited after 30 years, have had a daughter together, reports the Sydney Morning Herald . "I knew it was illegal, of course I knew it was illegal, but you know, so what," said the baby daddy/granddaddy. He called the sexual relationship "absolutely fantastic." The two were charged with incest and banned from having sex, and are being monitored by police. More »

More about:  Australia • incest • father • daughter

Determine
Your Daddy—at
the Drugstore

Do-it-yourself paternity kits now on sale nationwide for $30

MSNBC MSNBC Mar 27, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sometimes vexing task of determining a child's father can now be solved by plunking down $29.99 at the local drugstore. A Utah company has expanded sales of its do-it-yourself DNA kit to Rite Aids in 30 states after sales soared in sample markets, MSNBC reports. Identigene of Salt Lake City expects to sell 52,000 of them this year. More »

More about:  FDA • DNA • parents • father • paternity test

Dads Move in
on Baby Market

As fathers get more hands-on, baby gear is getting less female

New York Times New York Times Aug 16, 07 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - As fathers continue to take a more active role in raising their children, the market for baby gear has become less mom-centric, the New York Times reports. And it's not all fishing vests with hidden diaper changing pads. Recent dad-born inventions include computerized baby timers and a nipple adapter that fits on water bottles. More »

More about:  children • marketing • parents • father • gender roles • raising children • baby bottle • inventions

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