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 Brit Dad Busted 
 in Kids' Death 

Mom found children unresponsive after visit with father

Oct 15, 09 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man separated from his wife was arrested yesterday after his two young children were found unresponsive in his home and were later declared dead. Police believe the father strangled the girl, 4, and 2-year-old boy, reports the Telegraph. They were discovered by their mom, who arrived to collect the... More »

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crime • murder • father • joint custody • infanticide • mother • child murder • marital woes

Dad Let Toddler Drown in Sea as He Macked on Mistress

'We heard a plop,' father recalls

Oct 9, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British dad let a stroller holding two of his children roll from a promenade into the sea where one of them drowned as he made out with his mistress. “I let go of the buggy and seconds into that kiss we heard a plop," married dad of... More »

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parenting • ocean • death • drowning • father • Britain

BOOK REVIEW

 Guys, Take a Page 
 From Chabon's 
 Manhood for 
 Amateurs 

Michael Chabon's essays on fatherhood, manhood paint him as quite a catch

Oct 7, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Chabon throws his voice into the widening pool of “daddy diaries” with Manhood for Amateurs, which offers “poignant meditations on manhood, fatherhood, and aspects of his own childhood.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning author emerges from the essays “as a prince among men,” writes Heller... More »

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fatherhood • parenting • father • book • essay • Michael Chabon • Jay-ZTV • fathers • Ayelet Waldman

glossies

 Girls Who Try Sex Early 
 Driven by Genes 

Absentee fathers not to blame, study says

Sep 19, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Absentee fathers may not be at fault for daughters who experiment with sex at an early age, the Economist reports. Researchers have long noted that girls with no dad around tend to reach sexual maturity earlier, suffer from depression, criticize their bodies, and get pregnant early on. But a new... More »

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genes • father • genetic code • teen sex

(Newser) - The delightfully profane dad who's the unwitting star of the August Twitter sensation "shitmydadsays," where his recently-moved-back-home son posts his cranky rants about making messes and dodging chores, may not be quite as clueless as he's been made out to be. Sam Halperin is actually a 73-year-old with... More »

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social networking • Internet • California • parenting • father • Twitter • tweet • book deal • Justin Halpern

Swedish Dad Aims to Make His Own Breast Milk

Man hopes to be able to suckle future kids; plans to pump his breasts for months

Sep 3, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Swedish father is attempting to defy convention—and millions of years of mammalian evolution—by producing his own breast milk, the Local reports. Ragnar Bengtsson, whose 2-year-old son won't be taking part in the experiment, plans to stimulate his breasts with a pump at 3-hour intervals every day... More »

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baby • Sweden • breast feeding • breast milk • father • breast pump

(Newser) - An acid-tongued septuagenarian is all the rage on Twitter, the Telegraph reports. The feed, @shitmydadsays, comes courtesy of his son—“I’m 28. I live with my 73-year-old dad. He is awesome. I just write down shit that he says"—and has almost 70,000 followers despite... More »

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social networking • Internet • elderly • father • Twitter • tweet • follower

 Help—I'm Jealous 
 of My Own Kid! 

Dads wrestle with idea that youngsters have it better than they did

Aug 25, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - You’re trying to give your kids the best: karate lessons, top schools, the latest video games. “You couldn't be prouder, really,” writes Christopher Noxon in Details, until “it hits you: you’re jealous.” Your childhood was never this good, and now, as your kid expands... More »

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fatherhood • parenting • father • son • women's issues

(Newser) - Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot hero of January’s Hudson River jet landing, was driven to help others by his father’s suicide, the New York Daily News reports. “One of the reasons I think I’ve placed such a high value on life is that my father took his,... More »

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suicide • US Airways • memoir • father • book • good samaritan • publishing industry • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549


 Jacko's 2 
 Eldest Kids 
 Aren't His: 
 Ex-Wife 

Says anonymous donor is the dad

Jun 29, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson isn’t the dad of his two oldest kids, their mother says: The father is an anonymous sperm donor, the New York Post reports. Jackson’s former wife Debbie Rowe doesn’t want custody of “Prince” Michael Joseph, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11, she told the... More »

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children • father • Michael Jackson • sperm donors • artificial insemination • Prince Michael • Paris Michael • Debbie Rowe • Blanket

 Texas 2-Step: 
 Twins Have 
 Different Dads 

Mom says she had an affair; paternity tests reveal rare situation

May 19, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas mom checked with doctors when she noticed her twins didn’t look much alike—and learned they had different dads, Fox News reports. Much to the surprise of her partner, paternity tests showed two eggs had been fertilized by different sperm; the woman said she’d had an... More »

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twins • father • paternity test

 Depression 
 in Dads 
 Hurts Kids 

More research needed into effects of fathers' mental health, experts say

May 4, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - With modern fathers often more directly involved in parenting than previous generations, researchers say it’s time to pay closer attention to the impact of paternal mental health on children, the BBC reports. Existing evidence suggests that children of alcoholic or depressive fathers are likely to suffer psychiatric or behavior... More »

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fatherhood • parenting • depression • mental health • alcoholism • father • men's health

 Laid-Off Execs 
 Try Fatherhood 

Mr. Moms confess new gig hurts the ego

Apr 23, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jobless Mr. Moms are becoming more prevalent at school pickup time and PTA meetings in Pelham Manor, a posh New York suburb where hedge-fund managers and execs raise families. Their blunt decisiveness is a remnant of once-successful careers, and while PTA moms welcome their help, they worry for them, too.... More »

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parenting • men • New York • unemployment • father • corporate jobs • Mr. Mom

 Third Woman: 
 Paraguay Prez 
 Fathered My Kid 

Paternity scandal grows, but so far no political fallout

Apr 23, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The paternity scandal surrounding Paraguay’s president, a former bishop, has reached new heights: A third woman says he fathered her child, McClatchy reports. Fernando Lugo recently acknowledged paternity of a 2-year-old; soon after, another woman said he was her 6-year-old’s dad. She filed an official paternity claim yesterday,... More »

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children • president • Paraguay • father • abstinence • bishop • scandal • Fernando Lugo • paternity

 NY Attorney 
 Beat, Suffocated 
 Family Over Hours 

Gig was about to be up on Parente investor scam, investigators believe

Apr 23, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York attorney beat and suffocated his wife and two daughters in a horrific attack that took hours, police told the New York Daily News. He then fatally slashed himself in a Baltimore hotel room where the four bodies were found. Investigators believe William Parente, 59, was ripping... More »

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parenting • New York • Manhattan • murder • scam • lawyer • father • attorney • filicide • William Parente

 Md. Man Who Killed Family 
 Was $460K in Debt 

Father detailed mortgage, credit card woes in notes

Apr 22, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Maryland man who murdered his family before shooting and killing himself complained of his financial troubles in notes left at the scene, the Washington Post reports. Christopher Wood’s family was at least $460,000 in debt from two mortgages and credit card charges. The family owned a Florida... More »

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suicide • murder • foreclosure • family • father • financial crisis • recession depression • filicide

 Dad Killed 
 5 Kids After 
 Wife Dumped Him 

He was going to kill her, too: cops

Apr 6, 09 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The dad who killed his five children and himself near Tacoma, Wash., did so after discovering his wife was leaving him for another man, reports the Seattle Times reports. James Harrison, 34, confronted his wife at a convenience store Saturday before returning home to shoot each child multiple times. Four... More »

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crime • murder-suicide • children • family • Washington state • Seattle • father • filicide

 5 Children Found Slain in Home 

Tacoma police think father killed them,
then himself

Apr 4, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five children ages 7 to 16 were found dead today in their home near Tacoma, Wash., the Seattle Times reports. Investigators say they might have been killed by their father, whose body was found at a different location after an apparent suicide. The youngest child was a boy and the... More »

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murder • Washington state • Seattle • father • shooting • filicide

 Old Dad, Poor Brain 

Children born to older dads fare worse on memory, learning tests, study finds

Mar 10, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children born to older dads tend to do worse on memory, learning and concentration tests than babies of older moms, researchers have found, reports the BBC. Scientists speculate that the poorer performance may be linked to damaging sperm mutations over time that affect babies who are conceived later in life.... More »

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parenting • intelligence • sperm • age • baby • conception • father

Miami Police:
Father Kills
2 Daughters,
Wife, Self

Son eludes musician; motive still unclear

Feb 25, 09 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A well-respected music teacher and former tenor with the Greater Miami Opera Chorus shot to death two daughters, ages 13 and 14, and his wife before killing himself this morning, police say. His 16-year-old son escaped the house during the rampage by Pablo Josue Amador, 54, the Herald reports. Police... More »

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crime • Miami • murder • murder-suicide • family • father

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