Subject:

Parenting

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Reader: Attachment parenting creates crybabies

    Time magazine started the whole thing, with a cover that featured a toddler smirking like a teenager while latched onto his mother's breast. The cover story, on attachment parenting, inspired a response from both Westword writer Jef Otte, who thinks attachment parenting sucks, and local comic Andrew ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Babies are assholes? Jef Otte and Anderw Overdahl debate attachment parenting

    As we noted in a recent post about a new Metro State policy, breastfeeding is suddenly a hot topic thanks to a Time magazine story about attachment parenting featuring a hot mama with a toddler craning up to dock with her nipple. This prompted our own Jef Otte to rip attachment parenting in a Villag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    The great debate: Andrew Orvedahl and Jef Otte settle their parenting differences like men

    The beef started on Facebook. Creeped out by last week's TIME cover story about attachment parenting -- you know, the weird one with the preschool-age kid standing on a stool and suckling his mom's tit -- I penned an essay for the Village Voice about how much attachment parenting sucks and posted it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Breastfeeding: Student draft policy in motion before TV report, Metro says

    Thanks to a certain Time magazine cover photo, breastfeeding is a hot topic -- one 7News localized with the story of a Metro State student who said her grade was docked for taking time out of class to pump breast milk. But a Metro spokesman says the school was tackling the issue before being prodded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Q&A: Tomas Moniz brings Rad Dad book/zine tour to the Denver Zine Library on Saturday

    ​The Denver Zine Library at 2727 West 27th Avenue is hosting a special Rad Dad reading on Saturday at 1 p.m. featuring Tomas Moniz, editor of the Rad Dad zine and co-editor (with Daddy Dialectic editor Jeremy Adam Smith) of the new book Rad Dad: Dispatches From the Frontiers of Fatherhood. W ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2011

    Father Knows Best

    ​The Denver Zine Library at 2727 West 27th Avenue is hosting a special Rad Dad reading on Saturday at 1 p.m. featuring Tomas Moniz, editor of the Rad Dad zine and co-editor (with Daddy Dialectic editor Jeremy Adam Smith) of the new book Rad Dad: Dispatches From the Frontiers of Fatherhood. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Medical marijuana: Opening of The Clinic's Highlands location delayed over zoning issues

    9News​Owners of a day care center on 32nd Avenue told 9News reporter Will Ripley on Monday that they were "shocked" to find out The Clinic was opening its third medical marijuana center down the street. Their gripe, they say, is that the shop violates a Denver ordinance that forces MMCs to sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Death to the brown bags: school lunches vs. homemade, a fight to the finish

    ​Is the concept of students bringing lunch from home dying a hideous death -- just like live social interaction and Gilbert Gottfried's career? At Little Village Academy on Chicago's west side, students are not allowed to bring lunches from home unless they have a medical excuse, so they have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Kristen Stillman has a second chance at motherhood

    Kristen Stillman​ Kristen Stillman has a second chance at motherhood. A victim of horrific abuse for more than a dozen years -- which resulted in her giving birth to four children before she was twenty, all fathered by her rapist -- she'd been in court to testify against Eric Torrez, who wound ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Is your kid on drugs? Time to Act classes to teach parents to talk to kids about drugs, alcohol

    ​ What do you do if you suspect your kid is on drugs? A) Fry an egg in a pan and say, "This is your brain on drugs." B) Make him watch the E! True Hollywood Story of Lindsay Lohan. C) Attend a Time to Act Community Program. The first two won't win you Mom or Dad of the Year. But the third, spo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Trans fat-eating mom can make a fat baby!

    ​Were you a pleasingly plump baby? If so, you might have a case against your mother -- if she was ingesting trans fat by the gallon while breastfeeding. Alex Anderson, assistant professor at the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and his team studied 96 women and their babies and ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Breastfeeding mom told to "wrap it up" at LoveSac store: Possible nurse-in protest?

    Kristine Lauria, "lactivist."​Not all stores and businesses in Colorado understand the state's breastfeeding laws. But an increasing number of women here do, and they're standing up for their rights. Example: Following negative publicity generated by Sandy Snow being asked to leave a Colorado ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Breastfeeding mea culpa from Colorado Rockies

    Sandy and Ashlie.​The Rockies may have lost to the Red Sox last night, but they won with Sandy Snow. Earlier this season, Snow had been breastfeeding her daughter, Ashlie, at a game when Coors Field personnel asked her to move out of view, even though only Ashlie's toes were exposed. Snow was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Ten summer camp movies summer campers shouldn't see

    If your kids watch Wet Hot American Summer, they'll think their counselors do heroin.​Sending your kid off to summer camp can feel pretty magical to parents -- they get to have some fun, after all, and you don't have to feel guilty about getting some long-overdue personal time. Maybe a short ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Happy Trails

    If your kids watch Wet Hot American Summer, they'll think their counselors do heroin.​Sending your kid off to summer camp can feel pretty magical to parents -- they get to have some fun, after all, and you don't have to feel guilty about getting some long-overdue personal time. Maybe a short ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Got milk? Breasts are not on the menu at this Old Country Buffet

    ​When does breast-feeding constitute a crime? When local police officers don't know the law. Bethany Morton was at the Old Country Buffet in Maplewood, Minnesota, for Easter dinner when her six-month-old son, Dawson, got hungry -- so she started feeding him milk au natural, without bothering ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    From "Is Your Baby Racist" to "The Case for Killing Granny"? Has Newsweek lost it?

    ​Last week's Newsweek cover, with the tagline "Is Your Baby Racist," was worth a good laugh. But after they followed it up with "The Case for Killing Granny," I'm starting to think they might have hired a drunken monkey -- or, worse, a consultant -- to design their covers. If next week's cove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    In "10 Best Places to Grow Up" list, Denver kicks the crap out of Plano, Texas

    A Flickr photo​Another day, another list ranking American cities -- the latest being a U.S. News & World Report survey pinpointing the ten top communities for raising children. Yes, Denver made the top ten. Its blurb reads: "Whether they prefer snowboarding in the Rocky Mountains, biking thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Planned Parenthood -- for all your holiday gifts

    I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

  • News

    November 27, 2008

    From the week of November 27, 2008

    I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    Meanwhile, at our DNC blog ...

    I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Fashion or Driving: The Teen Dilemma

    I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2007

    Day Three: Wherein My Baby Starts The Revolution

    I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    Real Child Protective Services

    I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2007

    Yappers’ Corner: Planned Parenthood's Secret Relocation

    I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I've been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can't help it -- which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters say the cards or certifica ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Greatest Hits

    Who's slap happy?

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Milkshakes

    hi-dive

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 24, 2005

    Best Place for Young Hoops Hotshots

    Pryor Orser's Basketball Camps

  • People & Places

    March 25, 2004

    Best-Dressed TV Personality

    Libby Weaver , Channel 31

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Motherless Child

    The bonds of love are being broken for Rosa Avina.

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Father Hood

    Nineteen-year-old Albert Galvan wants to raise his baby, but the court says she's better off with her foster parents.

  • Calendar

    June 12, 2003

    Fantasy Island

    JLO for dessert

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Day of the Dad

    Denver's fathers reconnect with their families and themselves.

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best Product for Kids on the Go

    Starr Car Seat Travel Tray

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Alienation Nation

    In bitter custody battles, parents aren't fighting for their kids -- they're fighting through them.

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Snugli Revival

    Weego

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Teach Your Children Well

    The state is finding ways to treat behavioral problems when they first appear -- in daycare.

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2001

    Best Way to Celebrate the New Baby

    Rose Medical Center's gourmet meal

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2001

    Best Kids' Outerwear

    Little Mountain Outdoor Gear for Kids

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Home for Dinner

    To speed up its child welfare system, Denver will need to stop kidding around.

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    Baby Formula

    Take one Mexican father, one drug-addicted mother and a pair of foster parents. Take away one baby.

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2000

    Father Knows Best

    For Dan Savage, promiscuity takes a back seat to parenthood.

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best kids' menu

    Roy's Cherry Creek

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best kids' recreation programs

    Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best kids' photographer

    Black & White by Krista

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Spread Alert

    A peanut allergy puts the Auraria Daycare Center in a sticky spot.

  • Film

    December 19, 1996

    Without a Parent Motive

    A peanut allergy puts the Auraria Daycare Center in a sticky spot.

  • News

    January 3, 1996

    SUFFER THE CHILDREN

    WHILE ABORTION PROTESTER KEN SCOTT SAYS HE LOOKS OUT FOR KIDS, HE HIMSELF IS A DEADBEAT DAD.

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    WHO'S THE BOSS?

    THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN THE BREWING POLITICAL SKIRMISH OVER PARENTS' RIGHTS.

  • News

    April 19, 1995

    THE PARENT TRAP

    THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN THE BREWING POLITICAL SKIRMISH OVER PARENTS' RIGHTS.

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