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FIFTY children as young as 12 'are found working at Hyundai supply factory
Migrant children have allegedly been found working at a Hyundai supplier in Alabama after police launched a probe into the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl who ran away with a 21-year-old plant employee.
FIFTY children as young as 12
Gym Tells Guests to Stop Having Sex
“So just have sex in the women’s locker room,” another commenter helpfully observed.
Gym Tells Guests to Stop Having Sex
Gay man loses seven-year battle against Belfast bakery
Palm Springs Is Going To Have A Homophobic Congressman?
BEAU BUTLER TALKS POTENTIAL THREESOME WITH ANDY COHEN
EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CUM ARE CLOGGING COLLEGE SHOWER DRAINS
Shelter for LGBTQ adults is 'a nightmare
Preacher says he hopes “every single homosexual dies”
School board member’s child got a scary death threat over trans student policy
Virginia house passes first bill to roll back LGBTQ rights
Ban GSA, kids should just go to church instead
...'nobody is standing up for us, I can't take it no more'...
Two female staff members were fatally shot Friday at a Maryland senior living facility and a suspect is in custody, police said.
...'nobody is standing up for us, I can't take it no more'...
Texas teacher seen in viral video purposely breathing on student
Actor Matthew Mindler killed himself with sodium nitrate
Ex-Michigan football star says he was abused by a team doctor
Trans comedian and activist with Philly roots dies by suicide
Trans student attacked by bully as classmates laughed and shared video of it
Trans man drove himself to hospital & died there
One person is killed and seven are injured after shooting at Louisiana university
Gunmen on jet skis open fire at Cancun resort
Husband of NYC woman slugged by freed suspect slams court system
Parents Are Not Okay
School is only just starting and already kids are being quarantined in mind-boggling numbers: 20,000 across the state of Mississippi, 10,000 in a single district in Tampa, Florida. They’re getting sick too, with hospitalizations of kids under 17 across the country up at least 22 percent in the past month, by the CDC’s count, and each new week sets pediatric hospitalization records for the entire pandemic. The rapid increase of COVID-19 cases among kids has shattered last year’s oft-repeated falsehood that kids don’t get COVID-19, and if they do, it’s not that bad. It was a convenient lie that was easy to believe in part because we kept most of our kids home. With remote learning not an option now, this year we’ll find out how dangerous this virus is for children in the worst way possible.
It’s enough to bring a parent to tears, except that every parent I know ran out a long time ago—I know I did. Ran out of tears, ran out of energy, ran out of patience. Through these grinding 18 months, we’ve managed our kids’ lives as best we could while abandoning our own. It was unsustainable then, it’s unsustainable now, and no matter what fresh hell this school year brings, it’ll still be unsustainable.
Parents Are Not Okay
Gen Z is made of zombies
I've Never Wanted Kids—People Told Me My Life Is Pointless'
No charges will be filed against South Carolina father whose 20-month-old twin boys died
Here’s what makes ‘authoritative parents’ different from the rest
Mom enrages parents with her ‘ridiculous’ babysitting request
Day care owner gets 6 years for hiding 26 kids in basement
A mother said her 14-year-old daughter was kidnapped and the mom was arrested
Daughter of Chris Daughtry arrested in road rage alongside the boyfriend who killed her
...school board president kept creepy dossier on parents
Alarming study finds link between dog foods and heart disease
Conducted by researchers with Tufts University, the study, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports, compared the compounds in dog foods the Food and Drug Administration has flagged as being linked to canine dilated cardiomyopathy with those from standard dog foods.
Canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a disease of the heart muscle that results in the heart muscle growing larger while its contractions, or heart beats, grow weaker, which can cause heart failure or even death.
Among the compounds examined by the researchers and identified as possible links causing the ailment are compounds found in peas and potatoes.
Alarming study finds link between dog foods and heart disease
Kathy Griffin is enthusiastically greeted by her four dogs
Woman is mauled to death by tiger at safari park
Bull reportedly rammed to death by car after ring escape in Spain
Parents ‘tortured’ by death of baby after magpie swooped in Brisbane park
Ohio Woman Arrested After Leaving Dog in Hot Car Allegedly as a Punishment
Indonesia says ‘Jurassic Park’ project on track despite UNESCO warnings
Video: Black bear captured after visiting California supermarket
Toddler aged 19 months is mauled to death by family Rottweiler
Shocking footage shows a teenage girl forcing a QUOKKA to inhale an e-cigarette
My Teen Changes Their Queer Identity Every Week and I Can’t Take It Anymore
I need some help gaining perspective on my 15-year-old child’s whiplash approach to gender and sexuality. For the last three years, they have been on a journey with regard to their sexuality, declaring and changing identities one every few weeks or months, even when those identities have been both contradictory (how can one be both asexual and polyamorous?) and hypothetical (my kid isn’t dating and hasn’t dated). They are committed to being anything but cisgender and hetero, and that identity—whatever it turns out to be—appears from their actions and words to be the central part of their sense of self. They spent a lot of time on queer wikis, looking up new possible identities. They avidly “ship” fictional characters into same-sex couples, express anger/disappointment when shows/books have hetero couples, and talk constantly about LGBTQIA issues, representation, etc.
I have been, and want to be, supportive. My kid deserves to be loved and celebrated for who they are, and however their identity settles out is fine with me. But I am also struggling with these rapid changes. In the last two weeks, my kid has changed their name once and pronouns twice, colored their hair, worn exaggeratedly feminine eye makeup, pinned their hair up to look masculine, purchased a bikini and a dress and then asked me to buy them a binder (because they think it would be “fun” to look like a boy sometimes). At this point, it feels like they’re trying on identities like costumes, and that makes me very uncomfortable. None of it feels authentic—it seems more like a bid to stand out in a crowd or perhaps to find the limits of my acceptance.
I have worked so hard to make sure my kids know they are loved unconditionally, but if this kid is looking for a boundary, maybe I should set one? I literally squirmed when I wrote that sentence; setting a random limit on acceptance goes against everything I believe. But at the same time, I am so, so tired of hearing about their identity day after day after day and of trying to keep up with the changes. They’re a great, smart, interesting kid for a dozen different reasons; their gender/sexuality is just one aspect of their personality. Would it be wrong of me to say, in essence, “I love you, and will never not love you. When you figure out your identity let me know, and in the meantime can we maybe stop talking about it all the time?” Also, as the world opens up and my kid spends more time outside of our home, can I/should I ask them to be more thoughtful in how they present themselves? It seems to me that trans and nonbinary people cannot simply change their identities and expression for “fun,” so my kid’s behavior feels a little bit like cosplaying in a way that could be hurtful. Or do I just keep keeping my mouth shut, do my best to remember this week’s identity, and pray that this phase ends soon?
My Teen Changes Their Queer Identity Every Week
Three family members are charged with child abuse 'after they shaved the word
City councilor facing calls to resign says gender identity is “magical thinking”
She Told Everyone How Painful Her Gender Confirmation Surgery Was. And Then She Died.
Fourth-Graders Told Not to Tell Parents About Questions on 'Equity' Survey They Were Forced to Fill Out
Moment man in yellow floral dress is arrested 'for stealing school bus
Father plans legal action after gender clinic planned to give his 9-year-old autistic son puberty blockers
Ex-barrister lost his job as a volunteer counsellor with the charity after raising fears over the way children confused about their gender are rushed into changing sex
Virginia police arrest Internet personality 'Chris Chan' following leaked confession of elder abuse and non-consensual 'love quest'
AMA proposes not recording babies' sex on birth certificates
My Husband Won’t Speak to Me if I Don’t Pay Him a “Tithe.”
I have been married to my husband for about 10 years and together for 15. We sort of have a great marriage, but only “on paper” and “when things are working.” I am most likely the problem. My business was decimated during COVID, so I took a full-time job. But I still have my (entrepreneurial) business and it has also returned to full-time. My husband doesn’t want me to give up my full-time stable paycheck—I get that. He also makes at least quadruple what I do. Part of the issue is that he controls our finances. I do contribute, but the amount I pay monthly is referred to (by him) as “the tithe.” If I don’t pay “the tithe,” he speaks to me less. But none of this is the real issue! It’s that when I do something wrong, whether by accident or not, he stops speaking to me. If I do something he doesn’t like, he won’t speak to me for HOURS until he asks me if I am ready to apologize. I am not a pushover type of person. I am strong and smart and dynamic and a leader. But I am not passive-aggressive and don’t have the energy to battle this on a passive-aggressive level. I tend towards direct confrontation. It doesn’t work. Trying to discuss things calmly doesn’t work. I just don’t know what to do. I think my husband hates me but won’t say it. How can I deal with our different styles of conflict?— Hated By Husband
My Husband Won’t Speak to Me
American Airlines flight attendant scolds passengers, calls flight ‘a living hell’
Flying isn’t fun for the flight attendants either.
A flight attendant on a Charlotte-bound American Airlines flight was caught in a TikTok video scolding passengers who mocked the crew during the flight that diverted to Raleigh due to weather.
In the video, a 22-year-old male passenger calls one flight attendant “a fat gorilla” and slings obscenities at her as well.
American Airlines flight attendant scolds passengers, calls flight ‘a living hell’
Southwest flight to Fort Lauderdale diverts after fight leads to smoldering cell phone
Off-duty Delta flight attendant allegedly makes terroristic threats, assaults flight attendants
‘It’s out of control.’ Airlines, flight attendants want stiffer penalties for unruly passengers
Four people are hospitalized after a turbulent Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago lands in Salt Lake City
American Airlines cancels flight from North Carolina to Bahamas after group of 30 Boston teens refuse to wear their masks
Boston teens forced to sleep in airport after mask rebellion gets flight canceled
Florida man 'sparks security scare and flight chaos by threatening to BLOW UP Fort Lauderdale Airport after missing his flight'
American Airlines passengers on Miami flight are ordered to put their hands on their heads for an HOUR due to an undisclosed security threat
TikTok video shows woman on American Airlines plane duct-taped to her seat after she tried to open the door mid-flight
White mom charged with 'medical child abuse' for subjecting her adopted black daughter to treatment and surgery
A white mother is accused of faking her six-year-old black daughter's illness and forcing the child to undergo more than 500 appointments and unnecessary surgery.
Sophie Hartman, 31, claimed that the little girl suffered from a rare neurological disease, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, but doctors now say the child is perfectly healthy.
According to court documents, Hartman has taken her adopted daughter to appointments since she was around two years old, and subjected her to what doctors called an 'unnecessary medical procedure' with a surgically implanted feeding tube.
White mom charged with 'medical child abuse' for subjecting her adopted black daughter to treatment and surgery
Florida officials catch young women dressed as 'grannies' trying to get COVID-19 vaccine
Two Florida women dressed as elderly individuals in an effort to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, the local sheriff's office confirmed to The Hill.
Florida officials catch young women dressed as 'grannies' trying to get COVID-19 vaccine
Nurses in Orange County protest staffing conditions at local hospitals
The support for nurses demonstrating outside South Coast Global Medical Center is clear. It was one of four protests at Orange County hospitals.
Nurses say that their safety and patient lives are at risk after the state allowed their hospital, part of KPC Health, to increase the patient to nurse ratio in the middle of a pandemic.
"So instead of giving us more nurses we got more work. Patients are going to die, nurses are gonna break, nurses are exhausted," says Karen Rodriguez, a registered nurse.
Nurses say that they are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, shifts go as long as 16 hours, four to five days a week, code after code, leaving them exhausted, waking up anxious in the middle of the night.
"It might be surge after surge and who knows, and they're not preparing for the worst," says Irene Brown, South Coast Global Medical Center ICU nurse
"I don't have any more to give when I get home, and that's really unfair to my family and myself because I just want to rest," says Vanessa Aguilar
She says it's also unfair to patients. Aguilar had this heartbreaking admission: Some may have made it if we had more resources.
Nurses in Orange County protest staffing conditions at local hospitals
Utah teacher admits to inappropriate relationship with 14-year-old student
A Utah teacher has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old pupil — even sneaking her into their school in a large storage bin, according to an affidavit.
Father of four Lucas Sloan Talley, 38, had “personal contact via text message and email with multiple young girls” during his 12 years at South Hills Middle School in Riverton, according to the affidavit obtained by Deseret News.
That increased when the school shut down because of the pandemic and he “struggled” with no longer getting the girls’ “validation” that he “thrives on,” he told investigators, according to the affidavit.
Utah teacher admits to inappropriate relationship with 14-year-old student
Landlords skirt COVID-19 eviction bans, using intimidation and tricks to boot tenants
Cash-strapped renters nationwide say their landlords tried to skirt COVID-19 eviction moratoriums by changing locks, removing trash containers so waste piled up and – in one case – attempting to unbolt the front door right off an apartment.
They told state attorneys general that they were kicked out of their homes after landlords accused them of violating tenant rules, like smoking cigarettes inside their units or failing to take the hitches off of their mobile homes.
Like Heidi Stach, who lost her job due to the pandemic and fell behind on rent, they assumed they were protected. But Stach says her landlord found an end-run to Wisconsin’s eviction ban: Instead of starting a court process, he sent her a notice to vacate this summer because he was not renewing her lease.
Landlords skirt COVID-19 eviction bans, using intimidation and tricks to boot tenants
New Jersey Homeowner Arrested For Allegedly Hosting Pop-Up Wedding
A Lakewood, New Jersey homeowner was arrested Friday by police for allegedly violating the state’s recently enacted ban on gatherings of 50 or more people.
Eliyohu Zaks, 49, reportedly hosted a pop-up wedding at his home that included more than 50 attendees, a violation of the ban enacted by Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in an effort to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Daily Caller
Grandparent Deal Breakers: 11 Parents on Why They Cut Ties With Grandma and Grandpa
Grandparents and in-laws can, in certain families, be pretty big pains in the ass. They never admit to past mistakes. They play favorites with the grandkids. They undermine their grown children. They’re bad influences. In such situations, after words have been shared, it’s common for parents of young children to either directly or indirectly cut ties with or restrict time spent with grandparents. Cutting parents out of your life is a major decision, one that comes with a lot of consequences. But for certain parents it’s the right decision. Is it ideal? Absolutely not. But it happens.
They’re Racist.
“I hate to think this is a problem for a lot of families, but I think I know better. My parents are, for lack of a better word, pretty racist. And they’re not shy. So, it’s really a no-brainer. It’s not worth the risk having them around the kids when who knows what could come out of their mouths, and then be repeated by our kids. My wife agrees with me, but can tend to give them the benefit of the doubt. I’m strictly no tolerance when it comes to the issue. I don’t want that around my kids, my family, or myself.” – Connor, 36, Nevada
Fatherly