SF News A Humboldt County Mom Was Arrested After Attacking Her Child During An Exorcism It's not often that one hears about an exorcism going wrong. But that was the case when a Centerville, CA mom hit, bit, and choked her 11-year-old daughter during the extreme and archaic
SF News Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Births New Maternity Leave Policies At Yahoo, where CEO Marissa Mayer famously bailed on her own maternity leave and then immediately told everyone to start getting their asses to work, the company has plopped out a new set
SF News PFLAG Founder Jeanne Manford Dies at 92 Jeanne Manford, who in 1973 decided to march beside her gay son in the Christopher Street Liberation Day March (later known as the New York Gay Pride parade) and went on to found
SF News SF Dad Argues That Pot Makes Him a Better Parent We've been remiss in not checking the mommy blogs, but just over the weekend there was an Op-Ed in the NYT that's causing a stir from art dealer and San Francisco dad Mark
SF News San Francisco Moms Prefer Netflix Streaming To Actual Parenting A new focus group study on the usage habits of Netflix subscribers has found that some local moms are using the movie and TV streaming service as "an $8-a-month babysitting service." According to
SF News Gay Fathers Ruining Hot Gay Sex, Says New Study Gay dads. They're the worst. First, they rub in our face that they're got their collective shit together via strolling freshly born wee ones around the Castro, giving gay brethern the stink-eye all
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: I No Longer Post Pictures Of My Kids On Facebook By D. Hanousek For a long time, I was one of those parents who posted adorable pictures and videos of my precious offspring on Facebook. On almost a daily basis, in fact. Since
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: Why Do Dads Get The Shaft? By D. Hanousek You may or may not have noticed that two weeks ago, I took the day off from writing . I wasn't going to talk about it because I'm inclined to keep
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'It's Getting Lonely Out Here' By D. Hanousek Maybe it's the nonstop rain or the traffic on 101. Maybe it's the news that one of my SFUSD-champion parent friends is pulling her kids out of public school and
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'Ignorance Is Bliss' (By D. Hanousek) Yesterday, a close friend pregnant with her first child posted a link on Facebook to an article about a mother who was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old to get a
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'I Don't Want To Be Your Friend' (By D. Hanousek) After changing park benches three times over the weekend, I realized that I have a confession to make. I don't want to be your friend. Sure, we both have kids
Arts & Entertainment Confessions Of A San Francisco Parent: 'I Don't Care About Spreading Germs' (By D. Hanousek) "This germ is your germ. This germ is my germ." As my three-year-old son lays passed out on the couch after throwing up three times this morning, I realize that
SF News 'My Gay Mom Doesn't Need Fixing,' Kid Tells Stunned Michele Bachman While we don't approve of using children as activists, we do enjoy seeing wee ones tell creeps to stop acting like stab-worthy racist, homophobic meanies to their parents. Take, for example, little Elijah
SF News Two Ladies Bring 4-Month-Old Along During East Bay Crime Spree Raven Stewart, 26, and Lache Rodriguez, 24, were arrested on Friday in connection with a series of car burglaries in Emeryville and Berkeley. They are suspected in at least five smash and grabs,
SF News Mom Accused of Microwaving Baby to Death Ka Yang, 29, of Sacramento was arrested on Tuesday, accused of killing her 6-week-old daughter by putting her in the microwave and pressing "start." On March 17, Yang had told authorities that her
misc Meanwhile, In Sweden... We came across this parenting doohickey while shopping at Whole Foods in SoMa. Just about lost our appetite, we did. See, this here is The Snotsucker from Sweden. Basically, as one of our
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: Amy Chua, "Tiger Mother," At Booksmith Anyone with internet access has surely heard about author Amy Chua. Her memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, was recently excerpted in the Wall Street Journal and paired with a rather baiting
Arts & Entertainment Maternity Xchange Monthly Sale This Weekend, Showroom Now Open Cute and affordable maternity clothing options seem to be few and far-between these days, but San Francisco moms-to-be can now count on Maternity Xchange for good quality new and consignment items for a
Arts & Entertainment CalTrain of Thought Other local trains featured in the book include MUNI's F-line and the famous cable car, with a cameo appearance by your very own Golden Gate Bridge, of course. (Yay! The next generation of
Arts & Entertainment 3 Questions For Megan Morrone You may remember Megan Morrone from TechTV -- or you may have heard her filling in on a podcast here or there. We've recently become reacquainted with her works through Jumping Monkeys, her
Arts & Entertainment The Complexity Of Kids' Music: We Talk To Juno Baby's Adam Adelman Last Wednesday, we told you our quick take on Juno Baby's line of educational entertainment products for kids (the long and short: cute, cool, and engaging). Adam Adleman, one of the founders of
misc Juno Baby Is More Than Just Cute: Children's 'Edu-tainment' With A Bit More Soul The Bay Area is home to many intriguing small businesses. Still, color us surprised that we've found in Juno Baby a local purveyor of high-quality children's educational products that manages to encapsulate what
