Arts & Entertainment Burner Dad Writes First Burning Man Children's Book Yes, it's true. People bring children to Burning Man. Lots of people. And lest you assume as I did when I wrote this diatribe against parents who subject their children to the annual
SF News Berkeley High Pool Shut Down After Water Polo Players Lose Body Hair Yikes. The City of Berkeley is shutting down the pool at Berkeley High School after some water polo players began reporting some strange symptoms likely connected with the chemical levels in the pool,
SF News Coming Out As Straight Is Hard When Your Dad Is Dan Savage While we can't say from experience whether it would be more or less difficult than coming out as a reformed homophobe, telling your parents that you're straight can be a difficult experience when
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 Teens Drug Parents' Milkshakes To Use Internet Past Curfew In the timeless words of Will Smith, parents just don't understand. Two teenage girls were arrested earlier this week after allegedly drugging one of the girl's parents. Why? Because they wanted to use
SF News Teen Girl Lies About Abduction By Sex Traffickers A teen from Suisun City admitted to authorities that she lied about being abducted to get attention from her family. Christina Almanza, who was reported missing Thursday afternoon, claimed "she was being held
Arts & Entertainment Natural Resources Raising Funds To Stay Afloat, Campaign Ends Tomorrow Earlier this month, Natural Resources, which has been providing quality gear, clothing, classes, and support to San Francisco parents for the past 25 years, reached out to its customers for some help, announcing
SF News In Bernal Heights, Angry Parents Rally Against Unjust Grade School Conditions Add another demonstration to the list of unhappy mobs around town: down in the quiet hillside hamlet of Bernal Heights, some twenty parents of children at the Paul Revere School gathered at the
SF News Residents Rejoice as Families Flee San Francisco Census numbers show that San Francisco families are fleeing the city for other bays. Why? Well, for starters, larger houses, roomier backyards, and more affordability. As soon as wee ones leave the stroller
SF News Apple Responds to Children's Games Plaguing Parents' iTunes Bills First, elderly rock 'n' roller Bon Jovi gives Steve Jobs grief over allegedly killing the craft of album listening - which, pipe down, Jon Bon - now customers are complaining that their rotten
SF News Gymboree Sold for $1.8 Billion San Francisco-based Gymboree, who specialize in apparel and gym centers for wee ones, was sold for an astounding $1.8 billion. AP reports: "Gymboree said Monday that the deal is for $65.40
Arts & Entertainment The Baby-ry Coast: Teen Lit Crawl, Tricycle Music Fest, Seesaw Aspiring teen authors should check out Litquake's first ever Teen Crawl next Friday afternoon at the main library. The event features readings and a discussion with a panel of published teen authors, a
SF News NIMBY Watch: S.F.'s Only Gun Store Comes--Wait for It--Under Fire Guns. They're bad. Or good. Depending. They kill people, sure; but Shockwave, our first Transformers action figure, turned into a gun. Obviously, like a profound game of chess played at an East Coast
Arts & Entertainment The Baby-ry Coast There are lots of kid-friendly events this weekend and beyond. Flax has all sorts of art classes (scroll down and see list of events at right) for the kiddos, including cartooning classes for
misc The Baby-ry Coast The San Francisco Public Library has come up with a great idea: The Family Pass, which is available through December 31. The pass can be checked out for a week at a time
misc The Baby-ry Coast Be sure to check out the rad Star Wars pregnancy announcement above (via Offbeat Mama). In other film news, Babies, a brilliant-looking French documentary filmed from the perspective of four babies in four
SF News Antioch Baby Dies After Being Left in Car Overnight Here's another heart-breaking story of an infant found dead in a car, with especially unsettling circumstances. An Antioch couple, both of whom work two jobs, left their 7-month-old baby in the car overnight
misc The Baby-ry Coast Thanks again to all the readers who have been sending us family-friendly info! Keep it coming! This weekend is packed with the usual spring-time fun and free/cheap events for all ages. Dogs,
misc The Baby-ry Coast We haven't posted a column in a few weeks, but we're still here! Parents, we want to hear from you. Keep sending us your links, stories, and tips. Tell us: What do you
misc The Baby-ry Coast We received a heads-up about another great blog, Cry It Out, by SF stay-at-home dad Mike Adamick, who was also featured on Eye on Blogs the other day. Mike's a high-profile writer --
misc The Baby-ry Coast Last week we waxed poetic about how great growing up in the Bay Area must be, much in part due to the strong sense of community here, as well as the huge amount
misc The Baby-ry Coast Seeing so many kids and parents at yesterday's public education rally reminded us of how great it must be growing up in a place like the Bay Area, aside from the whole aforementioned
misc The Baby-ry Coast Thanks to all the commenters who offered positive feedback on the launch of our kid/parent-centric column last week. Keep the tips coming! Last week, we learned about a great blog written by
misc The Baby-ry Coast This contributor recently had a baby, who is now two and a half months old. It's been quite a fun journey exploring the city with such a wee one. (We highly recommend the
misc Meet the Parents! Commenter Neil posted up his two cents on Bauer's blog and wrote up his detailed instructions on getting through the dreaded affair: It depends on whether the priority is going to dinner or
