The anti-vaxers are holding Pox Parties to intentionally infect their kids.

By , on 4 November, 2011
The malaria party was David's idea.

Cartoon by XKCD (http://xkcd.com/51/).

I write about stupid people pretty often so I’m not often surprised by what they do, but this surprised me. Apparently there is a group on Facebook which you can join to find out about Pox Parties in your area or to arrange to have infected items sent to you . . . → Read More: The anti-vaxers are holding Pox Parties to intentionally infect their kids.

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Soldier uses torture on his 4-year-old daughter.

By , on 8 February, 2010

27-year-old U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Ryan Tabor has served 15 months in Iraq and apparently he picked up some less than appropriate parenting techniques while he was there:

“We had a report of [Tabor] walking around his neighborhood holding a Kevlar helmet and threatening to bust out windows,” Stancil told ABCNews.com today. “In the process . . . → Read More: Soldier uses torture on his 4-year-old daughter.

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Mom calls police when her son refuses to stop playing video games.

By , on 21 December, 2009

A Ms. Angela Mejia lost her shit when she woke up in the middle of the night to find her 14-year-old son playing video games hours after she had told him to go to bed. Out of frustration she ended up calling 911 to report her son to police:

Mejia’s son – one of four . . . → Read More: Mom calls police when her son refuses to stop playing video games.

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Nebraska learns a lesson in unintended consequences.

By , on 14 October, 2008

I always say that before you pass a law you should carefully consider whether or not you understand the full implications it holds. What sounds like a great idea may, in practice, come with some unitended consequences.

Take Nebraska’s Child Safe-Haven law. Like similar laws in many other states it allows parents of children . . . → Read More: Nebraska learns a lesson in unintended consequences.

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Poll says parents more worried about video games than beer or porn.

By , on 11 August, 2008

If a poll from the folks at What They Play.com is accurate then there are some parents out there with some seriously fucked up priorities. The press release for the survey is up at GamePolitics.com:

Nearly 3,000 respondents in two separate What They Play polls concluded that drinking beer and watching pornography were less objectionable . . . → Read More: Poll says parents more worried about video games than beer or porn.

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CAP Movie Ministry all upset over “Beowolf.”

By , on 20 November, 2007

Another fun link from another SEB regular, Bog Brother, leads us to the ChildCare Action Project (CAP) which bills itself as…

The #1 Christian entertainment media analysis service on the Internet!  We give you OBJECTIVE tools NO ONE ELSE CAN to help YOU make an informed moral decision for yourself whether a film is fit!

. . . → Read More: CAP Movie Ministry all upset over “Beowolf.”

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Kids prefer any food that comes in a McDonald’s wrapper.

By , on 14 August, 2007

We’ve known for years that advertising plays a big role in consumer choices, a fact that makes Madison Avenue ad people a lot of money, but is it tantamount to brainwashing? I’ve never really thought so, but some recent studies seem to suggest otherwise.

Take for example the study cited in this New York . . . → Read More: Kids prefer any food that comes in a McDonald’s wrapper.

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