Antonio Brown went into a violent rage back in April and threw a bunch of furniture off the balcony of his 14th story apartment nearly killing a 22-month-old toddler … so says a lawsuit obtained by TMZ Sports. The Pittsburgh Steelers star WR…
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
7-Year-Old Saves Toddler From Drowning
When a toddler slipped into a family pool, only his 7-year-old brother noticed.
Still a child himself, he rushed to help without hesitation.
And the entire story, from the near-tragedy to the heroic rescue, was caught on video for the world to see!
At a private residence in Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil, a little boy fell into his family"s swimming pool.
Almost no one heard anything. But one person leapt into action.
His heroic rescuer was not a lifeguard or parent or even an adult. He was a child himself at only 7 years old.
As his aunt explained when she posted the video that you"ll see below, he raced to rescue his toddler brother.
Anyone who grew up as an older sibling will understand how powerful the instinct to protect your younger sibling can be.
In this case, there is no doubt that he saved his brother"s life.
The aunt writes:
"My 7-year-old nephew was drawing and heard the noise in the pool."
As you"ll see in the video, he quickly sprang into action.
"He had the most incredible reaction for a child of 7 years."
And it"s so fortunate that he did.
"Neither I nor my sister heard the noise just the desperate cries of my nephew."
Because this is what had happened to the precious little toddler.
As you will see in the video, it looks like he wanders off in a matter of seconds.
Young children have short attention spans and a lot of energy. A moment taken to look for something in the refrigerator or answer a phone call is all that it takes for a child to vanish.
Most of the time, you"ll just find them playing with a toy or trying to get a coveted snack.
If you have something as potentially dangerous as a pool, however, all that it takes is a few seconds for the child to wander off and a few minutes of not being able to find them for that misstep to be fatal.
As you can see, it appears that the toddler reaches for something but, being a toddler, slips into the pool without making much noise.
Within seconds, his 7-year-old brother is there to save the day.
The brother even makes sure that his little sibling is the first out of the pool.
They then go and tell a bewildered adult what has happened.
It is worth noting that one of the problems in this situation is the diaper.
Children do not psychically know how to swim (let"s not weigh into the water birth debate right now, please), but survival instincts can help some children figure it out really quickly.
That said, diapers can act as flotation devices, preventing a baby or toddler from getting their face above water.
Toddlers who fall into pools with a diaper on are at extreme risk.
The aunt of these two children shared the video as a warning to other parents.
But also because the 7-year-old"s heroics deserve praise.
He did what any older sibling would do in a heartbeat, but he deserves recognition for that.
Take a look at the full video below to see just how quickly things can go wrong.
And also how quickly things can go right.
Monday, March 19, 2018
Mom Feeds Toddler Wasabi, Gets Accused of Child Abuse
This (not) just in:
The Internet can be a very mean place.
And a mother on Facebook just found out exactly how and why, first hand.
This woman shared a video on her social media page that has been viewed over 14 million times.
Not each of these viewers likes the video, however, because it depicts the mother asking her young daughter whether she wants to try Wasabi.
The girl at first says no… and then we"re pretty sure she says no again.
But then she simply repeats the word "wasabi" and then the mother places a small portion in front of her nose to smell.
The mother than places this same small portion in the girl"s mouth… and waits for a reaction.
The girl actually handles it pretty well, considering how hot and how spicy wasabi truly is.
Hilariously, she only makes a slightly uncomfortable face while calmly uttering the word "help."
But not every Internet user found this to be hilarious.
Some, in fact, tossed out the A-Word in response to this video. Yup: abuse.
Do you agree with this assessment? Did the mother do anything wrong?
Or is this akin to giving a kid a taste of a lemon, which, come on, EVERY parent out there has done on at least one occasion, right?
Watch the video below and decide for yourself:
Monday, December 11, 2017
"Life In Pieces" Toddler Banking $70k Her First Season
”Life in Pieces” actress Ana Sophia Heger’s stashing $ 70k in the bank and co-starring with James Brolin and Colin Hanks … while most kids her age are just trying to color within the lines. We got ahold of…
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Nicole Curtis: Rehab Addict Host Mom-Shamed for Breastfeeding Her Toddler!
Usually, you don’t want the words “rehab” or “addict” anywhere near a story about parenting, but things are a little different when you’re talking about Nicole Curtis, star of Rehab Addict.
But Nicole has stirred up controversy over breastfeeding.
Unlike many such stories, it’s not over feeding her baby in public (gasp!) … but over the fact that, well, her kid’s not really a baby anymore.
Rehab Addict is a long-running reality series about fixing up and restoring old homes, particularly when it comes to classic architecture.
Essentially, saving houses whenever possible. It’s a neat concept.
Right now, that show’s star, Nicole Curtis, is being mom-shamed.
Now, mom-shamers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Like that daddy blogger who leashed his kid, which we don’t understand but which some people blew way out of proportion.
Or like when fans flipped out and accused Chelsea Houska of “poisoning” her baby when, in reality, she had him get his vaccinations, as responsible parents do.
But breastfeeding seems to really get people’s garters in a twist.
(Probably because of our society’s bizarre love-hate fixation with women and with women’s breasts — which we call “bizarre” because … they’re just breasts. What’s not to love?)
Moms using their breasts to feed their babies seems to freak people out when it’s in public. It’s ludicrous, but it happens.
But sometimes, people do weird stuff.
Like using breastmilk to make brownies for a bake sale, weirding approximately everyone the eff out.
Or breastfeeding their baby while having sex, which is a kind of multitasking that makes people really, really uncomfortable.
Nicole Curtis’ alleged breastfeeding weirdness is a little different, however.
Her issue isn’t that she’s feeding her child in an art gallery (gasp!) or on a bench in a public park (no!), but that … he’s 30 months old.
For those of you who don’t enjoy math, that’s two-and-a-half years.
Speaking to People, Nicole Curtis defends breastfeeding him despite his age.
“I keep saying, it’s not like he’s 7 or 8 — he’s still a baby.”
As critics are quick to point out … he’s literally not, though. Harper (for that’s his name) is a toddler.
Nicole advocates letting children decide on their own when to stop breastfeeding.
“It doesn’t force children to eat — it allows them to discover it and gradually wean at their pace.”
That is a great idea … up to a point. The question is, of course, where that line is and whether or not Nicole and Harper have crossed it.
Apparently, plenty of critics have decided that they have.
“Every single day I have to weather criticism about how my child is too old to breastfeed.”
Nicole wants Harper to make this choice for himself.
“But when he weans, it’s going to be his decision. I truly believe it’s the child’s choice.”
Plenty of children are allowed to decide when to be weaned. Plenty of them quit the breast earlier rather than later, as babies and toddlers like exploring and learning and experiencing the world.
Self-weaning might see a baby leaving boobs behind before they’re a year old. But Harper is clearly on the other extreme end of the spectrum.
Nicole didn’t bring this up with the world because she wants them all to know what an extra special snowflake she is, or whatever people imagine motivates minor celebrities from talking about their lives.
It’s actually a legal issue for her. A custody issue for her.
A judge has literally ruled about this. (There have been a couple of rulings, actually)
Speaking of her young son, Nicole laments a sudden change in his dietary routine:
“He had never had a bottle before, and then all of a sudden that was his only option while he was with his dad.”
That’s a rough transition for a kid to make.
“I had no idea that a judge could say, ‘You’re court-ordered to not feed your exclusively breastfed child."”
She also had trouble producing enough milk through a pump. Until then, she’d never needed to.
“It’s important that children have both of their parents. But [preventing] me from breastfeeding my child just so he can see the dad is not right.”
Nicole says that she’s sharing this story because it’s important for people to know that it can happen. And because she wants to effect change.
“I’ve always been a fighter. If something’s not right, I’m the first person to stand up.”
She hates that her divorce is impacting Harper in this way.
“And I don’t believe that my child should have to wean because of our situation.”
A judge later ruled, giving her once-a-day visits with Harper during Harper’s time with his father. (They exchange him on alternating weeks)
Honestly, in Western countries, it’s normal to wean between ages 1 and 2, right? Sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later.
Worldwide, though, it’s not uncommon to see children who don’t wean until between ages 2 and 6.
That may sound bizarre — most children in the West don’t grow up with conscious memories of breastfeeding. The idea of breastfeeding when you’re old enough to read is, to many, shocking.
But Harper isn’t there yet. We’d say that, right now, he’s right on the threshold.
If he’s still breastfeeding when it’s time for preschool, then yeah, it might be time for Nicole to make that choice for him, before it hinders his social development.
Right now, though? All of that mom-shaming seems wasted when there are plenty of bad moms out there.
Also, we should note that Nicole seems to almost welcome the criticism. She told a recent critic that she’s also against infant circumcision (a view shared by many human rights advocates) in case people are looking for other things to hold against her.
Like she said, she’s a real fighter.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Sergey Kovalev Beat Up By Tiny Toddler Son
Sergey Kovalev just lost his 3rd straight fight, but it wasn’t Andre Ward this time, it was his cute little toddler son, who totally laid the smack down on dear old dad with a vicious right hand. Sergey is in Oxnard right now training for a big…
Sergey Kovalev Beat Up By Tiny Toddler Son
Sergey Kovalev just lost his 3rd straight fight, but it wasn’t Andre Ward this time, it was his cute little toddler son, who totally laid the smack down on dear old dad with a vicious right hand. Sergey is in Oxnard right now training for a big…
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
XXXTentacion"s "Look At Me" Music Vid Shows Toddler Lynching
XXXTentacion’s new music video shows a 6-year-old boy getting strung up by a noose with the rapper himself doing the deed — a disturbingly powerful image that created serious casting problems … TMZ has learned. The “Look at Me” video — which…
Monday, July 24, 2017
This Couple Was Having Hot Sex. Then, Its Toddler Walked In.
The following story does not require much set-up.
A woman and her husband were recently going at it, tearing each other"s clothes off and set to engage in some very hot and extremely heavy intercourse…
… when the couple"s three-year old daughter walked in the bedroom.
YIKES! Also: LOL!
We"ll let the wife/mother explain in hilarious detail, courtesy of her viral Facebook post, where things went from there:
1. Say Hello to Emma Lou Harris and Her Husband
This was the photo Emma Lou Harris, a native of Ireland, posted along with the following tale of eroticism and embarassment.
2. First, The Build-Up…
“There’s an inevitable moment in every parents life when your children catch a glimpse of something you’d much rather they didn’t,” she wrote to open her Facebook post. “Something that the retinas of any grown adult human would need a full lifetime and then some to erase from their traumatised memory boxes but your own child? Fortnightly shrink sessions for life and replacement eyes are a must. And I would give serious consideration to hypnosis.”
3. Alcohol and This Husband-Executed Task?!?
I’d had two full beers that night and Joe had emptied the dishwasher without having to be asked. I knew right then and there it was game on. Pants . Off!
4. We’re Off to Sexy Town!
We shipped the kids to bed as quick as lightening and the very moment they slipped into a slumber, Mission slipping into other things commences for us as we hopped on straight down to sexy town.
5. We are DOING This… and We’re Doing It Well!
Things were getting heated. We were just getting to the bit of the act about half way through where you actually consider going professional and you wonder why you ain’t teaching these kinda moves on some sort of intense weekend course for beginners. Ye know, your about 2 mins in and all of a sudden bitches be thinking they some sort of Christian and Anastasia yoga instructors.
6. Right. So THIS is Why We’re Married.
It was getting hotter then Satan’s ball sack and I was trying to hold in the noises . There was nails digging and hair pulling and and headboards knocking and we were JUST about to be reminded whyyyyyyyyy the HELL I ever put up with this bollox leaving his crap all over the house when suddenly… Mammmmmmmmy??????????
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Christina El Moussa Contacted by Child Services After Toddler Son Falls Into Pool
Christina El Moussa was questioned by Child Services after her toddler fell in their pool. Sources close to the family tell TMZ Christina and Tarek’s 1-year-old, Brayden, was under the care of the nanny Monday when he fell into their pool. We’re…
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Jenelle Evans: Did She REALLY Let Her Toddler Play with Fire?!
It’s hard to believe that, after all these years, Jenelle Evans can still shock us with her insanely terrible parenting choices.
But she does. She really, really does.
It seems like it’s every other day that we some new evidence of Jenelle being awful, and that’s because it kind of is.
Remember when Jenelle took her two-year-old son, Kaiser, to the beach during a hurricane?
Or what about the time that she let Kaiser sit on the poor family dog, possibly injuring the puppy’s back and putting the kid at risk of getting bitten?
Oh, or how about when Jenelle signed over custody of her baby to her mother so that she could smoke weed and stay out all night?
It’s just issue after issue with this girl, so of course we shouldn’t be surprised by this new bit of awfulness.
And yet …
Jenelle shared this video on Snapchat of a little family bonfire. She’s deleted it, but here’s a handy little screenshot from it:
Yes, that’s Kaiser being way too close to the fire. Also, that’s Jenelle, Kaiser’s mother, holding her phone instead of leading him to a safer spot.
Obviously, people were furious.
“Hey!!” one person mocked. “Let’s let our 2yo play around a bon fire!!!”
“You f-cking idiot,” another wrote. “Keep Kai away from fire it’s dangerous you should already know this u don’t deserve custody of any kids.”
Some people who saw the video before Jenelle deleted it said that it looked like Kaiser was about to fall into the fire, and others took issue with the fire itself.
“That fire was horrible.. Sticks all over and no containment. #dangerous,” read one tweet.
“I can’t stand her, but this really is horrible. He’s an outdoor guy but can’t make a safe fire.”
Apparently Jenelle’s boyfriend, David Eason, didn’t do too great a job in building the fire.
You’d think they’d be a little more careful: they live in North Carolina, and their neighboring state, Tennessee, just experienced some serious wildfires that killed several people and destroyed so many homes and businesses and animal habitats.
But hey, if Jenelle doesn’t care to keep her own kid safe from the fire, why worry about anyone or anything else?
We’re not mad, we’re just disappointed.
OK, and we’re also very, very mad.
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Jenelle Evans Takes Her Toddler to The Beach During A Hurricane
Sometimes Jenelle Evans makes bad choices.
She’s human, it happens — everybody makes mistakes, after all.
It’s just that when Jenelle makes a mistake, she really goes all the hell out.
That’s a photo of Jenelle with her youngest son, Kaiser, at the beach. See how it looks like the wind is blowing pretty hard and the water is going kind of crazy back there?
Yeah, that’s because there’s a damn hurricane.
Jenelle lives on the coast of North Carolina, and Hurricane Matthew hit there today. It’s been reported that three people have died in North Carolina alone.
But yeah, Jenelle, take your toddler to the beach during a hurricane.
Sounds like a fantastic plan.
Here’s another photo of Jenelle and Kaiser, and this one she actually captioned “and besides … there’s so much beauty in a storm,” like this was a photo op instead of a natural disaster:
Jenelle, thoughtful as she is, also shared a video showing exactly what the weather was doing during her little family adventure.
This is apparently what Jenelle thinks is good beach weather:
So this has to be the dumbest thing she’s ever done, right?
If you check her Instagram comments, a lot of people think so.
“Maybe you should go to a different town lol,” one helpful commenter wrote, referencing the fact that many coastal towns have been urging residents to evacuate.
Another wrote “Get off the damn beach. They ordered evacuations for the area. Get some damn common sense, Jenelle.”
“Hurricane yaaay,” yet another joked, “let’s take the kids to the beach let’s all die together.”
It’s grim, sure, but … seriously, think about it for a minute.
Jenelle took her kid. To the beach. During a hurricane.
And, as one Instagram user notes, “Also she’s pregnant.“
It just doesn’t get any dumber than this. Please, please don’t let it get any dumber than this.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Mom Arrested After Toddler Found Alone in Yard Sucking on Frozen Chicken Breast
Hallie Elizabeth Amick of Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested on Monday, August 8, after her young son was found alone in a back yard.
The two-year-old was sucking on a frozen chicken breast.
Amick, 30, was charged with child endangerment causing physical injury and drug possession after police were made aware of the situation.
An officer stopped Amick’s boyfriend for speeding, and the man told police he was rushing home because a child had been left alone.
Another officer was sent to check the house and found the child alone in the yard, with a full diaper, sucking on a frozen chicken breast.
A small dog, a terrier, was jumping at the boy, trying to get the chicken, police said, and sadly, this incident may not have been the first.
Their neighbor told the Des Moines Register that she has previously seen the dog bite the little boy, and the boy hit the dog with sticks.
“His diaper was almost down to his knees,” said Deborah Snyder, 57, who sees the yard from her apartment window (above and below).
Police who searched the home in question found a marijuana pipe, “blunts” and marijuana stems there, according to the Iowa newspaper.
Amick returned home almost two hours after the cops were called, claiming it was the first and only time she had left her child unattended.
Not according to her neighbor, however.
Snyder said Amick often leaves the child alone at home, which seems even more difficult to believe than leaving children in a hot car.
“This is the first time he got out of the house, but ever since they moved in they (left) him alone,” Snyder said of the troubling situation.
Again, not necessarily the case.
Another neighbor told police she once found the child alone in the middle of the street at one point, which would be a hard sight to invent.
Once confronted with the statements regarding her negligence made by her neighbors, Amick admitted she left the child alone on “occasion.”
The Iowa Department of Human Services was dispatched to the scene, but would not discuss the custody of the 2-year-old at this time.
Amick was released from jail after her first court hearing this week, and has declined public comment on the matter for obvious reasons.
The boyfriend may face charges as well, officials say.
La Baccam, who lives next to the house, says she heard the baby crying for a long time outside, but she thought the mother was home.
“I don’t know how in the world this mother can leave a baby like that,” Baccam said, echoing the sentiments of anyone reading this.
“If I knew that had happened, I’d ask police if I could keep the baby for myself, because I feel so sad for that baby.”
Friday, August 12, 2016
Toddler Kills Newborn Sibling; Former Reality Star Charged with Manslaughter
This is a truly horrible story.
Kathleen Steele, a 62-year old who appeared on a reality show titled “I’m Pregnant and 55 Years Old,” has been charged with aggravated manslaughter.
And the details of the case are simply incomprehensible.
According to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Steele’s six-year-old son beat his newborn sister to death while the kids and their three -year old brother were left alone.
The victim was 13 days old.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon after Steele left the three children inside her minivan while she visited a cellphone store in St. Petersburg.
“It was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen,” Gualtieri said during a press conference yesterday, per The Tampa Bay Times.
Officials have confirmed that Steele’s two youngest children were born through artificial insemination, using her husband’s frozen sperm.
The husband died of cancer in 2011 at age 66.
As a result, Steele has been raising the kids on her own.
The newspaper went on to write that the Florida native had taken the baby to a doctor Monday morning because she was not eating properly.
The pediatrician found nothing wrong with the little girl and later said there were no signs of bruising or trauma at the time of the visit.
A few hours later, Steele went into the cellphone store.
Investigators say the six-year old boy was trying to calm the crying baby, as the toddler actually used a doll to show police how he went about doing this.
In front of the authorities, he repeatedly slammed the newborn’s head into the minivan’s ceiling and showed how he bludgeoned her to death.
Steele then returned to the van… her son tried to tell her something was wrong with the newborn… she she ignored him and even made another stop before returning home.
She did not notice the baby’s injuries until then.
“The baby was beaten and traumatized,” the sheriff said. “There was gross swelling in her face. Her skull was cracked in numerous places.”
Authorities went on to say that Steele didn’t even call 911. Instead, she contacted a neighbor, who is a nurse.
This nurse performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
The six-year-old boy will not face criminal charges, although hopefully he will receive some psychiatric treatment.
“The mistake is with the adult Kathleen Steele, not a six-year-old boy,” Gualtieri said.
Steele was already being investigated by child protection investigators due to a minor brain bleed that the baby suffered following a fire.
She was scheduled to be evaluated by investigators on August 1, but she canceled and then rescheduled.
Her sons have been placed in foster care, according to the Florida paper, and she is being held on $ 100,000 bond.
Toddler Kills Newborn Sibling; Former Reality Star Charged with Manslaughter
This is a truly horrible story.
Kathleen Steele, a 62-year old who appeared on a reality show titled “I’m Pregnant and 55 Years Old,” has been charged with aggravated manslaughter.
And the details of the case are simply incomprehensible.
According to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Steele’s six-year-old son beat his newborn sister to death while the kids and their three -year old brother were left alone.
The victim was 13 days old.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon after Steele left the three children inside her minivan while she visited a cellphone store in St. Petersburg.
“It was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen,” Gualtieri said during a press conference yesterday, per The Tampa Bay Times.
Officials have confirmed that Steele’s two youngest children were born through artificial insemination, using her husband’s frozen sperm.
The husband died of cancer in 2011 at age 66.
As a result, Steele has been raising the kids on her own.
The newspaper went on to write that the Florida native had taken the baby to a doctor Monday morning because she was not eating properly.
The pediatrician found nothing wrong with the little girl and later said there were no signs of bruising or trauma at the time of the visit.
A few hours later, Steele went into the cellphone store.
Investigators say the six-year old boy was trying to calm the crying baby, as the toddler actually used a doll to show police how he went about doing this.
In front of the authorities, he repeatedly slammed the newborn’s head into the minivan’s ceiling and showed how he bludgeoned her to death.
Steele then returned to the van… her son tried to tell her something was wrong with the newborn… she she ignored him and even made another stop before returning home.
She did not notice the baby’s injuries until then.
“The baby was beaten and traumatized,” the sheriff said. “There was gross swelling in her face. Her skull was cracked in numerous places.”
Authorities went on to say that Steele didn’t even call 911. Instead, she contacted a neighbor, who is a nurse.
This nurse performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
The six-year-old boy will not face criminal charges, although hopefully he will receive some psychiatric treatment.
“The mistake is with the adult Kathleen Steele, not a six-year-old boy,” Gualtieri said.
Steele was already being investigated by child protection investigators due to a minor brain bleed that the baby suffered following a fire.
She was scheduled to be evaluated by investigators on August 1, but she canceled and then rescheduled.
Her sons have been placed in foster care, according to the Florida paper, and she is being held on $ 100,000 bond.
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Arkansas Toddler Found Dead In Washing Machine, Mom Arrested
Nine months after 3-year-old Alex Haney died in a freak washing machine accident, her mother has been arrested.
Brooke Haney, 25, faces two charges of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Us Weekly.
The fatal incident occurred on October 25th, when police were called to Haney’s Arkansas home after the mom had found her daughter dead in the family’s washing machine.
Haney explained to police that she had taken a nap with Alex and her other daughter, Brooklyn, 10 months. After waking up over an hour later, Haney realized that Alex had gone missing.
With a neighbor’s help, Haney searched the home for her daughter, only to find the toddler’s body in the washing machine.
The appliance is set to start once the lid closes. Authorities concluded that Alex had climbed in and sustained “scalding and thermal injuries” as a result.
Haney was reportedly high on prescription pills, including benzodiazepines (Xanax and Ativan fall under this class) at the time.
Police spoke to Haney’s third daughter, who has not yet been identified, revealing key evidence in the death.
The 7-year-old explained that she and Alex would often help their mom with laundry. One would climb into the washing machine to retrieve clothes, then the other would put them in the dryer.
Reports also state that Haney, who is expecting her fourth child next month, has a history of prescription abuse.
Last August, police pulled the mom over ( with Brooklyn in the back seat), and given sobriety tests. According to Arkansas Online, Haney failed each one.
The officer noted that Haney was “exhibiting behavior indicating she was under the influence of prescription medication,” court papers obtained by the Washington Post state.
Haney, it was also revealed, did not have a valid prescription for the meds in her possession.
Previously, the Louisiana Department of Human Services investigated Haney while she was pregnant with Brooklyn, citing “long-term drug abuse issues for both legal and illegal drugs.”
Haney’s court date is set for August 10th.
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Bristol Palin Shares Pic of Toddler Son Shooting a Gun
For the second time this month, Bristol Palin is under fire for sharing a photo of one of her kids…
… and a gun.
A couple weeks ago, Palin posted a picture to Instagram of her baby daughter, Sailor, posing alongside her father, Dakota Meyer, and some sort of antique weapon.
The photo raised many concerns for parents across the Internet.
But, in fairness, it was an ancient gun that was no longer able to be fired, as you can see below:
The same, though, cannot be said of Bristol’s latest Instagram image.
In the first picture posted above, Bristol is standing with seven-year old Tripp, keeping an eye on the toddler as he shoots an actual weapon.
Wearing safety glasses and ear protection, just as her child is, Bristol captioned the photo as follows:
“#trapper #safetyfirst #teachingthemyoung.”
As you might expect, the picture has divided those on social media.
Some are aghast at the sight of a firearm in the hands of a young child.
What’s the point, they might ask? Why take any chance that this kid could get hurt? And why teach him about shooting a gun at such an early age?
Others, however, are standing up for the controversial daughter of Sarah Palin.
For example, @nattythorn78 wrote as a comment to the picture: “Good job! Teaching them to respect guns young is a great gift to children.”
And @adecoratingmom chimed in with the following:
“Great teaching your kids that guns need to be treated safely. Don’t let the wackos gun control haters deter you. Great job @bsmp2.”
We’d say that one can teach one’s child about gun safety while still pushing for reasonable gun control measures. But whatever.
Where do you stand on Palin’s latest scandal? Is it a scandal in your mind?
Should parents teach their kids how to handle weapons? Yes, but not at this young of an age? No, never?
There are many sides one can take in response to this photo.
Unlike Bristol’s response to this year’s Oscar race controversy, this isn’t the dumbest thing she has ever dumb or said.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Kim Kardashian: Toddler Asks "Why Are You Famous?"
Out of the mouths of babes.
Kim Kardashian recorded her dinner conversations with a young man from the other night, and the topic at hand was all too relevant.
Sid, son of Kardashian"s best friend, Allison Azoff, asked Kardashian why she was on a bunch of magazines.
"I don"t know! Because I like magazines!" Kardashian answered.
The conversations were filmed on Snapchat by Azoff, further proof that nothing is candid when it comes to the Kardashians.
"Are you famous?" Sid pressed on.
"Am I famous? Um, I don"t like to use that term, but…"
Yes, Sid. She is famous.
"How are you famous?" he asked.
Kardashian paused for a moment, figuring out the best way to answer that question, given her audience.
"That"s up for question, too!" she said.
To which Azoff chirped, "She"s got a big booty!"
That, and a sex tape. And a mobile game that is second only to Pokemon Go in terms of popularity.
In fact, the latter has not only increased Kardashian"s level of fame, it"s made her a ton of money as well.
So much money that she made the cover of Forbes Magazine, which highlights "the new mobile moguls."
The game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has made the reality star $ 45 million.
"It"s such a proud moment for me as an entrepreneur to feel recognized by being on the cover of such a prestigious business magazine," she wrote on her app (which requires a monthly access fee).
"I do believe that when you set goals and work hard, you can achieve whatever you want.
"I remember always seeing Forbes magazines in my dad"s office and never even dreamed it would be me on the cover. I"m so proud that they have given me this tremendous honor."
Call her every name in the book, but you have to hand it to a girl who managed to turn a sex tape into a media empire.
Oddly enough, we still can"t answer Sid"s question.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Mother Defends Toddler Son"s Use of Nail Polish, Tutus
Devon Berryann is standing up for what she believes in.
Or, to be more accurate, she is standing up for who she believes in: her son.
A resident of Pennsylvania, Berryann is the mother of a six-year old named Silas.
She made headlines this week for a photo of her young son, along with a powerful caption that explains why she lets Silas don nail polish and wear tutus to school.
“My six year old son likes to wear nail polish,” she wrote as an opening.
“He likes to wear girls’ clothes and tutus. He tells me about the boys he likes at school. He says he will marry them and adopt babies. Maybe he will outgrow it. Maybe not. I love and accept him for who he is.”
And that’s all it takes to comfort a six-year old, right? Devon wishes this was the case.
“I always thought that doing that would protect him from the pain of hurtful words and bullies, and I didn’t worry,” she continued.
However, Berryann went on to say that Silas recently arrived home from school and said student had teased him for wearing nail polish. It was her biggest nightmare come true.
“I considered talking him into taking it off. Into hiding that part of himself,” she wrote.
“Because for the first time ever I was scared that he would be gunned down one night when he was out having a good time with his friends.”
Following the tragic Orlando shooting at a gay nightclub this month, we can understand where that fear comes from.
Ultimately, thought, the brave mother said she remembered why she permits her son be the person he wants to be. This is how she explained it:
Because it makes him happy. Because nothing hurts more than seeing your child truly sad. Because pretending to be someone you’re not to please other people only leads to self-loathing.
To depression and to suicide.
And that too made me afraid. Why do I have to fear for him because of what he likes and who he cares about? Aren’t we past all this yet? I want this world to change. To be better for him. To DESERVE him.
Because he is a wonderful, amazing person. He wants to be president. He thinks he is a ninja. He listens when you explain things and remembers it forever.
He notices when you’re sad and tries to cheer you up. He has a light about him that just can’t be put out, no matter how hard some people have tried.
Devon’s original photo has been shared thousands of times and she has followed it up by adding the above image of her son holding a “Thank You” sign.
“Here he is world,” Devon concluded. “See my boy for the amazing person he is. Show him love. Show him acceptance. Help us change the world into one that deserves him.”
Amen.
Seriously… amen.
What else can we even add?!?
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Photo Released of Toddler Attacked and Killed by Alligator
A photo of Lane Graves has been released to the public.
He’s the two-year old boy who was tragically pulled into the water by an alligator while on vacation at Walt Disney World with his family on Tuesday.
After several hours of searching for Graves, his body was discovered (completely intact) by Orange County Sheriff’s dive team on Wednesday afternoon.
The story has gone viral due to both its unusual nature and its utterly heartbreaking nature.
“At about 3:30 today we recovered the remains of the 2-year-old from the water and that body has been turned over to the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy,” Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said in a press conference yesterday.
He added:
“Autopsy has to confirm, but there’s likely no question in my mind that the child was drowned by the alligator.
“The child was found within the immediate area of where he was last seen. It took some time to go through, but our divers were able to locate the body using sonar equipment.”
Graves and his family were on vacation at the famous resort, having flown in from their home town of Elkhorn, Nebraska.
The little boy and his father were playing near the water on Tuesday evening when the alligator came out of nowhere, snatching up the toddler.
According to The Associated Press, the boy’s dad tried desperately to fight off the animal, suffering lacerations on his hand, yet neither he nor a lifeguard could save the infant.
“As a parent and a grandparent, my heart goes out to the Graves family during this time of devastating loss. My thoughts and prayers are with them, and I know everyone at Disney joins me in offering our deepest sympathies,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement.
It’s an unfathomable tragedy.
Our heart goes out to the child’s family and loved ones.
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