http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/12082-parenting.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/12082-parenting.html http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2090372-julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-antithesis.html CANNES, France (AP) — Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate. In the recently released film, Moore portrays a rock-star mom going through a bitter divorce who's having trouble connecting to her 6-year-old daughter, Maisie. The role couldn't have ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2090372-julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-antithesis.html 2013-05-16T14:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2048588-russia-mulls-foreign-same-sex-couple-adoption-ban.html MOSCOW (AP) — The head of a Russian parliamentary committee says the legislature is ready to prevent adoptions by foreign same-sex couples. In the wake of France's legalization of same-sex marriage this week, President Vladimir Putin said he supported moves to block such couples from adopting Russian children. Elena Mizulina, the family committee chairwom... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:27:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2048588-russia-mulls-foreign-same-sex-couple-adoption-ban.html 2013-04-27T14:27:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2013434-princess-alexandra-uk-royal-baby-bets-surge.html LONDON (AP) — Queen Debbie doesn't quite have the right ring to it. King Bob just sounds wrong. Naming a baby is no easy business, but much more is at stake when it comes to finding the right name for a future monarch. Britain's bookmakers have some ideas to offer to Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge: Alexandra is the clear favorite, with the od... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:21:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2013434-princess-alexandra-uk-royal-baby-bets-surge.html 2013-04-11T20:21:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1995286-uk-couple-face-jail-killing-6-children-fire.html LONDON (AP) — Mick Philpott presented himself as an amiable rascal with an unorthodox lifestyle and a rambunctious brood of children — 17 in all, with five women. Yet the Englishman's ramshackle existence took a horrifying turn when he and his wife set a fire that killed six of their children. Prosecutors said it was an attempt to influence a custody batt... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:26:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1995286-uk-couple-face-jail-killing-6-children-fire.html 2013-04-03T15:26:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1979528-russia-teen-complains-adoptive-us-parents.html MOSCOW (AP) — A teenager adopted by an American couple has returned to Russia, claiming that his adoptive family treated him badly and that he lived on the streets of Philadelphia and stole just to survive, Russian state media reported. The allegations by Alexander Abnosov, who was adopted around five years ago and is now 18, will likely fuel outrage here... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:26:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1979528-russia-teen-complains-adoptive-us-parents.html 2013-03-26T21:26:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1967180-uk-public-with-creating-babies-3-people.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's fertility regulator says it has found broad public support for in vitro fertilization techniques that allow babies to be created with DNA from three people for couples at risk of passing on potentially fatal genetic diseases. It also found there was no evidence to suggest the techniques were unsafe, but said further research was st... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:40:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1967180-uk-public-with-creating-babies-3-people.html 2013-03-20T14:40:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1957322-dutch-lesbians-raising-turkish-boy-hiding.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch lesbian couple have gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy's biological parents said on television in Turkey that they object to the pair taking care of their child. The matter is threatening to overshadow an official visit by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Netherlands next week. Lodewijk Asscher,... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:14:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1957322-dutch-lesbians-raising-turkish-boy-hiding.html 2013-03-15T17:14:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1940400-france-wants-dads-to-take-time-babies.html PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande wants more dads to stay home with their babies and more moms to get back to work faster. On Friday, International Women's Day, Hollande, a never-married father of four, proposed legislation to encourage more men to take long-term paternity leave. The Socialist leader has made a point of promoting women's rig... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:09:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1940400-france-wants-dads-to-take-time-babies.html 2013-03-08T17:09:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1903606-fergie-husband-duhamel-study-up-parenting.html LONDON (AP) — Actor Josh Duhamel and his wife, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, have already started doing their homework as they prepare to welcome their first child. Duhamel tells The Associated Press the couple is "very excited" and that friends and family are passing on pregnancy advice. He says Fergie is reading "What to Expect When You're Expecting," ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:57:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/1903606-fergie-husband-duhamel-study-up-parenting.html 2013-02-20T18:57:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1900384-german-court-strengthens-gay-adoption-rights.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's highest court strengthened gay couples' adoption rights in a ruling Tuesday that the country's justice minister greeted as "a historic step." The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that one member of a civil partnership should be able to adopt the partner's stepchild or adopted child. Until now, they could only adopt a partner's bi... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:50:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1900384-german-court-strengthens-gay-adoption-rights.html 2013-02-19T13:50:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1886416-french-assembly-passes-gay-marriage-adoption-bill.html PARIS (AP) — France's lower house of parliament approved a sweeping bill on Tuesday to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, handing a major legislative victory to President Francois Hollande's Socialists on a divisive social issue. The measure, approved in the National Assembly in a 329-to-229 vote, puts France on track to j... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1886416-french-assembly-passes-gay-marriage-adoption-bill.html 2013-02-12T17:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1884486-2-us-adoption-agencies-closing-citing-woes-abroad.html NEW YORK (AP) — The lone U.S. adoption agency accredited in Kyrgyzstan is shutting down due to financial troubles, a sudden new setback for about 15 American families battling since 2008 to complete adoptions there. At the same time, another U.S. agency, which specializes in adoptions from Russia, also is closing. "We see no other choice but to close our ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1884486-2-us-adoption-agencies-closing-citing-woes-abroad.html 2013-02-11T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1858310-french-gay-marriage-plans-stir-parenthood-debate.html PARIS (AP) — The French are all for sex and all for family — so long as you're having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a sizable portion of them uncomfortable, as the president's plans to legalize gay marriage have unexpectedly exposed. The debate over whether society and science are overreaching when it comes to parent... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/1858310-french-gay-marriage-plans-stir-parenthood-debate.html 2013-01-31T14:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1844196-foreign-adoptions-americans-decline.html NEW YORK (AP) — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents fell by 7 percent last year, to the lowest level since 1994, and is likely to plunge further this year due to the new ban by Russia on adoptions by Americans. Figures released Thursday by the State Department for the 2012 fiscal year showed 8,668 adoptions from abroad, down from 9,320 ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1844196-foreign-adoptions-americans-decline.html 2013-01-24T22:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1817144-gay-marriage-protest-converges-eiffel-tower.html PARIS (AP) — Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and thus allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children. The opposition to President Francois Hollande's plan has underscored divisions among the secular-bu... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1817144-gay-marriage-protest-converges-eiffel-tower.html 2013-01-13T19:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1816176-vatican-criticizes-court-ruling-gays-children.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is pressing its opposition to gay marriage, insisting Saturday that children should grow up with a father and a mother after Italy's high court upheld a lower court ruling and granted custody of a child to his gay mother. In its decision Friday, the Court of Cassation said there was no "scientific certainty or experience-ba... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1816176-vatican-criticizes-court-ruling-gays-children.html 2013-01-12T18:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1796032-malalas-father-diplomatic-role-uk.html LONDON (AP) — The father of a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls' education has been given a diplomatic post in the U.K. Malala Yousufzai has been recovering at a hospital in Birmingham, England, after she was shot in October in Pakistan. The Taliban have vowed to target her again. Pakistan's High Commissioner to B... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1796032-malalas-father-diplomatic-role-uk.html 2013-01-02T18:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1788212-kenya-hospital-imprisons-mothers-with-money.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running. Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum a short w... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1788212-kenya-hospital-imprisons-mothers-with-money.html 2012-12-27T15:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1773776-russian-fm-ban-us-adoptions.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday strongly criticized a proposal in the country's parliament that would ban Americans from adopting Russian children. Sergey Lavrov's comments — along with criticism of the proposal by other ministers — appeared to indicate pressure from the highest level for the State Duma to reject the proposal or elimina... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/1773776-russian-fm-ban-us-adoptions.html 2012-12-18T13:44:00Z