A number of parents have made news in recent months for letting children walk or play outside on their own. But laws on when kids are allowed to be by themselves are vague.
When Sabrina Stephens talks to her father, she talks to a life-sized cardboard cutout of a man in a military outfit. It's her "Flat Daddy" - a cutout to help young children deal with separation anxiety when their parents serve away from home.
A recent study revealed that fatherhood leads to a drop in manliness. No, seriously: The study compared when men were single to when they became fathers, and found parenting actually lowered a man's testosterone levels.
After Amie Norris gave birth to her son in the hospital, she said she'd never go through that again. But when she switched to at-home births, she said it was a life-changing experience, and she couldn't wait to give birth again.
