…real you.” In Difficult Mothers, Dr. Terri Apter, a Cambridge academic, examines the different types of problem mother and explains what can be done to turn her negative influence into a positive one 2. CONTROLLING MOTHER “This type of mother will try to take charge of every aspect of their child’s life – to the extent that she even tells the child what to see, feel and want. “In a healthy…
d: “It’s a lot of pressure but she prepared me for it.” Bobbi Kristina Brown also told Oprah Winfrey of her final day and night with her mother, Whitney Houston, before she passed away on February 11, 2012. Whitney Houston’s daughter explained: “The very last day, it was so early in the morning I went to go and get her I was like, <<Will you come and lay down with me.>>” She added: “Sh…
7;s mother was born in Chicago, Illinois into a dysfunctional family. Dorothy Rodham eventually went to live with her father’s parents in California when she was just eight years old, making the 2,000-mile train trip alone with her younger sister. As a schoolgirl, Dorothy Rodham was banished to her bedroom for a year by her grandparents after she was caught trick-or-treating and at the age o…
A startling court testimony during the trial of Eve Carson, the University of North Carolina student president brutally murdered by two thugs in 2008, has revealed she pleaded for her life and even asked them to pray with her. Eve Carson from Athens, Georgia, aged 22 at that moment, was kidnapped as she left the library on March 5, 2008 and forced to take out money from an ATM before she was shot…
…ther growing up – I still do.” While Courtney Stodden dresses in attire that is somewhat inappropriate for her teen years, Krista – who had to give permission for the star to marry at just 16 years old – is always supportive of her daughter’s outfit choices. Krista Stodden said: “I would rather have her do this in front of me. Her friends would sneak this stuff in the house, put…
…hile still grieving the sudden death of her 48-year-old singing legend mother in February, does not score highly in any assessment of her judgment. Nor, many would argue, does her recent engagement to 22-year-old Nick Gordon who grew up with her as her brother, and from whom she has been inseparable since her mother’s death. Whitney Houston took Nick Gordon into her care when he was 12 and unoffic…
Star student Jeffrey Pyne from West Highland, Oakland, was charged with a first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Ruth Pyne, who was found bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her home. Jeffrey Pyne, 21, now languishes in Oakland County Jail, the same prison his mother spent two weeks last year, charged with beating her son and trying to choke him. It will be up to a jury to find out what h…
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris grew up without her mother after Debbie Rowe signed away all parental rights to the megastar in 2001, when the girl was just 3-year-old. However, since Michael Jackson’s death in 2009, mother and daughter are trying to make up for lost time by slowly forging a close relationship. And the first picture of Paris Jackson and Debbie Rowe together has surfaced, s…
…he property managed to coax the little girl to drag a coffee table to the door so she could climb up and unlock it. Shylah Silbery told police: “Mummy won’t wake up.” Lauren Silbery, 28, was found face down next to her bed. Her daughter had been able to drink milk and feed herself with whatever she could find in the fridge. Shylah Silbery, a three-year-old girl from Wellington,…
In a newly revealed testimony, Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt Cobain’s daughter, accused her mother Courtney Love of causing the death of their family pets. Frances Bean Cobain, 19, filed a restraining order against Courtney Love in LA superior court in December 2009 after they got into a physical fight. Backed by evidence from her male nanny and others the judge granted Frances Bean Cobain’s request,…
estigate.” Michael Morrissey said officers first saw the body of 52-year-old Frederick Medina on the first floor of the home. They then discovered the bodies of 50-year-old Paula Rudolph and her 24-year-old daughter Caylin in a detached garage. Michael Morrissey said all three bodies showed evidence of massive trauma, but would not release details as to how the three people died. He said: &#…
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A baby elephant and its mother were rescued by conservation workers after they got stuck in the mud of Kapani Lagoon in Zambia. Conservation workers from South Luangwa Conservation Society, who normally have a policy of leaving nature to fend for itself as much as possible, unless the problem was created by humans. A baby elephant and its mother were rescued by conservation workers after they go…
Saroo Brierley, an Indian boy who lost his mother in 1986, has found her 25 years later from his new home in Tasmania – using satellite images from Google Earth. Saroo was only five years old when he got lost. He was travelling with his older brother, working as a sweeper on India’s trains. “It was late at night. We got off the train, and I was so tired that I just took a seat a…
Kris Jenner develops a morbid obsession with her family’s unfinished funeral arrangements this week after spending time with her ageing mother. What starts off as a time for planning the happy arrival of a new life, Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick’s at-the-time unborn daughter Penelope, quickly turns into a week spent in cemeteries and funeral homes to the horror of the Kardashia…
…ammond did not see his mother again until just before her death. His father died soon after. Despite his problems, Darrell Hammond was the longest-running performer on the show until his retirement in 2009, and he told the New York Post last month that he had a deep respect for many of his former co-stars, who include Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Kristen Wiig. Darrell Hammond said: “I don’t ha…
…an in the mid 1980s when a young Kazakh soldier called Anzor Tsarnaev, now 47, met his future wife Zubeidat , now 45, whilst completing his two years of military service. Anzor Tsarnaev was aged 19 or 20 at the time and Zubeidat 17 or 18. She was from Dagestan, which borders Kazakhstan to the West. They got married and had four children. The oldest child was Tamerlan, followed by daughters Bella,…
Angelina Jolie will play her own mother in a biopic of the late actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died from ovarian cancer in 2007. Angelina Jolie, 37, who last week revealed she had undergone a voluntary double mastectomy, will star in the film produced by Plan B, the production company set up by devoted partner Brad Pitt. Like her daughter, Marcheline Bertrand devoted herself to humanitarian cau…
also ordered Irina Ionesco to hand over negatives of the pictures to her daughter Eva Ionesco, who said she had suffered a “stolen childhood” because of the photographs. But it rejected her demand for 200,000 euros ($263,000) in damages and for her mother to be barred from profiting from the photographs. Irina Ionesco was well-known in the 1970s for her erotic photographs, especially the controver…
ng late at night, when it was “pitch black outside”. Justin Martin returned on New Year’s Eve, this time in the middle of the day and armed with a hunting knife and an accomplice – a man identified as 29-year-old Dustin Stewart. Sarah McKinley told KOCO News that the men started knocking aggressively on her door, Justin Martin in front and Dustin Stewart in the back. The young mother described to…
…assive “nurse-in”. Kasey Kahne, who has 12 NASCAR wins to his credit, does a great deal of charity work through his “Kasey Kahne Foundation”, which benefits chronically ill kids and their families. In 2007, however, Kasey Kahne found himself on the wrong side of the law. In November of that year, he was charged was charged with assault for pushing an elderly security guard at the Homestead-Miami S…
…u can do that to your family,” Kourtney Kardashian admitted as they stood away from the rest of the guests in the garden. “Are you going to punish me for the rest of my life because of something I did 25 years ago?” Kris Jenner responded. But Kourtney had heard the last she wanted on the matter and bluntly told her: “I don’t want to keep talking about this. I just don’t relate to this and I don’t…
June Shannon, Honey Boo Boo’s mother, attempted to give her first daughter, Anna “Chickadee”, away for adoption after becoming a parent at 15, it was claimed today. The 33-year-old reality star from McIntyre, Georgia, now a mother-of-four, first asked relatives if they would take the baby while pregnant, sister-in-law Janice Shannon has apparently said. June Shannon is said to have then “ab…
Terry Joe “TJ” Volner, the babysitter of a 4-year-old boy from Wright County, Missouri, has been accused of slitting the boy’s throat and sending a photo of the mutilated body to his mother to prove that he had killed the toddler. TJ Volner, 22, took a series of photos after allegedly killing the boy, including one showing the dead boy’s chin propped up by a stick. Prosecutors said Terry Jo…
Sky Metalwala, a two-year-old toddler went missing while his mother went looking for gas in Bellevue, Washington. Police and search dogs were scanning yesterday a wooded area in Bellevue, searching for the toddler . The mother took her other child, four, with her to walk a mile to the nearest petrol station after their car came to a halt, but left the two-year-old Sky Metalwala buckled into his c…
Jose Manuel Barroso urges full tax data exchangeThe head of the European Commission has told the European Parliament he wants EU-wide exchange of income data as part of the fight against tax evasion. Jose Manuel Barroso…
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Bank of America reports sharp rise in profits for Q1 2013 after cost cuttingBank of America has reported a sharp rise in profits for the first quarter of 2013 after it shed costs and set aside less money for bad loans. Bank of America reported a net…
Goldman Sachs reports 7% rise in its profits for Q1 2013Goldman Sachs has reported a 7% rise in its profits during Q1 2013 following a strong performance in its investment banking division. The company made $2.26 billion net…
South Korea unveils $15.3 billion stimulus planSouth Korea is the latest Asian country to try and boost economic growth by spending hard, unveiling a 17.3 trillion won ($15.3 billion) stimulus plan. The funds will be…
Asian markets dip after Boston Marathon explosionsAsian markets have dropped in early trading after two explosions hit the Boston Marathon finishing line killing three people and injuring dozens more. Stock indexes fell by…
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