ilana wiles.. did just that. now.. she's sharing some advice in a new book called "the mommy shorts guide to remarkably average parenting." michael strahan takes a look at her approach nats "mommy shorts" video - ilana with girls: "i'm ilana, this is mazzy and harlow" (music nats) she's the former ad exec turned wildly viral mom-preneur - sharing the hilarious realities of raising kids on her blog "mommy shorts"! ((curtain animation)) and now ilana wiles is pulling back the curtain on seemingly remarkably average parenting"- advocating "a laid- back approach to parenting is one of the greatest gifts you can give range"... and ((keyable text gfx)) "helicopter" parents... saying put labels aside, we all have the same issues. wiles telling parents: hey ((keyable text gfx)) it's okay to hand over the ipad so you can get dressed in the morning... or if your bathroom sink looks like a scene from "the bachelor" (show funny pic of a bunch of naked barbies in bathroom sink) ... mostly ketchup. (music sting) that was michael str

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and, you know, ilana's new book available and out right now. make sure you get that and i . >>> it's 8:27. i'm sarah phinney at the live desk. we're getting a look at the father police say shot his daughter twice overnight in rocky river once in the head. this is 63-year-old jamal mansour. he's now in custody. the shooting happened on vine court near tri-city park early this morning. mansour's son is making a sister had been shot in her room. investigators said that the 27- year-old is now being treated at fairview hospital. her condition is unknown. >>> and our overnight news tracker first on scene of an apartment fire on cleveland's west side. and this is happening on west 112th in cliffton. intense flames, you see there, shooting out of the windows. the woman has minor injuries and two men are in critical condition at metro. it appears the fire started on the second floor, about you no word on a cause. and we're going to follow this. with meteorologist janessa webb. >> and good morning, everybody. the forecast is looking ideal across northea

and, you know, ilana's new book is available and out right now. make sure you get that and i good morning, they are moving forward with turning pecos road into south mountain freeway. tribal members from the river will hold a peace run, it will be going desert vista high school. that meeting is set to begin at 6:00. we are continuing to follow a developing story, deputies have guns drawn at a pawn shop. it was a burglary. we are told that they were being careful because they were inside. >> swree a traffic alert, 19th avenue, a serious crash involving a motorcycle. i recommend using 35th avenue. before that we have a lot of delays on the freeways. i 17 south, this crash is blocking the two center lanes, another crash in the east valley. the right lane 16. >> some light showers south of the valley. this is pointed towards maricopa. and sprinkles falling. a few thunderstorms east of tucson. light showers over florence staying south of the valley. it could track into spots like chandler. we have chances for rain and thunderstorms up to 20% by this th

ilana wiles, thank you for joining me. and, you know, i love this book. i wish you would have written it a long time when my girls were really small. you talk about helicopter parent, tiger parent, free-range parents, you say let it all go, embrace being average, what exactly does that mean to you? >> i think there's so much today that a lot of moms actually feel like bad parents so i think embracing remarkably average is actually aspirational. i think if you can, you know, you see all these perfect pictures of parenting on instagram and things like that and, you know, those people are just good photographers and they're good art directors. they're not necessarily having a different experience than anybody else. >> you take 20 pictures just 0 get that one right that looks like your kids are behaving. >> i do it. >> i do it too. but almost seems counterintuitive. have no expectations. you know, have selective memory and what do you mean by that? >> well, by selective memory i took my kids to an amusement park and we had a fabulous time the whole day and at

and, you know, ilana's new book is available and out right now. make sure you get that and i >>> a former montebello teacher ?ccused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old says he wants to clear his name. executors have dismissed the charges against 26 year old on friday, but not before he lost his job as a teacher, and his ability to coach high school basketball. he says a family dispute gone bad is what led him to being falsely >> i slept okay last night, for the first time in a long time. i have to start over, and i think that might be okay. maybe it's time for a new beginning. >> the district attorney's office as it dismissed the charges because the prosecutor felt she could no longer prove the case without a reasonable doubt. they-- the charges could be refiled at a later date. let's get your first alert weather forecast with lisa. a lot warmer than normal, usually low to mid 40s that her 70's as time of year. ?ots of sunshine, beautiful through the afternoon. there is a chance for a little bit of rain but not until later into the week friday an

and, you know, ilana's new book is available and out right now. make sure you get that and i >> 8:27. we are on traven and weatherwatch 12 this morning. we are looking at the morning commute. this is a live look outside. yikes. 94 at 68th street, a parking lot this morning. down, but the delays might. the drive times are up on the screen... now sally has a look at the forecast. sal? >> prettiest part of the day underway this morning as we look at clouds that are going to fill from from the north to the south. good amount of sunshine for the morning. we continue to look at the low pressure centered north ofke in throughout the day and showers tonight. 54. winds are southwest at 14. air mass is cool and dry and highs reaching up to low 60s today. ? [ cheers and applause ] >>> welcome. our great audience as you can hear. [ cheers and applause ] let's not waste -- i did like their dance moves during the commercial break. >> yeah. i was told during the commercial break that i had a perfect dance partner here so we tried our moves out over there. you're

and, you know, ilana's new book available and out right now. make sure you get that and i >> now from wmur news 9. erin: it is 8:27, i am erin fehlau. state police are investigating a fiery crash in manchester at the lower 93/293 split. a pickup truck crashed into the trees just after 4:00 this trees just after 4:00 this morning and burst into flames, witnesses say they saw the truck weaving all over the road and police were chasing it before this crash. we're told only one person was inside the truck and the medical examiner was spotted at the scene. we continue to look into this story for you and we will have more on this at noon. police in rindge are asking for your help in tracking down a man suspected of being a serial bank robber. officers say 25-year-old vincent torraco of athol, assachusetts was responsible for holding up a at least two other td bank robberies. outside we go for you this morning and we take you to the beach, not the best of beach days. 57 degrees and rain. kevin: assuming the clouds break we could be in the upper range

and, you know, ilana's new book available and out right now.ood morning, i'm matt o'donnell. 8:27 on this tuesday september 27th. that rain moving off the coast right now. let's check traffic with karen rogers. >> the roads are really drying out but we still have a bunch of problems out there. a jackknifed tractor-trailer new in new jersey, new jersey turnpike northbound the off ramp to 206 here in burlington county so watch for that. it is partially blocking the ramp so it's a problem on the ramp that's kind of tricky. this is a live look at 42. that's northbound traffic. you can see how the roads have started to dry out even in new jersey where it took a little longer for that rain to move. still a 27 minute travel time from the a.c. expressway 295 so pretty jammed as you head towards the walt whitman bridge at this point from college drive but not a horrible delay. we've certainly seen worse. here's an accident on skippack pike right now. watch for this one. we are hearing there was someone injured on the scene here right at dekalb pike whit

and, you know, ilana's new book is available and out right now. make sure you get that and i look at today's top stories.. the presidential debate gave unlv students an preview of what they'll see in the 3rd and final debate next month at the thomas and mack. about 100 students gathered in the stage for the first time. they told us the candidates held their attention through the entire 90 minutes.. but both did a lot of skating. "i think it was a really great start to the debate season. i really get the feel this is a real thing. it is happening." "it was very interesting to see how they answer the questions. specifically beating around the question instead of actually answering it, which probably would've been the better option." several of the students are volunteering to work at the we're already looking ahead to that final presidential debate at u-n-l-v. students can now enter a lottery for a chance to see hillary clinton and donald trump at the thomas and mack center on october 19th. eligible students must be enrolled full time and have good

and, you know, ilana's new book is available and out right now.e it. >>> hello, i'm natasha zouves from abc 7 mornings. we are tracking some breaking news right now. showing the richmond san rafael bridge because there is a fire burning on it. straight to alexis smith. >> this is not a great situation here. so if you are traveling eastbound we have all lanes fully blocked. i think we'll have the westbound side blocked pretty soon as well because this fire is on the lower deck and they are trying to get emergency crews out there, too. so big smoke plumes. it started out as a tractor-trailer that went into the center barrier but only one vehicle involved in the collision but on the eastbound side backed into san quentin and westbound side you are not closed but heavy traffic and i think we'll have lanes down if not a full closure very shortly. this is a sig-alert. avoid that if you can. >> alla lot of it's a hoax.bal warminit's a hoax. it'll get cooler. it'll get warmer. it's called weather. we need some global warming! we need leaders who get it. s

and, you know, ilana's new book available and out right now. make sure you get that and i it's a typical morning commute on i-4. crossing the bay, we're still in the red, 13 minutes to get across the courtney campbell causeway. 11 minutes across the howard frankland bridge and look at gandy bridge this morning. >>> things looking pretty good outside. look at the mainsail beach inn on anna maria island. beautiful blue skies. the best chance of rain in the first part of the day will be close to the coastline but the only thing i see is that little tiny spot near holiday trying to work its way inland. not doing a very good job of it. not a very big batch of rain either. the rest of the area, all the major roads and bridges are dry. we had showers that moved across i-75 in sarasota county earlier but dry we'll see more showers bubbling up around noon and then they will become more widespread with 30% coverage by 4:00. close to 90 as the high again today. tomorrow and thursday, then a cool front pushes through the area and we'll start to see the tem

instead, ilana wiles - a former ad exec turned mom-preneur - is sharing the hilarious realities of raising kids... ((fullscreen gfx)) in her new book "the mommy shorts guide to remarkably average parenting"- wiles advocates that "a laid-back approach to parenting is one of the greatest gifts you can give yoursef. "helicopter" parents... she says put labels aside, we all have the same issues. and wiles tells parents: hey ((keyable text gfx)) it's okay to hand over the ipad so you bachelor" (show funny pic of a bunch of naked barbies in bathroom sink) ... or if your toddler's dinner is mostly ketchup. and coming up at 7am, wiles joins us live - with your gma first look, i'm diane macedo, abc news, new york. freeway. you see a man waving something at police officers-- so what happened next? plus-- marissa? marissa adlibs tease chopper 13 bringing you politics should never come before basic health care, but that's the choice joe heck keeps making. women like me rely on planned parenthood for checkups and cancer screenings, but congressman joe heck voted ten times to take away their funding. he