‘parenting’ Archives
Father of Missing Girl Marries 17 Year Old Girlfriend
I try hard not to be a snob. Really, I do. But there are some moments when the act of snobbery is like breathing for me; I just can’t help it. The moment I saw Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin all over each other, canoodling like teenagers (Oh, wait… she IS a teenager) [Read More]
Abstinence vs Information
My son is a fifth grader who covers his eyes and blushes any time we walk through the bra department at a store. He also shies away from his father anytime my husband tries to have “the talk” with him. He’s a sharp contrast from my daughter who, when she was four, [Read More]
No Child Left Behind
You maybe reading this title and think that I am going to blog about the flawed policy of tying school funding to test results. While that would be interesting this is not what I am here to discuss today. I am talking about no child being left behind when it comes to [Read More]
Why Spanking is Necessary
Over the past few decades, spanking as a method of training and discipline has fluctuated in popularity among American parents. Dr. Spock's book was a major influence upon the methodology of my parents' generation. That generation also raised children responsible [Read More]
Check the Ice Cream Truck for Pedophiles!
It has been discovered that pedophiles and other sex offenders are driving neighborhood ice cream trucks in suburban America. That's right. The guy in your neighborhood playing the childhood siren song may not be the safest person to entrust with your children. [Read More]
Weighing the Dangers of Kids Playing Tag
Man, kids are fat these days. This is the thought that flitted through my head as I dropped off my daughter at school the other day. Now before you send me hate comments and tell me it’s all the fast-food industry’s fault for injecting saturated and deadly trans [Read More]
Surviving Colic – A Mother’s Perspective
I am not calling myself an expert on the topic of colic. I am merely one woman with a small family that survived it. You may be thinking, “Surviving colic, what the heck is this woman talking about. Colic isn’t a fatal disease!” True, it isn’t a [Read More]
