Archive for the ‘children’ Category

• Is there no answer for bullying?

  Monday, November 15th, 2010

  I no longer have young children nor do I have grand children, but my heart is breaking over the recent rash of deaths from kids being bullied. One of the most recent deaths was a eighteen year old young man minding his business, while leaving a party he was jumped by a pack of sick [...]

• Bulling has risen to a new high

  Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

  Bulling is defined as: “the act of mentally or physically harming another” has risen to and all time high with a new and deadly twist. All of us have run into the schoolyard bully who promised to break our faces but folded when we stood up for ourselves. But we now have new kinds of [...]

• Heroes don’t all wear capes

  Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

  California is the land of sun, blue skies, and citizens with surf boards under their arms while juggling lattes. Now this admittedly laid back environment is the home of some not so ordinary citizens. In the last few days people going about their everyday activities have proven to be cape-less heroes.   An unemployed gentleman, [...]

• Another needless death

  Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

  When a parents sends their child away to college for the first time it is a scary thing. This week a parent’s worst nightmare was recognized when a freshman student, Tyler Clementi, was video taped having an intimate interlude with another male student. It was sent out for the world to see. The culprits who [...]

• Don’t tune this message out!

  Thursday, September 30th, 2010

  The television has become a constant backdrop to our busy lives. Most of us have learned to only snap to attention when key words alert us to information we want to watch. This year like so many others, public service messages are encouraging us to get our flu shots. But this year there has been [...]