Archive for the ‘parents’ Category

• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Wanting to be a mom doesn’t mean you should be one

  Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

  I was raised with a strong sense of responsibility and developed a deep maternal instinct. These two virtues can cause me to grind my back molars down to nubs when I witness people that lack either of the two virtues. After reading today’s Parade section about a young woman who desired to become a mother [...]

• Motherhood is not for the weak at heart

  Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

  A twenty-nine year old South Carolina women, mother of two young kids, killed them because she became frustrated with being a mother. Duh   This women who had two small children close in age and no job, was at her wits end. She had just had a fight with her mother who was trying for [...]

• What really makes a father?

  Sunday, June 20th, 2010

  On this day when we celebrate Father’s day, some may wonder what makes a good dad. At different times of our lives the answer may be varied as our own life experiences shape us. At this late stage of my life when I have raised my own kids, I have a deep feeling of love [...]