Archive for the ‘parents’ Category

• 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 [...]

• Lavish gift does not a good father make

  Sunday, June 13th, 2010

  Martin Bashsir while interviewing P Diddy on his $350,000 automobile gift to his sixteen year old son, was met with the answer that he could give his kid what ever he wanted to. Now that was not the question. The question was how appropriate was this gift?   As a single parent who often bought [...]

• A City steeped in mourning

  Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

  It has happen again. In less than a week a young life has been cut short. Amber Dubois’s body has been found a year after she went missing. Amber’s family tried to do all the right things to bring her home. They had hired rescue dogs to track her. The dogs had tracked her to [...]