If you can remember watching the first man walk on the moon, you probably can remember when boyish antics and energy was washed away with dismissive statements such as “boys will be boys.” But then, that was a long time ago, back when boys and girls were expected to actually be different. Did that last [...]

If you can remember watching the first man walk on the moon, you probably can remember when boyish antics and energy was washed away with dismissive statements such as “boys will be boys.” But then, that was a long time ago, back when boys and girls were expected to actually be different. Did that last [...]

Precisely when the phone call came, it’s been so long ago, I couldn’t honestly say. School hadn’t been in session long, and my oldest son was around 10 years old at the time. There was a woman’s voice on the line; she identified herself only as a neighbor. She knew we had just moved to [...]

Precisely when the phone call came, it’s been so long ago, I couldn’t honestly say. School hadn’t been in session long, and my oldest son was around 10 years old at the time. There was a woman’s voice on the line; she identified herself only as a neighbor. She knew we had just moved to [...]

When I was a young mother, I developed a deep disdain for socks, gumball machines and Happy Meals. Each one of these may seem benign to the average person. But for a mother of a multitude of children, in one-way or another, they all exasperated me. With nine children and one husband, each owning two [...]

Frontier families kept a shotgun above the mantle, always at the ready, to protect their children from wandering predators. Every generation has had hardships and obstacles to overcome. As a parent today, you face issues no other generation before you has had to face. The predators that threaten your family are evil, unseen and opportunistic. [...]

Frontier families kept a shotgun above the mantle, always at the ready, to protect their children from wandering predators. Every generation has had hardships and obstacles to overcome. As a parent today, you face issues no other generation before you has had to face. The predators that threaten your family are evil, unseen and opportunistic. [...]

As sleeping infants are wheeled out of the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, MD, tense hostage negotiations continue inside. Little is confirmed, however, news reports are streaming out that a man with a potentially explosive device strapped to his body, holding several hostages. Reports from several witnesses say shots were heard. The Discovery Channel [...]

Yes. I know it’s a vampire flick. Even worse-it’s a teen romance vampire flick. This information alone could induce some level of nausea.
As a general rule, I request that my teens stay clear of anything that smells of wickedness. So you can imagine my daughters’ initial surprise when I invited them to go see the [...]

When is a child, not a child? Could it be when she can arouse an adult?
Of course the answer is a resounding NO. And if that question made you sick to your stomach, I apologize– and congratulate you. Obviously you are among the few, with enough functioning gray matter to understand that just because a [...]