Here’s your parenting task: Imagine that your child is now a grown-up (which is defined by most psychologists as at least twenty-one years old). I realize that for some of you this is easy–your offspring is already a full-grown critter, while others are still trying to get through the diapering and burping stage. But your [...]

The American Academy of Pediatrics votes no. The President of the United States votes yes. And then there are schools, school boards, counselors, communities and parents–and their votes vary. Los Angeles Times today published a report that shows more middle and high schools are considering to randomly screening students for drugs. At this point less [...]

Are you a grupster? Maybe I should first ask if you’ve even heard of the term. But it’s a hot new life-style trend that appears to have started in Austin, and then became famous when Jonathon Morgan wrote about these folks in the American-Statemen. If you’re a Star Trek buff, the term may sound a [...]

Did you know that 96% of moms say they are far more stressed than moms twenty years ago??? Okay, if that didn’t surprise the heck out of you, how about this next one: Almost two thirds of moms say moms twenty years ago were happy than we are today. Where do you weigh in on [...]

Oh the world we live in. Frightening isn’t it? But stop and think of our children and what they must be feeling! I sat in I guess you’d have to call it numbness – watching those images of horrific images of sorrow.. All the faces and faces of those young college kids! One more massacre. [...]