The story I’m about to tell is not unusual. But it’s personal, tragic, and common, repeating itself almost every day throughout our country. We parents need to pay better attention. Three summers ago, a picture surfaced of then-candidate for Maryland governor, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, at a party attended by his teenaged son. The photo showed the 50-year-old … [Read more...] about Should You Go to Jail If Your Teen Drinks?
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Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas
Our seven-year old daughter enjoys eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. What's so strange about that? Absolutely nothing! Except that’s all she’s eaten since she was weaned off of breast milk. Perhaps the strange part, if there really is one, is that not only does eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds seem perfectly normal to our daughter, but also that we … [Read more...] about Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas
Walking the Mom Balance Beam
I started today out BAD. I mean low. Lower than low. Pond scum low. It is the third week of school, and the shiny-new quality of a new year and a higher grade has worn off completely. The honeymoon phase of waking up to a brand-new alarm clock, brushing teeth and gelling hair, eating a yummy breakfast, and being on time has officially … [Read more...] about Walking the Mom Balance Beam
Life Lessons Kids can Learn From the Olympics
Is your family big into the 2012 Olympics like mine is? We have had such a great weekend with our five-year-old watching all the games and competitions. I always love watching women’s volleyball, basketball and gymnastics. Men’s swimming has been our favorite so far, and we even got into watching water polo! I'm giving a big thanks to Google and the internet, so that I … [Read more...] about Life Lessons Kids can Learn From the Olympics
Tom, Katie and Why it Never Pays to Marry a Rich Man
Two years ago, one of my daughters made the colossal mistake of declaring, to the family, that she was not going to finish high school. “I’m just going to marry a rich man,” she said. She’d been watching a few too many episodes of The Kardashians. Fortunately for her in the long run - albeit unfortunately for her in the short run -- we all set about educating … [Read more...] about Tom, Katie and Why it Never Pays to Marry a Rich Man