A new report has come out stating children that are spanked may actually have a lower IQ then those that don’t get spanked. I want to know your opinion on this.
Spanking can get kids to behave in a hurry, but new research suggests it can do more harm than good to their noggins. The study, involving hundreds of U.S. children, showed the more a child was spanked, the lower his or her IQ compared with others.
“All parents want smart children,” said study researcher Murray Straus of the University of New Hampshire. “This research shows that avoiding spanking and correcting misbehavior …read more

Just last week the press got a shot at Liv Tyler as she confronted an older woman she’d just seen either smack oell at a little baby boy. At the time she saw this she was actually driving by herself in a car, but when she saw it she immediately pulled over and walked up to this woman and tried calming the child down. Now I can’t tell you whether or not this child had just done something or if the lady just went nuts on the kids but this is what Liv told X-17 online who was standing …read more

I’m going to share something very personal here… When I was growing up, my mom lived with an abusive partner. It was a terrifying time in my life.  Eventually, she left him or he left her – it was pretty back and forth for a whole lot of years. I love my mom, but part of me will always resent what we all went through at that time. It is impossible to live with violence and not have it affect you in some way.
I’ve been following the Rihanna/Chris Brown “alleged” physical violence situation. What she’s doing, going back to …read more

Just caught the news report that Howard Stern, attorney and friend to Anna Nicole Smith, was brought up on charges that he helped give her prescription drugs. Basically, prosecutors said, he enabled her.
Stern is charged, of course, with being part of a ring of conspiracy. He’s suspected of helping Anna Nicole become more and more addicted to drugs so that he could possibly get her money. But what if Anna Nicole was just a regular girl?
I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if enabling became a crime all around. Not just for famous people. …read more

I can’t even fathom what it must be like to actually go through the trouble of interviewing, hiring and trusting a nanny with your children and have them do this….
A nanny has been arrested after the parents of a 2-year-old boy recorded her molesting the tot, authorities said yesterday.
The parents, who live on Long Island, were first alerted to a possible problem by an official at their boy’s preschool, who said Carol Clarke, 45, of Queens, was routinely rough with him.
They set up a secret recording device in their home early last year and viewed four instances of sexual abuse, …read more