I have reached the period in my life where engagement has started to spread like the swine flu.  I am not engaged and have never been married, so the idea that all of my friends happen to be receiving proposals of marriage from their boyfriends at the same time is a little bit of a mystery to me.  Some of the couples getting engaged have been dating since the beginning of college, and some have barely been dating for a year, but yet here they are now suddenly at the same stage in their relationship.  What changes occur in our …read more

Yes, believe it or not kids are now snorting Smarties (the candy). What’s worse is it is on Youtube for all to see and the girls that are in the video thought they were being funny. Do you think it is funny? If this was your child what would you do?
It seems the kid is in class, using a tampon holder the girl first breaks up her smarties until they are dust and then proceeds to snort the smartees. What do you think? Yes, I do know this is just sugar but watch that video and tell me what you …read more

My oldest child has always enjoyed playing with dolls, dressing up in costumes and having tea parties. I have a feeling that things are about to change. She will enter the fourth grade next month. From what the teachers at school tell me, this is the year when playground games end and drama begins. Tether ball tournaments turn into gossip sessions. Swinging on the monkey bars is replaced with rounds of “My friend likes you. Do you want to go out with her?” Innocence is abandoned at the roadside as the kids head for the bright lights of the highway …read more

I cannot find the words to express how utterly sickened I was at hearing the story of Victoria Lindsay. I could not even watch more than a few seconds of the video footage of the beating delivered by six fellow cheerleaders. It was brutality at its worst. My husband and I immediately told our kids that if they ever took part in any kind of gang violence or mob activity, that the jail time would be nothing compared to what they would have to face at home.
I don’t know what Victoria did to anger her squad mates, but it certainly could …read more