“Geez…what next?” This was my first thought as I read the headline on MSNBC: “Teens sending nude photos via cell phones.” Then I read the article. One of the sentences written in the article, was even more shocking than the fact that this is happening. “Many of these pictures are falling into the wrong hands…” (Stephanie Reitz.)  Ummm, excuse me for being old fashioned, but any hands should be considered the wrong hands. What are teens doing sending nude pictures to another person, boyfriend/girlfriend, or not? Whatever happened to courtship, modesty, saving yourself for the right person?
Gone are those days. It …read more

Germs are everywhere. Like death and taxes, they are unavoidable. Getting sick is inevitable and as a parent, I try to avoid it as much as possible. I also try to keep our sick germs within the confines of our home when we do get ill, as a common courtesy. So why do some parents think it acceptable to expose other parents and children to their own family’s sick germs? Am I just being paranoid, or is this one of the biggest faux pas that parents can commit?

 
 The following is an article that I had published over at the Crazy Hip Blog Mamas. It is an important lesson for parents and children alike!
 “Mom, I don’t have any friends at school,” my four year old complained on the way to school one morning.
“Well, in order to make friends, you need to be willing to introduce yourself. Tell them your name and ask if they would like to play.”
Without hesitation, he replied, “But Mom, I’m too scared to do that.”
“I know it can be scary, honey, but it is the only way to make a new friend.”
Later that day, …read more

What would you do if your son wanted to wear a pink dress to school? Cookie magazine featured an article in its January issue, that illustrated one mom’s struggle to allow her son the freedom of wearing a dress to school. The mom, Sarah, decided that her son’s freedom of expression was far more important that the possibility of ridicule and reactions to his demonstrative protest of social norms. To her son, Sam, it was just a dress. I’m sure that he thought nothing of the symbolism behind his desire. But Sarah knew what her son may face as a result of …read more