I can think of no one better able or qualified to begin the national dialogue on Children and Parenting than Shirlee Smith; how needed this dialogue is to our children and to ourselves. What happened? We have older children living at home clueless. We have children that feel "entitled". We are seniors frightened of our middle-aged offspring. We are the infirmed and the elderly raising our children's children because of substance abuse. We are ill served and overworked by the agencies that should help us help the children. It's heartbreaking and angering. You must give up your sense of justice and truth if you are to survive for your child. Agencies and the law are at odds. We seek help and remedy to get the services necessary to have our child(ren) succeed. What has happened to us and to our children? We need a forum now.

-- By Kharin Mishan, published on the Oprah OWN site --

Oprah Competition (Your OWN Show)

Thanks to so many who visited the Oprah site and voted! We wrapped it up with 5,146! The winners have been announced; uh, we didn't get considered as those entries with millions of votes took home the trophy. Hank Wilfong, in Savannah, GA. says he went back to the site enough times to be credited with the whole 5K! But we did win. We're taking that 3-minute clip, that promotes our parent workshops on the road to school districts, agencies, churches and to whichever groups we think of who have parents as part of what they do.

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June Madness....... If I were just a little bit lazy, I'd pull out my writing from last year on high school graduation activities, because nothing has changed very much. Year after year, and by now that count is somewhere past 30, I scratch my head ...... More >>>

Don't Judge..... Failed adoptions are common occurrences all across America. But thanks to nurse Tory Hansen, the public has come to know the horrors that face far too many people who simply step forward wanting to do the right thing ...... More >>>

Finally, A Replacement For Boring Men..... Taylor Momsen, the 16-year-old one-time actress and now sultry music maker, helps our girl-children - and they are still children at the age of 16 - sound like the sluts, hos and female dogs that rap artists who constantly hold their crotches preach about ..... More >>> Read Shirlee's comments on Fox News.

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Teen Drivers........ Teens behind the wheel are the responsibility of the parents. Driving is a serious business and even if the teens don't have the brain power to recognize this and abuse this opportunity, their parents have the legal power to pull the plug on this privilege.... watch the clip >>>

Special Needs Kids & Discipline (Autism Awareness Month)...... Understand your child. Don't jump to conclusions. After watching carefully, check with the pediatrician - proceed with caution, seek help and research, research, research. Autism is a spectrum disorder and you, as the parent, must come to know everything to be known.... watch the clip >>>