If you haven’t heard about Thug Baby, you don’t watch the six o’clock news. If you haven’t seen the disturbing YouTube video, now is your chance. Just Google "Thug Baby" and you'll have it..You’ll see a two-year-old in diapers, on…
“Well!” exhaled the black lady in front of me in line at the post office.“I’m just tired of S--t”, she went on to complain.As I see life, it’s our personal responsibility to reach out to a fellow sufferer, and so…
Ever wonder why you, your kids and your family are doing so well? Maybe you think this statement is somewhat intrusive since I don’t really know how you or the others around you are managing. Well, you’re right to question…
Sixteen-year-old Ethan Couch, while driving his wealthy dad's truck home from a party he had attended, and with a blood alcohol level 3 times above the legal limit, slammed into a group of people on the side of the road, …
We were there! It was the Los Angeles Coliseum. It was Friday, June 29, 1990. It was NELSON MANDELA! We caught the bus at our local NAACP office and we paid $10 for an experience we weren’t going to forget. Ivy…
Did you hug your kid today? Did you give a friendly smile to a kid you didn’t know?When they’re little kids, smiles and hugs seem to come naturally. Don’t much have to think about this as it seems just being…
College? Every hand in the room goes up when the question is asked.Locked up behind bars? No hands.In every parenting class that I conduct for incarcerated moms at the California Institution for Women in Chino, CA, I ask these two…
The headstrong young teenager didn’t believe his mom when she laid down the rules for the time he had to come home at night.Now, in all honesty, this kid isn’t too much different than others his age, as the teenage…
Charlie Sheen’s twins are only 4-year-olds, and they are out of control. Then there’s the overweight 16-year-old who beat his mom to death with a frying pan and attacked his father a few hours later. Oh, and I didn’t get…
VERDUGO YOUNG MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION TO PERFORM AT BENEFIT EVENTThe Verdugo Young Musicians Association (VYMA) works to transform young lives through music, using both free and tuition-based after-school high-level music education programs where young musicians discover the dedication, teamwork and joy…
Amongst other complaints that I heard from a young teenager about his family life was the disgrace he felt having to wear “hand-me-down” clothes.Oh, if he were just the older brother. All of his clothes, I think he called them…
Sidney Clifton, known for her television and film projects that reflect her commitment to telling the truth, empowering the voiceless and being of service, will read selected poems by her late mother, Lucille Clifton, from "The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010,"…
It’s that time of year when asthma comes crawling from the cracks and crevices, the blowing dust and the floating pollen. If you’re the parent of a child with asthma, you already know what autumn means in your household. If…
Jaylene Moseley, known for tackling sensitive social issues and through the work of Flintridge Center's reintegration project , has been named Honorary Chairperson for Talk About Parenting with Shirlee Smith’s upcoming benefit event – Mothers Behind Bars: The Parent Puzzle. In…
I didn’t join the marchers in Los Angeles earlier this week and neither did any of my children. Well, they’re not children - they are, now, adults.When I asked the eldest if she’d followed the “happenings” on TV that day,…