They’re everywhere. You’ve seen 'em and maybe didn’t pay much attention. But I do. Parenting is my business, so I’m on the alert with each and every scenario that I have the opportunity to watch unfold. From the wretched parents…
My third-grader was invited to the birthday party of one of her best friends. On the drive home, from picking her up after the festivities, she told us the reason her friend's dog was barking when she walked into the…
What to tell her handsome young son when his classmates assured him his days at “their” school were about over because President Trump would make sure he was on the other side of The Wall he declared would be built…
It was the great cookout. Neighbors gathered to celebrate their block's new dad and the old-timers in attendance mouthed off like they knew it all . ALL FOR THE NEW DAD? The barbecue that was cooked on the fancy new…
American Women inmates have now made history by becoming the fastest growing prison population in America. And to boot, there are more women prisoners in America than anywhere else in the world. But when we talk Women’s History Month, we…
Smart-mouth kids aren’t really popular at any time of the year but something about the Christmas Season tends to bolster their ability to be obnoxious. Do their parents think they’re cute? Must be or they would snatch ‘em back to…
“It’s just a little scary these days,” Barbara reminisced reflecting on her childhood days of knocking on neighbor’s doors and being allowed to yell, “Trick or Treat.” “But that was another time,” Dave, her husband, was quick to add to…
She's the best! Speaks truth to power but the media don't wanna let her stay on her glory ride. Is it really news that Tevin Biles-Thomas, the brother of this awesome young lady, the fabulous Olympic gold medalist, has been…
My daughter, Brandi, as a very young kid, was known for turning her questions about life into theories. It was back in 1994, when we went to see the original Lion King that a theory of life and death came…
The large number of homeless families living on the streets and in their cars in cities across America is a human tragedy. This is a story of a kid whose mother made the best of their homeless situation…
TIME TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE? "That's no fun," whined 3 year-old Bianca. Rachel, Mrs. Anderson’s 5th grade daughter, claimed boredom on the 3rd day after school let out for the summer. Tamika and her best friend Joycelyn,…
Graduation is a special time for families. Students take the spotlight whether it’s the now-celebrated moving on from kindergarten or the old-time high school or university academic accomplishment. Praises, shouts, slaps on the back and…
Susan Bro and Mark Heyer, the parents of Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman who was run over and killed by the man who rammed his car into a crowd of demonstrators opposing the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., brought…
O.J. Simpson, The Juice, paroled back in 2017, after serving nine years behind bars for burglary, is now, pretty much with his current tweets, thumbing his nose at the justice system that found him not guilty for the murder of…
