Granma Covington, according to the Chicago newspaper, said this about her two grandkids, 24-year-old Tanishia and 18-year-old Brittany who kidnapped and brutalized a disabled teenager: “I’m so upset, my head is about to bust open.” The elder Covington went…
“I have a budget for my Christmas shopping!” the young woman said to her Financial Counselor in a rather irritated and demanding tone. Having a budget and staying within its limits was the sensitive topic of discussion that Ms Twenty-Something…
Not too happy about this? An unhappy New Elf? Making a list and checking it twice? Wondering what to give the child who is naughty and nice? Wondering what to give the kid who already has it all? How about…
No matter how racist, bigoted, anti-women, or the other attributes that tell us who President-elect Donald Trump is, the burden of decency remains in the hands of parents preparing children for the world in which they will have to live.…
Where's the problem? Blue equals Hillary. Red equals Trump. THE subject line on my first email of the day said: “What to tell the kids”. I've acquired a good habit of not opening a lot of email that comes my…
The experts are publishing. Well, don’t they always? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Across the United States, up to one in five children suffers from a mental disorder in a given year.” This equates, according to…
While she went to the counter to pick up the food order, Mom left her blonde curly-haired, dimpled darling at the table in the small eatery. Upon her return, on the restaurant wall was a huge smearing of ketchup and…
Of course, I zeroed in on the mention of children and families and on that issue I’ll pick Hillary as the winner of Sunday’s Presidential Debate. She’s had years of working for the betterment of families. The two UCLA Political…
My way of parenting in the age of electronic gadgetry has spawned an entirely new way of living life at our house. One category is “The Car Ride”. “NO gadgets when riding with me in my car,” I said to…
Since we aren’t perfect people, there is no way perfection graces us just because we’ve become a parent and are in charge of our children. And Let’s take this one step further: There are no perfect children. Some years ago,…
How early for money management? The sooner the better and the use of simple day to day experiences go a long way as teaching tools! 5 year-old Andy gets a $25 Toys R Us gift card for Christmas. Andy’s first…
The business consultant said his grandmother told him he was bound, in all situations, to tell the truth, but cautioned him to recognize that didn’t mean the same thing as telling everything he knew. The bank manager said his mother…
I can’t help but wonder why the #BlackLivesMatter movement hasn’t included in its target of eliminating deadly force against “the people”, The Maury baby-daddy Show. While the show doesn’t depict cops with blazing guns or dead bodies of young black…
One foster parent complained that the teenager she was in charge of didn’t come back home some nights. “Just stayed out like she thought she was grown,” was the follow-up grumble after announcing the young lady’s wayward behavior. So, what…
