I'm at the playground with my four-year-old son. He's swinging and sliding down the new equipment in our local park. He whizzes past me, getting rid of all the energy he's stored in his small body from a day of pre-school rules. He picks up a small stick, and pretends he's fighting the bad guys. I've seen boys all over the world play this game. Continue Reading
Are kids copying their parents when they lie?
Photo from NY magazine article 98% of kids think that lying is morally wrong, yet 98% of kids lie. Why? It starts very young as a way to avoid punishment. Some kids have mastered lying as young as two or three, and this can be linked to a sign of intelligence, according to Dr. Victoria Talwar, a leading expert on children's lying behavior. Continue Reading
Why do we let young girls dress like that?
Taylor Momsen 17-years-old Have you noticed how more and more teenagers and tweens are dressing provocatively or is it just me? In an article by Jennifer Moses in the Wall Street Journal, she poses the question, "Why do so many of us not only permit our teenage daughters to dress like this—like prostitutes, if we're being honest with Continue Reading
Lazy Gutsy Writer Shows a Video
Oxnard Shores Beach, California Febraury 21st, 2011 I'm on time. It's still Monday and I spent my weekend visiting my twenty-year-old son, Austin, at UCSB, (University of California Santa Barbara) and then my cousin who lives in Oxnard, about one hour south of Santa Barbara. Look at the weather and how lucky we are in southern Continue Reading
"Skins" Is there a problem with this show?
"Skins" watch trailer HERE Call me naive, or a recent empty-nester, but this is the first I've heard of the teenage series "Skins" which premiered on January 17, 2011, drawing in 3.3 million viewers, with 1.2 million of them under 18. "'Skins' is the American adaptation of a UK hit about the sex, drugs, and rock n' roll lifestyle of a Continue Reading