Children/Kids

Saturday mornings. The only day of the week a child was willing to roll out of bed early in the morning. If you grew up in the 70's and early 80s, Saturday mornings were an event.

One of my favorite Warner Brothers cartoon has been the never-ending chase of the Road Runner and Coyote. This classic pair of characters were created in 1948 by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese. After all these years there have only been 48 shorts created of the Road Runner as "he runs on the road all day."

America's favorite 'little buddy,' Bob Denver, was born in New Rochelle, New York on this day (1/9) in 1935. Before Denver signed up as first mate on the S.S. Minnow, he was best known as Dwayne Hickman's beatnik pal Maynard G. Krebs in 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.'

When it comes to social media, I'll see someone post something, but when I see it pop up on my feeds several times then I know it is something amazing.  This morning I finally clicked on a link about  The Drop Box.

As a radio guy, I have always been fascinated with those famous voices that we hear when we watch the preview trailers at UA Star Theater. The lights go down, the audience gets quiet and at a booming 82 decibels you hear that opening line, 'In a world.....'

It's funny. The older I get the more nostalgic I become. Growing up in the 70's & 80's a lot of things have come and gone. This is in no way a complete list. I mean who could forget the BetaMax or the original Pong. But, here are 9 things that the kiddos of today have never known and probably never will.

When I lived in California in the 90s I spent an awful lot of time going to Disneyland. For me it truly is one of the most magical places on Earth. I would get there right as the park would open and close it down at night.

Last week we told you about a 6-year-old who was suspended from school for kissing another student on the cheek and it went into his school record as sexual harassment.  Now a 17-year-old student at a high school in Duluth High School in Georgia has been suspended for a year and risks losing his scholarship for hugging a teacher.

This week, I am absolutely digging this story posted on the Huffington Post parents feed. It's all about the way one family told their son he has Down syndrome. I love how the kid just basically shrugs his shoulders and goes on about his day, the weight of what his parents had known for so long having absolutely no impact.

Let me warn you this video is disturbing.  I understand children can be children, but this is beyond being a child, it is unbelievable and criminal.  Even for a boy who looks to be less than 10 years old.

Excuse this proud Father as I brag on my eldest Daughter for a moment. Tabitha is one of the most talented and creative people I know and as much as I would like to take a little bit a credit for that talent I have to admit that it all comes from her Momma.

While working on a freelance writing project this week, I learned something that is kind of shocking to me. There are children at every school in Amarillo going hungry on the weekends. Every school. Even in the "upscale" neighborhoods. Even in your neighborhood. Sometimes, I am guilty of living in my happy little bubble of oblivion. This is one of those times. I literally had no idea. Ce