Children/Kids

As a parent I thought it was my job to shelter my children from the evils of the world.  There is so much wrong with the world we call our home, so many bad people doing so many bad things.  I keep my kids safe.  I keep them cozy in their warm beds.  I keep them away from all harm, but in doing so I think I also keep them from fearing the evil in the world.  They have never had to worry about the

I think the twerking phase has gotten out of hand.  Thank you Miley Cyrus.  However, when it comes to 11-year old girls at school dances, one mother said uh-uh.  Check out how this Bakersfield, CA mom punished her daughter for twerking at a school dance.

About this time every year, I find myself disgruntled. My disgruntlement is always a direct result of a brand new school year and all the old feelings it stirs in me.

Lemonade stands, they are somewhat a right of passage for a child.  I know I had a lemonade stand when I was little.  OK, so it wasn't lemonade, but it was Kool-Aid.   However, when you think about working in a lemonade stand you don't think about getting severe burns.  That's exactly what happened to these 5 girls.

Sometimes in today's world with today's kids as a parent you have to come up with unique ways to get your point across.  That's exactly what one mother in Moore, OK did with her child.

Tuesday was the first day of school for us.  I home school my children and I always start the day after Labor Day.  Just seems to be the first official day of fall, in my mind at least.

I'm going to come clean about something I take a lot of flak for. I feel like, because my position on this is somewhat different from that of most, people are quick to insert their unwanted views or try and win me over to their way of thinking. But I probably feel more strongly about this one stance, than anything else. I don't feel the need to defend my position. But I do feel the need to explain

So have you ever had a situation where the Tooth Fairy doesn't show up?  Here's the scenario.

I am sure most bloggers have written about Miley Cyrus and I can’t be left out of the conversation.  So here is my two cents.

The tradition of new dads handing out cigars may be going the way of phone books and CDs, thanks to a growing fad.

So as you know today was back to school.  You knew I would have something to say about the first day of school.  However, I kept thinking today was going to be easier, it wasn't.

"Ancay ouyay eakspay igpay atlinay?" I asked my kids one morning this week after catching the tail end of a Phinneas and Ferb episode where they make up their own version of pig latin called "Ferb Latin." It gave me an idea...wouldn't it be hysterical if I first freaked my kids out by speaking only pig latin to them and then pretending nothing unusual was happening... and then,