This story is horrifying on so many levels to me as a parent (from CNN).
The video shows a brutal scene: The 16-year-old victim is punched, kneed and slapped by other girls. She huddles in the fetal position, or stands and screams at her attackers, but the assault continues. Authorities say the eight teens said they […]
In several posts recently, I’ve come down on Barack Obama for his increasingly populist message, and for me, his low point in this campaign came during the NAFTA discussion in the Ohio debate. Even as I mentally wrote his words off as primary-campaign pandering, I was extremely uncomfortable.
I vastly prefer the pragmatic Obama; […]
As AC was getting ready to leave for school this morning, I took a moment to talk to her about yesterday’s shootings at Northern Illinois University. I didn’t want her to hear about it on the bus or in the halls at school, the way she’d learned about the murder spree at VA Tech […]
I had my first “boyfriend” at 11.
I remember when he came to our house early one evening. I was there by myself (a pretty common occurrence by that age), and although it was still light outside, I was already prepared for bed.
Our front door had windows set into it, so when the knock came at […]
Some years ago, my mother told me that she was looking forward to when AC became a teen. I truly don’t remember the exact conversation anymore (and I actually think it came up more than once), but the upshot was that I deserved a dose of what I gave her.
Whether I “deserve” it or […]