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Parental Rewind: Holiday Edition

by Michele Cheplic

30 Nov 2008 11:52 PM

Now that your Thanksgiving guests are gone and the holiday leftovers are slowly disappearing you can finally kick up your feet and relax for a bit.

Parental Playback

by Michele Cheplic

23 Nov 2008 09:09 PM

From eating at the kids' table on Thanksgiving to penning that first letter to Santa, discussing the "brain freeze" some administrators in New York had when banning scarves from school, to wondering how it is that tens of thousands of Internet users could sit by and watch a teenage boy kill himse...

Parental Reflection

by Michele Cheplic

17 Nov 2008 12:53 AM

For many parents Sunday night is a time to shift gears from laid-back weekend mode back to a regimented weekday routine. It's also a time many of us pause to reflect on the events have transpired over the last seven days (and beyond).

Parental Rewind

by Michele Cheplic

09 Nov 2008 11:50 PM

How many times have you wished that you could turn back the clock to avoid making poor parental decisions? I would guess that most parents have daily thoughts of rewinding their lives in an effort to overcome regrets, mistakes and missed opportunities, especially when they involve their children.

Update: Parents Control Your Kids' Behavior In School Or You May Have To Pay A Fine

by Myra Turner

20 Jan 2007 06:52 AM

Here's an update on a blog I wrote earlier this week. It concerned a new policy in a small fishing town just outside of Mobile. The policy was enacted to address the rising behavior problems and poor attendance in this small community's four public schools.

Update: California Bill Could Ban Spanking

by Myra Turner

20 Jan 2007 06:10 AM

How does Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger feel about the proposed bill banning spanking? On Thursday, he said he would keep an open mind concerning the ban, according to an article in Friday's , Monterey County Herald.

Update: 3-Year-Old Wanders On Interstate

by Myra Turner

07 Jan 2007 06:05 AM

Here's an update to a blog I wrote about what I considered to be an example of bad parenting. It involved a 3-year-old Indianapolis boy found wandering down Interstate 465, clad in a t-shirt and diaper. You can read the blog here.

Week of October 9th in Review

by Teresa McEntire

15 Oct 2006 08:20 AM

I have had a crazy week this week. I celebrated my 10-year anniversary and my husband's birthday. I had what seemed like a million other things to do. As a result I didn't get many blogs written this week.

Suicide By Cop--The Death of An 18 Year Old.

by Anna Glendenning

23 Sep 2006 03:16 PM

Last week in the neighborhood my oldest children grew up, the police shot and killed and 18-year-old, high school football star. The police shot him four times in the back, after attempting to control him with bean bag shots.

A Review of This Week's Parenting Blogs

by Teresa McEntire

23 Sep 2006 12:08 PM

I am borrowing an idea from Heather Long and reviewing the week in Parenting. There have been some great blogs written on some important topics. But often parents only see the first few blogs and miss the rest. So here is a review of this week's Parenting topics. Monday September 18th.



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