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School Scarf Controversy = Irate Parents

And people wonder why some parents and school administrators are constantly at war… Parents in Montgomery, New York are fuming over a recent decision by school leaders to ban high school students from wearing scarves. Last time I checked it was November and the temperatures were plummeting, not rising. That said you would think most reasonable adults would be encouraging kids to bundle up. Apparently, not in Montgomery. According to news reports, the school board (allegedly comprised of highly educated adults) initiated the ban after a boy wore a scarf to school and it was interpreted as a form of … Continue reading →

Would You Allow Your Child to Wear a Purity Ring?

The Jonas Brothers wear them. So do some of the teens from “High School Musical.” Heck, there was even a point when Britney Spears sported one (what a joke). I’m referring to those mega-popular purity rings. The small silver rings are worn by young people to signify their commitment to abstinence. In other words the ring is supposed to help kids say, “I don’t,” before they say “I do.” The rings are part of an Evangelical Christian movement to encourage teens to make a “pledge of chastity.” According to my research, a father, who was outraged to discover that his … Continue reading →

Parental Playback

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 himself in front of his web cam—it’s been quite a week here in the PARENTS blog. If you missed any part of it, now is your chance to get caught up: November 17th—–Countdown to Christmas: The Letter to Santa. My young daughter completed her letter to Santa this week. … Continue reading →