How do I explain that our elected lawmakers — the people who are most obligated to believe in the rule of law, and to live within those rules — are so unwilling to accept their duty that they are shutting down the government just to get their way? What kind of example is that? Check […]
ME N MILEY Everybody was tweaked about Miley Cyrus and her apparently quite lucrative twerking display, but I see a far more interesting phenomena occurring on a daily basis. I’m going to start at the beginning. When I was a kid my parents would get angry at me for “showing off.” In those days, showing […]
The Rolling Stones are famous for having coined the phrase, “You can’t always get what you want… but if you try sometimes, you just might find…you get what you need.” When it comes to parenting, this is an important lesson. But can we make it consistent with our desire for our children to understand that […]
I’m a guy. I like my space. I like my stuff. I love my wife. For the first time in thirty three years I have them all back to myself. Yes, the Dropoff at school was successful and it appears our adorable daughter will merge into the flow of college like a good driver getting […]
I have a friend who feels that when her little brother was born, he “stole” all the love and affection that her parents had previously been giving to her. I suspect that this is a common feeling among first-born children. In this case, my friend dedicated herself to giving her own first-born preferential treatment and, […]
Before we get to the Newlywed Thing… As many of you know, our youngest child, and only daughter, is leaving for college tomorrow. This photo represents how the males in our family feel about that. Note that their mother is not in the picture because she objected to being in any photograph that included guns […]
My adorable wife and I are sending our youngest, and last, child off to college next week. She is our fourth, and her departure comes with some significance. We started our family in 1980 and added new members in ’83, ‘89, and ‘95 respectively. Our oldest child is thirty-three, which means that JoAnn and I […]
Parenting is a long process, and there’s no question that mistakes get made along the way. Sometimes we just react without thinking. Sometimes we just don’t want to be bothered with thinking things through. Sometimes we act selfishly. Parents are people, too. Once, after staying up late to finish an assignment, Ben asked if he could […]
MISHAPS AND MILESTONES Yesterday I had the pleasure of sitting next to an adorable two-year-old named Amelia and her loving parents. Proactively, her mom pointed out that the small cuts Amelia had on her upper lip and nose were the result of a fall that had occurred that morning “Wouldn’t you know it,” she said, […]
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