It is said that experience is the best teacher; I think for most, it is the worst. Too often, experience teaches us to be protective. We run. We fall and we run again, or least we did. But then there was the lesson. 'Do not dare. Approach [...]
By Megan Carpentier | Originally Published at The Raw Story. September 13, 2012 16:29 EDT Like many Americans, my access to a quality public education was the single most important determining factor for my access to the middle class (via a college education funded by subsidized federally-issued [...]
By Pauline Lipman, Ph.D. | Originally Published at The New York Times. September 12, 2012 9:34 AM Photographic Credit; Posters saying "Save our School" line the windows at Overton Elementary. Under CPS's closing proposal, Overton students would be sent to Mollison. Both schools are on probation. As [...]
Americans love their freedom and the freedom to choose – well that is the best. We want to choose our cars, our sushi bars; we want the optimal plan. When it comes to our children there can be no exception. Parents will do anything to ensure that [...]
On April 29, 1992, at the Ventura County courthouse in Simi Valley, home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, a jury of ten whites, one Asian and one Latino delivered not guilty verdicts in all assault charges but one against four Los Angeles (LA) police [...]
By Joyce McFadden | Originally Published at Huffington Post. July 9, 2012 Updated September 8, 2012 5:12 AM EDT | Photographic Credit; Collin Key [ Flickr "The day I received my period, my mother gave me a pad and told me never to let boys play with [...]
"Time outs don’t work for parents who are unwilling to put themselves in an adult time out — which is what’s really needed" By Jayson Gaddis | Good Men Project. July 3, 2012 | Photographic Credit Matthew Brown/E+/Getty Images. In my opinion, we need a big [...]
By Amanda Gardner | Originally Published atCable News Network/Health.com. Thursday, June 14, 2012 (Health.com) -- Obese children and teenagers face a slew of potential health problems as they get older, including an increased risk of diabetes, heart attacks, and certain cancers. As if that weren't enough, obesity [...]
By Joyce McFadden | Originally Published at Huffington Post. June 13, 2012 5:47 PM EDT | Photographic Credit; francisco_osorio[Flickr] As mothers, we want to do everything humanly possible to make sure our daughters live happy, healthy lives. I spoke with 450 women about whatever was most important [...]
