As a part of my efforts to increase the accessibility of my website, I am re-posting articles from my old Parenting 101 page as stand-alone blog posts on the main site. March 13, 2007 “Tune In Before You Turn It Off” Q – What do you do when you can’t Read more…
As a part of my efforts to increase the accessibility of my website, I am re-posting articles from my old Parenting 101 page as stand-alone blog posts on the main site. And as I look through this one, I am blown away at how this arena has skyrocketed forward in Read more…
As a part of my efforts to increase the accessibility of my website, I am re-posting articles from my old Parenting 101 page as stand-alone blog posts on the main site. August 26, 2008 – “Reading With Your Children” The benefits of reading to and with your children are MANY, Read more…
This is not a political blog, and that isn’t going to change. I’m not going to try to persuade you how to vote this November, although I will provide you with some links to other sites that may help YOU make your best decision. What I am going to do Read more…
Many folks along the Gulf Coast, and even “up here” in Baton Rouge, are bracing ourselves for the impact of Isaac. As any trip to a local gas station, hardware store, or Stuff-Mart right now will reveal, anxieties are building and boiling over throughout many of our communities. Here are Read more…
Supply lists. Reading lists. Backpack shopping. School uniforms or new school clothes. Online shopping. Mall shopping. Stuff Mart shopping. Yes, Moms and Dads, another school year begins in just a few mornings. Time to usher out the summertime schedule and get back to the structure of being in school. Here Read more…
– Q: What is the most important step you can take to protect your kids in their online experience? – A: Maintain an active relationship with them based on ongoing dialogue of respectful, clear instruction and questions about their life experiences, online and elsewhere. – – Q: What can parents Read more…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSSDeesUUsU[/youtube] Sorry about the “S-word” in that video, but he just nailed this issue, so I’m sharing it. This will be short and sweet… I am “on” my iPhone too much. Facebooking mostly. But also texting, taking silly pictures, and just looking for stuff. This needs to change. I am Read more…
Watch this video… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKthXGYAOQ[/youtube] Now watch this video… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPil9Br-5lE[/youtube] I dare you to watch the first one again now. Maybe you’re not an LSU fan, so it’s easy to dismiss. And perhaps you genuinely don’t care about football. This pair of videos kicked me in the teeth. More importantly and Read more…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHvf20Y6eoM[/youtube] I have always loved this classic song by the Byrds, inspired by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about stress, demands, busyness, self-discipline, entertainment, enjoyment of life and family and work and play, and the intersection of these things. (Yes, there are always lots of wheels Read more…