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Shameless proud grandma moment here — check out my grandson Kameron Badgers in a Nerf promo he filmed recently. The footage arrived yesterday for the shoot last month. And tonight we’re off to the USA Film Festival to see Gallows … Continue reading
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Having parented a child with special needs, I understand the frustration of dealing with a public school system when your child is struggling. But lately, a specific “special needs” child has been terrifying my child, and it’s making me rethink … Continue reading
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Early in our courtship, my husband bought me yellow roses. I explained that yellow roses mean betrayal and duplicity, or an end to a relationship, and threw them away. I figured that, as the descendant of a long line of … Continue reading
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As a grandparent raising one grandchild and staying involved with several others, one of my struggles is how to reduce the intense social pressure they feel to be “perfect” and “popular”, all while spending a lot of money on “the right stuff”. Valentine’s … Continue reading
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I met Beverlee Carlson LaBonte on the day when my 19-year-old son and her 17-year-old daughter informed us that we were going to become grandmothers. I wasn’t happy about it. She was. The first complete sentence I heard from the … Continue reading
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A couple of months ago, a Facebook friend posed the question, “Why don’t kids join cults anymore?” My reply to the inquiry wound up in an article in the Jewish Daily Foward titled, Jewish Parents Once Feared Kids Joining Cults — … Continue reading
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Once again, the tabloids are having a field day with stories about nude photos of celebrities stolen by hackers and spread across the Internet. Despite what some B-list celebrities are saying, it isn’t blaming the victim to remind young women … Continue reading
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If you’ve never been to the annual Bastille on Bishop festival in Dallas’s Oak Cliff neighborhood, plan now to make it to the 5th annual event. It will take place on July 14, from 6-10 p.m. Go Oak Cliff, one … Continue reading
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Today is my 61st birthday — I think. It may be my 62nd birthday, since I’m not really sure when or where I was born. (I have one birth certificate that places my birth in Illinois, and one that says … Continue reading
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I have a grandchild who is counting the days until he leaves elementary school behind, largely because he’s been bullied for the last two years. Despite the Richardson Independent School District’s claim of “zero tolerance” policies for school bullies, none of … Continue reading
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