I’d be interested in knowing how other parents deal with the issue of cussing.  This is an ongoing battle in our house…my 13-year-old thinks that mild curse words such as crap, piss, and suck are perfectly okay…and I know that they’re common among her friends.  I’ve even had to correct some of her friends in our house, [...]

Seattle Cotton Works and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have announced a recall of about 40,000 hoodies sold exclusively at Kohl’s department stores.  The product numbers are: BSF9647783, BSF9677758, BSF9677791, BSF9647768, BSF9677761, and BSF9677902. If you have one of these sweatshirts, the first thing to do is to remove the drawstring, which poses a [...]

                      In light of the tragic news about Natasha Richardson’s head injury, I thought this would be a good time to review some basic head injury first aid.  There are two kinds of head injuries:  external and internal.  External is usually a scalp injury, and [...]

I recently went to a newspapers site because I thought I was going to read an article about how some new study showed that it was important for parents to be involved in their kids’ education.  I love studies like that–that spend millions of dollars to say something that every person with half a brain [...]

Justice for Children is an non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas that advocates for abused children.  Mostly what it does is provide free legal services to children who have been abused and to parents who are trying to protect their children and rescue them from abusive situations.  This article focuses on JFC’s chief legal counsel, [...]