Because I write this blog and another parenting blog, and because I am a parent of a pretty good variety of children (2 girls and 1 boy, ages 6-13, incredibly different personalities), I read a lot of parenting sites.  I go to forums and discussion boards, and they are quite often rewarding, supportive and interesting. [...]

Are your kids off to camp yet?  For the past several years, my girls have gone to Girl Scout camp; we’re lucky to have one about 45 minutes away. This year, though, they’re going to church camps with friends. Of course, there are lots of different kinds of camps. My husband went to violin camp. [...]

GapKids and babyGap, two of the most recognized names in children’s apparel, announced today plans for a new collection created for Gap by Stella McCartney. Expected to launch in late 2009, the collection will be carried in select GapKids and babyGap stores in the United States and Canada, the UK, France and Ireland, and Japan, [...]

Riverside, California has begun a unique approach to dealing with teen legal trouble.  They literally face a jury of their peers–namely, other teens.  In a program run by a family court judge and Riverside police, teens stand in front of other teens accused of their crimes and misdemeanors.  They are defended by a teen defense [...]

Do you know who lives in your neighborhood?  I mean, do you really know? My town of 4,000 people has 23 registered sex offenders living in it.  One of them lives right behind our house, a 20-year-old convicted for molesting small boys.  I have a small boy, who now can only play in the front [...]