Recently there has been a video circulating on Facebook about a man who shot his fifteen year old daughter’s computer (after verbally letting her know how HE felt in no uncertain terms) because of a status update in which she bashed her parents in no uncertain terms. Her language was colorful; she was obviously venting [...]

I have three gorgeous grandchildren: A girl who is 5, and two boys, 4, and not quite 3. They are the children of my oldest daughter. Because of the nearly constant drama that still goes on between her and her ex-husband, I don’t get to spend nearly as much time with them as I would [...]

Women are often accused of being too emotional or being led by their emotions. When we find ourselves in an unhealthy or even an abusive relationship, we do tend to get our thoughts and emotions all tangled together. Sometimes it’s hard to know whether we are making decisions or responding out of our heads or [...]

It seems that more and more teenagers are dealing with depression. In our modern, fast paced, stress filled environment the normal challenges and issues of adolescence become overwhelming. In the 1970s it was hard to be a teen. There were many temptations to overcome: drugs, sex, peer pressure. It was a difficult time to come [...]

I have been talking about parenting teens lately. It is one of those harrowing experiences that everyone is going to have to go through. If you feel bad about your situation please remember that I will have gone through the teen years EIGHT TIMES before I am done… by then? I will be laughing at [...]

Having eight kids is easy. Simple really. It is the living with them and raising them to be upstanding citizens that is the hard part.  I mean labor pain is fleeting but the pain of seeing your kid on “America’s Most Wanted” is forever. Not that I have seen them there, I mean.  Both of [...]