Over the past five years, 22 Texas school districts have issued Class C Misdemeanor tickets to more than 1200 elementary students, some as young as 6 years old. Misbehaving children can result in fines of $500 to the family. The offenses? “Things ...
Parenting
Outsourcing Life
When a builder builds a house, he subcontracts much of the work. The carpenter has a job, the plumber puts in the pipes. Together, they collaborate to create something useful and hopefully well-constructed. Parents sometimes subcontract some of ...
Swiftly flow the years
Another year ending, a time for reflection. The photo on the top was taken in 1997, and the one on the bottom in 2010. Thirteen years have flown by and the kids are now (L to R) 19, 13,16 and 21. And we have a lovely grandson who is 15 ...
Government Trampling on Constitutional Rights of Parents
Phyllis Schlafly When the liberals and the feminists, including Hillary Clinton, began saying the "village" should raise the child, most people recognized village as a metaphor for government. We're now seeing how intrusive Big Government Nannyism ...