Best Tips From Back-To-School Night

Back-to-School night in our district is strictly for parents to meet their child's teachers and see the classrooms they'll be spending two thirds of their high-school time in.  It's the first opportunity of the school year for parents to hear from the proverbial horse's mouth what the expectations are for each teacher's class and how [...]

Racial Slurs and Coarse Behavior from Palin Siblings

If TMZ's Harvey Levin is correct in his predictions that Bristol Palin will win “Dancing With The Stars”, then I'll have lost all faith in the show's voting process. This star-crossed result would smell pretty fishy to me — more like Alaskan King Salmon! — especially after the obnoxious behavior Bristol and her younger sister, Willow, [...]

Complicit Parenting a la Lohan

In my previous post I put forward the idea of parenting a la Lohan, or Complicit Parenting. It's a style of parenting in which I consider parents are fully aware of the illegal activity their child is engaging in, but decide the pros are worth the risk than the cons. I'm not referring to the use [...]

A Proper College Send Off and Celebration

Our son's graduation is finally behind us!  It was a TWO week-long celebration full of formal award presentations, sports banquets, mass, blessings, parties and lots and lots of family. Our first-born is the fifth in our family to go through the pomp and circumstance of graduating from high school, but the second one going on [...]

Latest at www.TheWrap.com: “Incredible Trifecta of Tarts”

What an incredible Trifecta of Tarts hit the media outlets recently! In first place is the 7 year old “Single Ladies” video of a hip hop dance contest for tender tots which shows them popping and grinding with their best Beyonce impersonation, and clad in Victoria Secret-like underwear.   Coming in second is the HOrrific Miley [...]