Parenting in a Celebrity-Drive Society.
The February issue of Cosmo Magazine features a very grown-up looking Dakota Fanning. Lovely as she is, the problem with this photo is that the “Twilight” star is only 17 years old, making her officially a minor. Just take a look at the titles framing the delicate star’s face and you’ll see why some parents [...]
When life hands you lemons, you make Quesadillas! At least that's what we did when the lights went out in our city. At about 3:30 PM, Thursday September 8, San Diego County, Imperial County, Yuma, Arizona, south Orange County and Northern Baja California, were plunged into total darkness – apparently due to human error on SDG&E's [...]
6 Things Teens Wish Their Parents Knew <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> This post is by Vanessa Van Petten, creator of RadicalParenting.com and author of the parenting book, “Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded?” Photo courtesy V. Van Petten WhenI was 16 I thought it was [...]
The dark-comedy movie trend continues with Warner Brother’s release of Seth Gordon's “Horrible Bosses.” Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day are paired up once again (“Going the Distance”), and led by Jason Bateman in this big-boy comedy about three friends, Nick (Bateman), Kurt (Sudeikis), and Dale (Day) at their wits end at work. The three-guy “Hangover” [...]
Today, the Supreme Court ruled against a 2005 California law passed by Governor Schwarzenegger which banned the sale of Mature rated video games to minors. While some consider this a victory for the Entertainment Merchants and retailers of the violent and graphic games, others are disheartened that this layer of protection for kids was removed in [...]
