Guest Post: Teen Financial Education in San Diego

5 Tips to Help Your Teen become a More Financially Successful Adult <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  When it comes to learning about the basics of financial management, the more you know and the earlier you know it, the better. Many students head off to college without having an understanding of personal […]

Rant Brought to You by California State of Emergency

A blogger friend recently contacted a group of us to discuss the dire situation in our schools due to more budget cuts looming on the horizon.  Those cuts include reducing the number of school days by yet another week.   I heard that collective woot! from students thinking that less school and more vacation is […]

Don't Dress Your Girls Like Tramps — CNN's LZ Granderson weighs in.

He's right and we know it. Mr. LZ Granderson had the guts to write about something most of us have been witnessing for a long time. Our young girls have been wearing clothes that are much too inappropriate for their age and the blame game begins. If you read my blog, you won't be surprised […]

Skins, “The Most Dangerous Show For Children…”

It’s apparent the folks over at MTV are going to keep testing the boundaries of their contentious programming. They’ve enjoyed virtually no consequences by walking the fence of inappropriate teenage content, and have been successful at luring desperate advertises wanting to target this particular demographic . Or so it seemed until producers decided to copy a racy British show called Skins and broadcast the MTV version (rated TV-MA) in the USA.

Take Away Their (M)TV and Discipline Like Tiger Mom

I had never heard of Amy Chua until the “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” media firestorm erupted – and I’m sorry I hadn’t.  Photo by Erin Patrice O'Brien for the WSJ I mean, what kind of parent doesn’t allow her child to have playdates, sleepovers or not go to the bathroom until the piano […]