This is a test post. The first post in this column will go live on March 10th, and will post on the 2nd Saturday of each month. So be sure to check back!… continue reading … [read more]

This is a test post. The first post in this column will go live on March 2nd and will post the first Friday of each month.… continue reading … [read more]

Sometimes when we encounter behavioral problems in our kids, we start forming opinions: It’s hormones. It’s Junior High’s fault. My child is walking through a selfish phase. She is trying to spread her wings by asserting her independence. She wants to rebel. While many of thes… [read more]

Sheila wrote: I’ve always been pretty sure about what I’d allow with my kids. I vowed never to allow my teenage daughter to have a cell phone until she could pay for it herself or until she was at least sixteen. I wasn’t going to put up with her texting and being on the phone all … [read more]

Haley Patterson is having a great year hanging out with her friends and making a name for herself as the only freshman reporter for her high school newspaper, The Raider Review. But when she reveals one too many details in a gossip column, superdiva Camilla Quinn turns Haley’s life upside down. C… [read more]

In the upcoming Hot Buttons: Internet Edition, I quote the following statistic: Forty-two percent of Internet users aged 10 to 17 surveyed said they had seen online pornography in a recent 12-month span. Of those, 66 percent said they did not want to view the images and had not sought them out. … [read more]

Lisa Wingate will be posting her thoughts on empty-nesting on the second Thursday of each month. I don’t know about you, but as a mom with one already out of the house, and five more left at home, I sure can’t wait to learn how to be better prepared! Nicole… continue reading … [read more]