June 2008 Archives

Let me set the scene: Your teenager returns from a night out. She's thirty minutes late for her curfew. You ask her who she's been with and if she's been drinking. She rolls her eyes and whines that she was out with her girlfriends and just lost track of time.
You want to believe her. She's a great kid - an honor student. You know her friends and her friends' parents. It's is impossible to imagine that your little girl - the ...

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It begins the moment the little pink line appears on the pregnancy test. An overwhelming mixture of emotions comprised mainly of sheer, unadulterated fear. However, somewhere in this sea of feelings you notice something new and unfamiliar. It starts as a twinge and continues to grow throughout your pregnancy. By the time baby arrives, you are consumed by it. What is it, ladies? GUILT!

You berate yourself for caving in and havin...

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I am not a big movie quoter - no, I leave that job to the male species that still get a kick out of quoting Caddy Shack or Animal House. But occasionally, I get inspired by an on-screen moment and relive it in my mind.

One of my favorite movies is "American President". Do you remember it? It starred Michael Douglas and Annette Benning. At the end of his first term as president, Andrew Sheppard (Michael Douglas) has an affai...

>> Continue reading: Not-So-Perfect Parent: It's All About Character

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I HATE flying. I hate airports. I hate security. I hate being 3,000 feet in the air without a net. I hate airplane food. I hate the teeny, tiny, itty, bitty bathrooms. In general I really HATE flying.

However, the one and only redeeming factor of flying has to be the magazines. I figure if I am going to be stuck up in the air sitting next to God-knows-who, I need to have as many magazines as possible to get me through the food, t...

>> Continue reading: "The Pursuit of Happiness"

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This week, I am doing a three-part series on the subject of autism. In preparation, I have spent hours talking to experts, interviewing families, and reading the latest research on this subject. I've learned a lot. I've learned that autism is on the rise, and I've learned that we really don't know why. I've learned that to some it is not PC to say "a child with autism", and to others it is even more offensive to say "an autistic child". I...

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