parenting

This story of Michigan adds a whole reason to think about getting a phone for a child. The level of "entitled attitude" in this story is pretty crazy. In a nutshell, a mom took her 15 yr. old daughter's phone away as punishment for some trouble at school. The parents are divorced and the daughter complained to her father who then called the police to report the phone as stolen. He told the police it was his phone that had been stolen which may have been the case since cell phone companies don't do contracts with 15 year old kids.

When the day comes, if it should happen to be on one of the days where she is staying with me, I guess I'll take the Al Bundy approach and just tell her to "Walk it off."

So this parenting thing comes with the occasional "What am I supposed to do here?" situation which is where I find myself at this moment. If you don't have kids, there is a good chance this will seem like a silly question with an obvious answer, but you have to keep in mind that kids have a way of retaining some things forever. More importantly, you don't always know what those things will be. This is the kind of thing that seems trivial now, but may be used against me frequently later in her life.

Chris Janson's song "Drunk Girl" deals with an extremely sensitive topic and the video even comes with a warning that some audiences may be uncomfortable with the images that are depicted. To that, I say great! We need to be uncomfortable about this topic and as a person raising a little girl, I hope that the parents of young boys are teaching them some important life lessons about morality.

I never knew how much I would enjoy being a parent until it happened. My little girl is 9 and this has got to be one of the most enjoyable phases of her childhood. I truly enjoy our time together and Christmas seems to magnify that. Last weekend, we watched "Scrooged", "Christmas Vacation", and "A Christmas Story"...

I've still got a few years before I have to put my daughter behind the wheel, but when I think back to my own early driving experiences, they start when I was about 10. My grandfather (Pappaw) took me out on a back road in his 1975 Dodge Dart and put me in the driver's seat...

Parents teaching their young children to like the things they like is nothing new, but the internet makes it a lot easier these days. Personally, I've had my kid watching the same cartoons that I grew up on, thanks to youtube. She's checked out He-Man, The Smurfs, Peewee's Playhouse and more...

First I'd like to tip my hat to the parents whose kids get good grades because they study hard and who do their chores when asked. Unfortunately not all kids are that well behaved. Some pay their parents lip service to doing homework, cleaning their rooms etc. then logon to YouTube or text with their friends. Meanwhile others are openly defiant.

If you want to teach your teenage daughter a lesson, why not deprive them the one thing they crave most? Proximity to the dulcet tones of One Direction.

You think your dad embarrasses you in public? Wait'll you see this guy.

The warning signs of a potential epidemic in heart disease are becoming more evident, new research showing that moms who are very heavy during pregnancy may be saddling their children with more than just a few extra pounds.

Being a mom is tough. How do you feed your little one on the go? Enter Lollipop company Lollyphile and their line of breast milk-flavored lollipops. Yes, this is a thing now.