All >
Columnists >
Parenting
(21)
1 2
Since when did the basics of education change from reading, writing and arithmetic to distributing birth control prescriptions in middle schools? A school board in Portland, Maine voted to allow a health clinic to provide a full...
Posted by conniem
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 17:10:00 PDT
--
When I finish teaching in May, I usually reflect upon the year. I assess students’ overall attitudes and responses. Usually I am very discouraged at their level of knowledge and/or experience. Last year, though, I have to tell...
Posted by admin
- Tue Oct 2, 2007 07:13:53 PDT
--
What a confusing word: Love. We use it so casually — “I love avocados” or “I love those shoes.”
But I frequently get asked, “How do I know if it’s real?”
To answer, we first must define...
Anonymous user
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:12:33 PDT
--
When I finish teaching in May, I usually reflect upon the year. I assess the students' overall attitudes and responses. Usually, I am very discouraged at their level of knowledge and/or experience.
Last year, though, I have...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Sep 5, 2007 15:45:22 PDT
--
Molestation doesn’t just happen to someone’s body, it also assaults the mind. Molesters are predators that damage young people’s minds and bodies several ways. One of the questions always asked to students...
Posted by conniem
- Tue Jun 12, 2007 15:10:31 PDT
--
A boy’s puberty involves hormones and he will have just as many changes and upheavals as a girl, but his are perhaps a little more physical than emotional.
Hormones: Testosterone is the male sex hormone that kicks in and causes...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Apr 4, 2007 16:03:53 PDT
--
Puberty could possibly be the most tumultuous time of a girl’s life. There are so many changes, both emotional and physical, not to mention all the social drama in junior high and high school.
Sit down with your daughter...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Apr 4, 2007 15:07:58 PDT
--
True story: I asked a group of junior highers what they thought the words “safe sex” meant.
A junior high boy raised his hand and said, “Lock the car door.”
As I have said many times, I...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:48:29 PDT
--
I spanked my children, and often.
I cannot believe that a legislator in California wants to make spanking a child under 3 years old a misdemeanor punishable by one year in jail.
We currently have child abuse laws that prohibit...
Anonymous user
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 13:15:54 PST
--
Since Christmas passed a few days ago, has your child stopped playing with the Christmas gift he or she just had to have and is making forts out of the boxes instead?
How many times have we spent so much time for that one gift...
Anonymous user
- Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:06:56 PST
--
“The Nagigator.”
That is the name my family has fondly dubbed me because I have “nagigated” my family successfully through third-world countries, which was easy because most of the time there was one road in and...
Anonymous user
- Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:06:52 PST
--
Perhaps the first question should be, “What is a date?”
I define a date as a boy and a girl who share romantic interest going somewhere alone in a car.
The second question is, “What is the purpose of dating for...
Anonymous user
- Thu Oct 26, 2006 15:41:16 PDT
--
When I ask junior high girls if J. Lo has a big bum, they all say, “Yes, OMG it’s huge.”
Then they inform me that Beyonce has thunder thighs.
We then discuss the fact that I think they both are beautiful, shapely...
Anonymous user
- Tue Sep 5, 2006 09:45:55 PDT
--
We’ve had a junior higher in our home for four years in a row. I also teach abstinence to junior highers, the highlights of which I have been recording for years. So I thought I would share some well-earned, sage advice...
Posted by lward
- Wed Aug 2, 2006 14:46:26 PDT
--
This past January, after all the Christmas decorations had been put in storage and the house was nearly squared away, I looked down at my hands. To my horror, I had gouged the diamond in my wedding band.I could not bear to look at it....
Anonymous user
- Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:27:23 PDT
--
1 2
