http://www.swvoice.com Recent content in 'Parenting' on http://www.swvoice.com en-us http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/35271 Since when did the basics of education change from reading, writing and arithmetic to distributing birth control... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/32546 When I finish teaching in May, I usually reflect upon the year. I assess students’ overall attitudes and... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/18647 What a confusing word: Love. We use it so casually — “I love avocados” or “I love those... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/29137 When I finish teaching in May, I usually reflect upon the year. I assess the students' overall attitudes and... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/23433 Molestation doesn’t just happen to someone’s body, it also assaults the mind.  Molesters are... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/20297 A boy’s puberty involves hormones and he will have just as many changes and upheavals as a girl, but his are... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/20296 Puberty could possibly be the most tumultuous time of a girl’s life. There are so many changes, both emotional... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/20299 True story: I asked a group of junior highers what they thought the words “safe sex” meant.  A... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/19673 I spanked my children, and often. I cannot believe that a legislator in California wants to make spanking a child... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/17948 Since Christmas passed a few days ago, has your child stopped playing with the Christmas gift he or she just had to... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/17254 “The Nagigator.” That is the name my family has fondly dubbed me because I have “nagigated”... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/16153 Perhaps the first question should be, “What is a date?” I define a date as a boy and a girl who share... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/14274 When I ask junior high girls if J. Lo has a big bum, they all say, “Yes, OMG it’s huge.” Then they... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/13293 We’ve had a junior higher in our home for four years in a row.  I also teach abstinence to junior highers,... http://www.swvoice.com/home/ViewPost/12595 This past January, after all the Christmas decorations had been put in storage and the house was nearly squared away,...