Posts by admin (Page 88)

Posts by admin (Page 88)

Cookie Cutters

Are you a baker?  I am not.  The few cookie cutters I own are used for decoration on my kitchen windowsill at Christmas.  We may have used them to make cookies.  Once.

He's Black, She's White, or Vice Versa: Big Whoop.

Pew Research has an interesting report on the issue of interracial relationships and what your kids think about them. Times and attitudes have changed.  Compared to you and your parents your kids have a greater understanding and acceptance of relationships between races.

"Landmark" Study on Abstinence

A new study that has just hit the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine suggests that abstinence programs help kids delay sex and as a result helps to decrease teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.  This comes in light of the Obama administration cutting federal funding to these kinds of programs.

Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol

The Center for Parenting and Youth Understanding pointed to recent research by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada on the correlation between drug and alcohol use and sexual activity among adolescents. The report and statistics are fascinating and sad at the same time. When you read this it will break your heart and make you realize again that we need to engage…

The Analogy of Great Price

I have been driving for 32 years. I fancy myself a good driver because in 32 years I have never been pulled over by a police officer. Never pulled over, never ticketed. I had a spotless driving record. And I was proud of that. Who wouldn’t be? My fantasy ended Monday. Monday I was heading into work, enjoying a new CD, singing and in a very good mood. As I approached…