Year: 2009

You’ve probably read about the new, possible cure for peanut allergies. One very hopeful study at Duke ( http://tinyurl.com/cmbh39 sekhtdbien…

This sounds like a good book — “Until It Hurts: America’s Obsession with Youth Sports,”   by Mark Hyman( http://untilithurts.com/).…

Regarding: Schools outlawing normal human behavior, this one has got to be the best. Or worst. You know what I…

We’ve bhithbtbar already heard about teachers no longer being able to comfort their students for fear of being accused of…

Each week I get an email blast called “Connect with Kids” that veers between helpful and crazy-making. Today it’s the…

 Here’s hidririabk a little excerpt from a very positive  review of the book, “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned”  in today’s New…

The death of Natasha Richardson is the definition of tragedy — sad, senseless, shocking. It’s just horrible and a lot…

My 10-year-old son wanted the chance to walk from our house to soccer practice behind an elementary school about 1/3 mile from our house. He had walked in our neighborhood a number of times with the family and we have driven the route to practice who knows how many times. It was broad daylight – 5:00 pm. I had to be at the field myself 15 minutes after practice started, so I gave him my cell phone and told him I would be there to check that he made it and sent him off. He got 3 blocks and a police car intercepted him.