Archive for August, 2009
Texting And Driving Don’t Mix
WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC This is a Public Service Announcement produced in the UK. It is a bit long and very graphic. But if you have teens and they may be driving soon, every one of them needs to see this! And adults are just as guilty!…
Piercings At 12
A friend of my youngest daughter just got her belly button pierced. To make it worse, she did it herself! Now my kids are not into piercing anything, including ears so there is no interest. I understand the allure of teenagers and young adults but this girl is just 12. Now I have always said that if the worst thing my kids do is color their hair, get a tattoo and pierce themselves, I am probably ahead of the game. But at 12, I am thinking way too young. What…
A United Airlines Mess
A few months ago, the power of YouTube was displayed when United Airlines broke a customer’s guitar. When he got no resolution or sympathy from the airline, the musician, Dave Carroll, vowed to produce three videos. Unlike United, Dave Carroll is a man of his word and here is part two of three!…
Some Scary Statistics
Kids And The Internet I like to think of myself as a pretty savvy dad when it comes to technology. I like to think that my kids don;t pull too much wool over my eyes. I try to be as much of a friend as being a parent will allow and so far I think it has worked out. No suspensions from school. No calls to the principal’s office, or worse yet the police department. No tattoos or piercings. Not even a freaky blue Mohawk. But do I really know…
The World Ended For Us Yesterday
Major Crisis At Home I wanted to open up to this blog and let you know that my family’s world came crashing down very unexpectedly yesterday afternoon around 4:00pm. It was a weekend when I had my children and it was hot and oppressively muggy out so we were pretty much indoors for most of the day. We had made plans for the upcoming week–a visit to a friends house to go tubing behind their boat, a trip to the library for some fresh reading materials, a discussion about my…
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