I’m thinking about the challenges faced by previous generations of parents. I’m thinking about parents that had to cope with the arrival of Rock ‘n’ Roll or the Sexual Revolution; parents that had to send their kids off to the factory or the draft. I’m thinking about these parents as I ...

Social networking is the norm. Facebook now boasts 800 million active users, half of which check the site every day. Twitter generates over 300 million tweets each day. Even MySpace, though in decline, is still kicking as the 136th biggest website in the world. While all of this global connection ...

Tips for saving money on your holiday shopping.

The worse Elf job isn’t a Dentist, it’s actually being the last person standing in line for Santa pictures at the mall.At first, I didn’t think anything of it when Santa’s maybe 16-17 year old cashier girl Elf approached my family and gave me a...

You’ve seen the apps drifting across the cityscape in the most recent commercial from Sprint. The one that ends with a cherubic kiddo, maybe 5 years old, playing with what we assume is his parent’s iPhone 4S as the voice over asks, “Why would anyone want to limit the iPhone?” Did ...

Dear Readers: Over the past few weeks I’ve received a number of emails that hit on the same general topic, but, interestingly, from completely different perspectives. Here they are: Q: Dear Mr. Dad: My wife is pregnant and I'm finding that I’m...

Don't drink, don't smoke. What do you do?

Dear School Administrator, Ordinarily, my wife and I would never ask for any kind of special treatment for our daughter Pookey (last year’s letter was an exception), but I do have a few small requests on behalf of my child. Frequently when we ask about school, Pookey complains that her teacher “doesn’t ...

So. Da-da tried dropping Bronko and Nagurski off at a late summer gymnastics camp (only two hours/day for a week), run by a civic gymnasium, but... there was no one there. Parents and kids were standing around on the empty gym floor. There was no sign-in sheet. No sign. Bupkis. ...

One of my colleagues works exclusively with teens and is noting an increase in oral sex among teens. It is interesting because the teens report being virgins and are adamant that they aren't having sex. According to a recent study, researchers in California found that oral sex is the ...