Parenting Tips
Reserving spaces for the 4th of July
Have something to say? ADD A NEW POST! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! On the way to work yesterday, I heard an interesting debate on the radio. The debate was over whether people should be allowed to save or reserve [...]
School is out and the kids are bored… what now?
It seems that we need some ideas on ways to keep our kids busy this summer. We all know that busy kids get in less trouble. Let’s post some ideas here. Anyone who has raised kids has probably got some inventive ideas.
Both of my kids were working summers with locally owned restaurants when they were [...]
Enough Complaining…It’s Time For Solutions
During the past few years, we have all been kept well informed as to the state of our national economic downturn. And, thanks to forums such as this, we’ve all had our opportunity to sound off and voice our displeasure at our government’s leadership (or lack thereof) with regards to the creation of and the dealing [...]
Idaho Falls, Today – Jonathan Folk, a three-time convicted pedophile, received a LIFE sentence with no chance for parole.
I will try to keep this one short.
In January, a Bonneville County jury found Jonathan Folk guilty of lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor, making this his third conviction. Folk’s most recent (known) offense took place on Christmas Day of 2007, against a five-year-old boy, while visiting distant relatives here in Idaho Falls. In [...]
Helicopter Parents
Helicopter parents are defined as those parents who have gone beyond devoted nurturing of their child or children into an extreme involvement of their life, particularly in the area concerning educational institutions. College administrators and professors reported this trend at the start of 2000.[1] The parents are not only at the university level, however; I [...]
California Court Criminalizes Homeschooling
If you homeschool your children or are even thinking about it read this story and weep. Without even citing the statutes or constitutional principal on which this opinion is supposedly based, Justice H. Walter Croskey wrote in a February 28th opinion for the California 2nd District Court of Appeals, “Parents do not have a constitutional [...]
Stay-At-Home Parenting
A high school student wrote a column in the Post Register in January, about the virtues of feminism. One of her issues was around the choices of career by her peers. In an informal poll, she asked the “what do you want to be when you grow up?” question, and one response surprised [...]
Is Idaho Tough Enough on Teacher Sex Crimes?
As a former public educator, I am shocked at the seeming abundance of teacher-pupil sex crimes lately. Fifteen other states are considering stronger penalties, and I wonder if we should also? Should Idaho preemptively change some laws to catch this problem before it becomes a problem? Is Idaho tough enough on teacher sex crimes?
Should Idaho [...]
How to Survive Cold and Flu Season
Well here we are in the peak of flu season again and as I write this post, I’m currently recovering from a severe cold that left me weak and miserable all week. I had a flu shot back in November, but as we all know, they don’t always help.
The CDC this year [...]
Idaho should be praised and modeled for low teen smoking rate
Our local KIDK News 3 affiliate recently carried an Associated Press story that Idaho was criticized by a Washington anti-smoking group because they do not think we spend enough money on teen anti-smoking efforts.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says Idaho spends too little of tobacco taxes and our 1998 tobacco settlement proceeds on discouraging [...]
Where is District 91 School Board Leadership?
The Post Register reported this morning that the Skyline High School student council is debating rules to reduce sexually-charged activities at school dances. The rules prohibit grinding, straddling, bending over, touching sexual body parts, making out, and removing clothes during dances. The student council has not voted on this issue yet, and I think [...]
Relinquishing Parental Control
The Portland, Maine School Committee approved a plan that allows the health center of King Middle School to provide birth control pills and patches to students in the sixth grade. Parental consent or knowledge is not required. In fact, it is outlawed. Under Maine state law, once a parent has signed a waiver allowing a [...]
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