The “Choking Game”, A Deadly Fad

I  saw an interview with a family who lost their son to this deadly “fad” called the Choking Game (experts call “suffocation roulette” )  It sometimes is called “the good kids’ game,” because it’s a way for kids who never drink or do drugs to get high.  I’ve seen enough -  it’s time to write [...]

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On Being a Teenage Parent

Oh the Joys of Parenthood…
My son had a little run-in with a 150 lb boy and a wrestling mat yesterday.  We ended up in the Urgent Care department of our doctor’s office after sports practice.    He’s ok…just a minor patella tendon injury.   It’s the poor “flour baby” that suffered.  It got left behind [...]

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Middle School Boys Going Through Changes

Many people sympathize with the physical change teens go through.  It is an uncomfortable time.   We’ve all experienced it.   I can  empathize with the aching limbs, spotty faces and general gawkiness of it all.  But recently my sympathies lie somewhere else….with ME.
My daughter sailed through her journey into “womanhood”.   It was fairly painless because [...]

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