When I was teaching middle school, I assigned my 8th graders a 'commentary' warm up -- basically asking them for their reactions to news items of the day. More >>

Many people call me all the time saying, "It's so great to have kids." And I joke with them, "Just wait until they're teenagers..." More >>

I listened to a caller who had spent time creating a poster for her daughter's birthday at school, causing her to be late the event, and it reminded me of a time when I felt being "perfect" was required of me. More >>

...I wanted to send to you the link to an appalling opinion I just read in the NY Times Sunday opinion page by Susan Heath from April 14, 2012... More >>

Every so often the temperature spikes on the issue of working outside the home mothers versus stay-at-home moms. Last week the topic was brought up once more when DNC advisor Hilary Rosen said Ann Romney,"has never worked a day in her life." More >>

The so-called experts say romantic passion cannot last - that it's just based on hormones in the brain which deplete as the "honeymoon" period, the excitement of a new love, fades away....We disagree. More >>

...Things have been a little rough financially for us these last few years. I am a stay-at-home mom and homeschool our children, which means thinking twice about what we spend our money on. More >>

Nothing prepared me for the recent pickle I was just in. Long story short, I was seeing an unavailable man (not married) but otherwise... More >>

...Once I read your book, I became a much more loving wife, and although he had always been "fed", he was now getting gourmet food because your book helped me understand him better. More >>

Recently, you had a caller who was trying to justify her actions of having an abortion, instead of the baby being raised in another state by the biological father and his family. More >>