I've always known that my husband is a wonderful man. But today it really sunk in when I simply took a look at other husbands out there...  When we were dating he made it clear he felt the Mother should stay home with the children. At the time, I was actually appalled! I thought, "How dare he! What if I want a career?!" Luckily I had you Dr. Laura at the time filling my head daily with wise wisdom!... More >>

Mean girls are showing up in schools at younger and younger ages: More >>

... Have You (Really) Chosen to Lead? Parents guide their children through the twists and turns of life. In addition to putting food on the table, parents take on a leadership role, guiding their children through life's twists and turns. How you lead has a dramatic effect on your family's continued success. More >>

Yesterday was my birthday. Saturday, January 15 was Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, which we now celebrate today as a federal holiday.  I'd like to honor Dr. King and share with you some of his more personal observations and advice on how to have a better life. More >>

I heard you read that email about the Tide commercial. It made me think of this 5 Hour Energy commercial where a working mom was talking about how she is tired... More >>

I was home during the day recently and saw the following ad for Tide laundry detergent. A father finds his daughter's very short skirt hanging on the clothes line, he pulls it off the line and hides it... More >>

The Associated Press just recently released its "Chronology of News Events in 2010."  It includes such momentous occasions as the Obama administration filing a lawsuit in Phoenix to block Arizona's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law (leaving out that it is an anti-illegal  immigration law), actress Lindsay Lohan beginning a 14 day jail sentence (reduced from 90 days due to overcrowding) for violating probation in a 2007 drug case, Wikileaks posting 90,000 leaked U.S. military records from the war in Afghanistan, and..... More >>

Before and after the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, I get calls from folks who are agonizing over whether or not to invite someone who has been terrible to them and/or others... I tell them all - each and every one - to make the holidays meaningful and not fantasy recreations. More >>

The city of Opa-locka, Florida voted unanimously to fine people $250 if they don't pull their pants up.  Opa-locka city leaders decided to expand the current ban on saggy pants to include the fine or  ten hours of community service to those who refuse to keep their pants up.  The City Commissioner, Timothy Holmes, led the charge against the "sagging" crowd, saying that the low-pants practice intimidates the public, provides a distraction in schools, and is a blight on the community.  More >>

I've wanted to write to you for some time, but I'm just getting around to it now that my kids are finally in college. I was raised in a very liberal family and I worked right up until the time my first child was born (I was literally at work when I went into labor). I assumed I would go back to work soon after my son was born, but everything changed in those first few weeks. I instinctively knew my son needed me, and even though there was pressure from all sides to go back to work, including from my husband and his family, I held out. I wish I would have know about you then. I felt like I was the only one in the world making this decision (twenty-some years ago). More >>