Bob CollinsIf there is such a thing as a “magical parenting formula,” perhaps Kou Moua and Zaaj Thao know it. The Pioneer Press profiles the couple, who came here years ago unable to even speak English, have the two most recent valedictorians at Saint Paul’s Johnson High School, and two younger children are in the running Read more →
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Tag: Parenthood
McDonald’s, showing a rather odd mastery of the art of public relations, has fired the South Carolina single mother who was sent to jail because she let her daughter play in a nearby park while she worked at the fast-food restaurant. Read more →
A woman who worked at a McDonald’s in South Carolina probably would’ve been happier leaving her nine-year-old daughter home alone, but the home was burglarized and the laptop which might’ve provided a little entertainment was stolen. So Debra Harrell dropped the girl off at a park about a mile from where she worked. The mother Read more →
Jeremiah Heaton of Abingdon, Virginia, is either a very clever man, a too-indulgent father or — perhaps — a little of both. Read more →
It’s a little late for Father’s Day, but you’ll get the picture anyway. This one is racing around the InterTubes today, and with good reason. McKenzie Michelle Carey, who has Mitochondrial disease, wanted to be in a summer pageant. She needed a dance partner.
If there’s one thing many Baby Boomers have in common, it’s this: Trying to convince an elderly parent that it’s time to leave the home they’ve spent their life in, and move somewhere that’s not so dangerous for an elderly person.
For many, especially those who’ve already reluctantly given up the car keys at a son or daughter’s insistence, it’s the last piece of independence — and dignity, really.
Is it worth forcing the move, capping a lifetime with a few years of unhappiness. Or does a son/daughter just shrug and say, ‘whatever makes you happy at whatever the cost?’
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A father-son bike ride, for no particular reason. Read more →
We love politicians too much and we have too low expectations for fathers.
How else to explain the choice for this year’s Father of the Year? Read more →
No matter what happens the rest of the way, Tracy Adams can well be considered one great mother. Read more →
This week the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling that prevented a 27-year-old man from marrying a woman, because he has a mental illness. His parents don’t believe he fully understands what marriage is. Read more →
The only thing that would’ve made things more perfect Saturday night in Davenport, Iowa if it had been Father’s Day. Read more →
Bullying reached a boiling point over in Kenosha, Wisconsin, when a father got a restraining order against a kindergartner who allegedly was bullying his daughter. Read more →
What’s wrong with us? Just about everything when it comes to adults and youth sports, Read more →
This time of the year can be difficult for those of us with educational self-esteem problems.
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In an op-ed in today’s Star Tribune Daniel Wolpert of Minneapolis defends the practice of judging the parents in news stories where a child has done wrong.
Clearly, Wolpert is talking mostly about the parents of John LaDue of Waseca. He’s the 17-year-old boy charged with a plot to set off bombs at schools in Waseca, then shoot kids trying to flee. Reportedly, he planned to kick off his day by killing his parents. Read more →