My 10 year old son knows that I haven't been feeling too hot lately...heck, all the kids know.  Davey is a lot like his dad; he's not good at displaying affection.  Usually he's a straight faced kid who would rather shake hands than give someone a hug. This afternoon he came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder. "Look, I got something for you from the yard!  I found it all by itself!" And he presents me with a red tulip that he had picked from the back yard and ...

My sons have a kid at their school whose parents both work full time.  Dad does something with the military, and mom works at a financial institution.  Both parents have worked full time since this boy was a baby.  He's used to daycare and after-school programs.  He's also used to getting what he wants, when he wants. And he's very vocal about it.  To this kid, your worth is NOT about who you are, it's about what you've got.  I know all kids go through phases...

That's my daughter, Shea.  She's 14 today, and I'm marvelling at how time flies by....it seemed like just yesterday that she was in diapers.  She's really something, is Shea.  She's on High Honor Roll at school; her lowest score on any test this quarter was 98%.  She regularly gets A+'s on her assignments and is incredibly disciplined about doing her homework.  I don't know where she gets it from; I'm not THAT organized or disciplined! In the past year I've ...

My daughter is in love. She's been 'going out' with this boy for almost 2 months now (which, as you may know if you've got teenagers of your own, is quite a long time!).  They met over three years ago and have been friends the entire time, but his parents moved to a different school district shortly after that and they didn't get to see each other every day anymore. They did, however, keep in touch via the internet , phone calls and the occasional meeting, but there wasn't any spark of r...