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From Feds: Stanford law school grad failed to pay taxes on prostitution earnings (Mercury News, 9/30/08): A Stanford law school graduate suspected of paying off her costly student loans by running a high-priced escort service has now been hit with federal tax evasion charges. In court papers filed Tuesday in San Jose federal court, prosecutors allege that ... 'My ex-husband and I share joint custody of our kids--the way it should be'
Tracy, a reader, writes: I am a single mom of two boys. My ex-husband and I share joint physical and legal custody of our children. That is the way it should be. We are both parents to our children and he is a good dad. On the other side I am currently seeing a wonderful man and ... Researchers Contradict ABA on Its Claims on Child Abuse & Gender
"These data, drawn from a nationally representative sample rather than from a pre-selected sample...give a very different picture of risk to children than that presented by the sources cited on the ABA Website." The American Bar Association (ABA) has set out to help divorcing women who make allegations of domestic violence or child sexual abuse against ... He Needs to Change...
Why is it always the man who has to change or promise to change? I guess women are perfect as is... From Robert Mankoff of The New Yorker. ]]> Heroic Father Saves Daughter Despite Daunting Odds
An unarmed 64-year-old man confronts a 52-year-old man who is armed with a knife. The 64-year-old kills the 52-year-old with his bare hands. How? Perhaps it was the younger man's condition. Or maybe it was just the older man's superior motivation. Also note the heroic father's classy, measured comments at the end of the story. From Indiana ... Feministing.com, GlennSacks.com, & Opposition Views
Both the major feminist blog www.feministing.com and my blog www.GlennSacks.com have a regular feature whose purpose is to incorporate the views of the opposition. I don't wish to be unkind, but I believe the different way the two blogs approach the issue says a good deal about both the blogs themselves and the social movements they ... Great Parody of Lifetime Television
A great Saturday Night Live parody of Lifetime Television from 2002. It stars John McCain as the "personal space infringer." Perhaps the best part is the opening disclaimer, particularly the sentence about "statistics related to society's treatment of women." It's also a dig at the domestic violence establishment. The episode is called "To Love, Honor and Stalk." To ... 'Call me as soon as you get to daddy's house--you know you can always call me if you need me'
One important point often missed in the debate over Parental Alienation is this--many if not most Parental Alienation cases do not involve claims of domestic violence or sexual molestation. Most alienation cases are more subtle, with the custodial mothers (or sometimes fathers) poisoning the children against the target parents in more mundane ways. Los Angeles family ... Judith Kleinfeld on Boys & Education (Part I)
I had an interesting talk recently with psychology professor Judith Kleinfeld of The Boys Project. Kleinfeld and I have been in contact at various times over the years, and she wrote me a letter after she saw my co-authored column AAUW Education Report Minimizes Boy Crisis in Our Schools (Buffalo News, 5/31/08). Judith had some interesting things ... Another Lesbian Custody Battle, Another Vindictive Mother
I've often discussed the issue of the rights of lesbian "social mothers"--women who agreed to employ a sperm donor so that they could have children with their lesbian partners, who are the biological mothers. I do believe that children fare best when they have both a mom and a dad, and that fathers offer much to children ... |
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Give Our Kids the Freedom We Had THIS MONDAY ON DR. PHIL!
Hello, Free Rangers – This is just a note to say that on Monday, Sept. 29, I'll be on Dr. Phil discussing this whole issue. If you tune in, you'll see that it's about "Extreme Moms." Naturally, I don't think I'm extreme. I think letting kids walk to school, ride their bikes or go to a ... A GREAT DEPRESSION FOR KIDS?
Not that I want this to be a Great Depression. I hope it's not. But if it is, I see kids emerging from their dens when their X-Boxes break and their parents can't afford to replace them. I see kids dropping out of travel soccer, when their parents can't afford the gas. I see kids ... WALKING TO SCHOOL…WITHOUT YOU
Now that school's back in session -- which, by the way, is how absolutely every parenting article that runs in September must begin, by law -- but anyway, now that school's back in session, you may be wondering: Dare my children walk there? Without me holding their hands and screaming at cars making left turns, ... Not Really Interested
By Denise Gonzalez-Walker DJ, my 10 year-old, stood in the middle of his classmates, rigid and then sinking quickly to the soft grass. His eyes rolled back as he fell and he let out a sharp whimper. Sitting with a small group of moms, I watched the game from one side of the playfield. By the end, ... ARE ALL SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS POTENTIAL PERVERTS?
That’s what they think in England, as you shall see. Our guest blogger today is Sarah Ebner. She edits School Gate ( www.timesonline.co.uk/schoolgate ), a blog about all aspects of education for the London Times. She's always interested to hear from other parents. Contact her at sarah.ebner@timesonline.co.uk By Sarah Ebner When I was gently persuaded to become co-chair of ... Parenting tips from Mad Men
One of the many joys of watching "Mad Men" is seeing how worried — not — the parents were about their kids, at least in this fictional portrayal of the early '60s. The kids are told to run off and play in another room so mom can have coffee with a friend. They're put in ... SAFETY FIRST?
Readers -- I'm excited to introduce a new blogger on this site, Denise Gonzalez-Walker. Denise lives in Seattle with her husband and two kids. She regularly blogs about education at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Chalkboard blog and is a member of Seattle Mom Blogs. Here are her thoughts on childhood safety -- and she is real ... GET LOST
The overhead train schedule in that French town said the 8:05 was going where I was going. I thought. But if you're a college kid backpacking through Europe and you don't realize Geneva is not spelled "Geneva" in French (it's Geneve), you just might hop on the 8:05 to "Genoa" and find yourself in ... Fear Not! (Or At Least — Fear Less!)
So, after dithering for a mere five years or so (and blogging about it, below), I finally got my boys — 10 and 12 — a skateboard. I didn't dither out of laziness. Well, not just laziness. I really avoided it out of fear. The idea of a kid upside down in the air, no matter ... |
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