More than any other job, parenting seems to present challenges for which there are no easy answers. Do you tell your son not to fight back when the bully hits him? Do you insist your daughter continue her piano lessons? Do you pay for A's and B's? ...more

December 27, 2007

Two months after a jury awarded a bullied boy $4 million, a judge has reviewed the case and cut the award to $600,000. ...more

December 19, 2007

Volumes have been written about how to properly behave at weddings or which fork to use at fancy dinners. ...more

December 11, 2007

Teen and adolescent girls long have used fashion as a social weapon. In 1944, Eleanor Estes wrote 'The Hundred Dresses,' a book about a Polish girl who is made fun of for wearing the same shabby dress each day. The 2004 film 'Mean Girls' focused on fashion-conscious cliques among high school teens. But today, guidance counselors and psychologists say, fashion bullying is reaching a new intensity as more designers launch collections targeted at kids. ...more

October 26, 2007

Concerning your opinion in the editorial of Thursday, Sept. 13, about the Branham trial, you seem to be giving credence to hearsay. You say Michael's major contribution to his family's income was suing people. Just a couple of years before the shooting, Michael had a serious accident while riding a motorcycle. Along with other severe bodily injuries, he suffered a traumatic brain injury. After a long hospital stay, he came home to spend many days and weeks recuperating. If he sued, he was probably entitled to do so and if he received anything, it was undoubtedly an insurance company's money. You refer to "his long reign of bullying." Only someone who had known Michael a long time could make that assessment. How long have you know Michael? You also say, "Michael Branham has always thought he was smarter than everybody else." ...more

September 23, 2007