Posts Tagged ‘family issues’
Wyoming mom gets tough on drunk son
Here’s another story about a parent taking swift and hopefully effective action when she discovered that her 16-year-old son got a ticket for driving drunk. The ad pictured here speaks for itself. This is what she posted in her local paper in Wyoming. The story has …
College student granted protection from parents
Are you familiar with the term “helicopter parents?” These are moms and dads who hover over their kids even after they’ve graduated from high school and gone off to college. It’s not an uncommon phenomenon but few students take formal action to stop it. Ohio …
Be inspired! Interview with Teen Trouble Creator Josh Shipp
Josh Shipp has been labeled many things, teen expert being one of them. Huh? He travels around the country speaking to middle and high school students and connecting with them on a level that most adults aren’t able to reach. He’s smart, funny, but most of all …
Forced marriages and honor killings in developed nations
It is not a secret that young girls are married off to unknown, older men in a number of countries. Forced marriages exist in India, Yemen, Turkey, Pakistan and other nations. But did you know it also happens in England and the United States? Karma …
What states allow gays & lesbians to marry?
What follows is a list of the states where gay marriage is legal. We provide the year the law went into effect, the name of the law when titled by the state legislature, and a citation where the law can be found. Some states didn’t …
Results of global survey on cyberbullying
The research firm, Ipsos, has completed what may be the first global study of cyberbullying. The online pool included more than 18,000 adults in 24 countries. The study measured parental awareness of cyberbullying, not actual, rates of this behavior. Parents constituted a third of those …
