http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/parents/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:16:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414478/posts “I’m not having a Christmas tree this year. There is no reason to go to all the fuss and trouble when I’m here alone. I don’t need a tree.” With that declaration, the tiny, white-haired woman turned her walker with a thump, thump, thump, as she slowly pivoted her arthritic knees to follow. Her wheezy asthmatic breathing came in short gusts as she labored across the hardwood floor. Buried in her exhales was a slight whistle of a familiar tune to keep her mind off her pain. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414478/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:16:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411671/posts Rochester, N.Y. —After nearly 20 hours of deliberating, a jury has found Roderick Scott not guilty of manslaughter. Scott says he never meant to shoot and kill 16-year-old Christopher Cervini in April, when he caught the teenager and two others breaking into cars in his neighborhood. Scott faced a charge of first-degree manslaughter. His trial in state Supreme Court began Nov. 30. Scott says Cervini threatened him — and he fired his gun in self-defense.... Assistant District Attorney Julie Finnochio said she respects the verdict and recognizes that it was a difficult case. "I just hope it's not a message... Copyright © 2006–2009 GateHouse Media, Inc. Some Rights Reserved. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411671/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:30:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411239/posts It was a simple question, posed to us in the Highlands Writers Group. “What was the best Christmas gift you ever received?” That question made me think deeply. I discovered that gifts change as years pass. I don’t mean the obvious, that you get different gifts in different years. I mean that the gifts you did get, even long, long ago, change with time. I was six in 1949, when the first Christmas I clearly remember, came around. We lived at 205 W. College Avenue, in Salisbury, Maryland. On the Eastern Shore, Salisbury was, and mostly still is, a sleepy... Special to FreeRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411239/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400702/posts A judge has attacked parents, suggesting they are bigots for seeking to opt-out their elementary-age children from a mandatory controversial pro-homosexual curriculum, according to a non-profit law firm. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400702/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 02:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394824/posts Thanksgiving is a time for gathering with family and friends, recounting our blessings, and enjoying the bounty of our land. But have you noticed that often we project an attitude of dissatisfaction, discontentedness, and criticism rather than a spirit of thankfulness? The definition of gratitude is “thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received.” If we consider the benefits of salvation, and the advantages of living in God’s favor, it’s hard to imagine Christians failing to live a life of “thankful appreciation.” Often, we try to consign thankfulness to one worship service, banquet, family gathering, or date on the calendar. But... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394824/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:07:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393254/posts WASHINGTON – Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to weather the recession: moving back in with mom and dad. Nearly 1 in 7 parents with grown children say they had a "boomerang kid" move back home in the past year, according to a study being released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. In a turnabout in the rite of passage in which a college graduate finds a job and an apartment, many are returning to their parents' empty nests because of tight finances or as they pursue an advanced degree. "The journey... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393254/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:04:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389846/posts A 12-year-old girl is prohibited from bringing aspirin to California public schools without a note from her mother or father – but in many California districts she may sign herself out of classes, leave her junior-high campus without parental permission, secretly have an abortion and return to school before the end of the day – and her own family may be none the wiser. Parents and educators across the state have been in heated debate over school policies allowing children to be excused during class time without parental notification for "confidential medical services" such as abortions, birth control, and drug... WND via The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389846/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:57:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376711/posts School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital. "I was outraged," Naomi Troy, 26, told the Daily News after her 6-year-old daughter, Nikiyah Torres-Pierre, had a possible allergic reaction to the shot. Officials at Public School 335 in Crown Heights called an ambulance to take Nikiyah to SUNY Downstate Medical Center when she fell ill following the arm jab. "My stomach was hurting, and I was itching," Nikiyah said after she was released from the hospital. The snafu... New York Daily News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376711/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373967/posts News from across the pond shows yet another means via which liberal, anti-family types are pushing to separate children from their parents. The lead paragraph says it all: Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373967/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373405/posts "Once a liar, always a liar" is a proverbial parental admonishment. A new study claims there is truth to the adage: People who cheated on exams in high school are considerably more likely to be dishonest later in life, according to a report to be released today by the Josephson Institute of Ethics. The study, which surveyed nearly 7,000 people in various age groups nationwide, offers a sobering assessment of today's youth as cynics who are aware that their behavior crosses boundaries but believe it is necessary to succeed. And the findings suggest that habits formed in childhood persist: Those... Los Angeles Times / latimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373405/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:18:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363562/posts OKLAHOMA CITY — The mother of an Oklahoma boy who says he was locked in apartment closets over four years was charged Thursday with 29 counts of child abuse for allegedly torturing and imprisoning him. snip........ McCall was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in New York in 1996 in the death of her 2-year-old daughter and served six months jail time. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363562/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:56:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2362308/posts A Palm Bay woman and her boyfriend were arrested Monday for child abuse after the couple went old school to punish their 8-year-old daughter for swearing. They washed her mouth out with soap. We don't know about you, but we would petition President Obama and Congress to make it mandatory for every parent to carry a bar of Irish Spring in their back pockets with all the profanity kids use today. NBC Miami http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2362308/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:07:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347758/posts <>A national survey suggests parents are confused about the risks of the virus and its vaccine. Germ-spreading schoolchildren are expected to be the focus of a massive U.S. vaccination campaign against the novel H1N1 flu. But if their parents are hearing the rallying cry to have their kids vaccinated, they're not buying it, says a new national survey. In a poll of 1,678 U.S. parents conducted by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, 40% said they would get their children immunized against the H1N1 virus -- even as 54% indicated they will get their kids vaccinated against regular... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347758/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:58:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2325689/posts Life is a balancing Act. As Baby Boomers, we’re part of the “Sandwich Generation,” walking the tight rope between balancing our own lives with caring for aging parents. Some still have children living at home. Others are also caring for grandchildren. Perhaps, instead, we are the “Club Sandwich Generation,” forcefully squeezed between extra slices of additional responsibility. No matter how many roles you fill, your life is probably a mixture of complicated relationships, communication issues, challenging schedules, frustrations, and joys. The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2325689/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:22:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318504/posts * How is it possible that that woman he claims as mother was taking classes in Seattle 15 days after his supposed birth in Honolulu? * Why wasn't the man we're told was his father there with her? * Why is it that his parents apparently never lived together as husband and wife? Was it a marriage of convenience to establish U.S. residency for a foreigner? Were they, in fact, his real parents? * Why were addresses used by his parents apparently fictitious? World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318504/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:50:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265930/posts WASHINGTON, June 5, 2009 – This year, as it’s been for the last five, no high school senior graduating from a Department of Defense Education Activity school in Europe will look around wishing a parent could be there as the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” fills the air. For the sixth year, DoDEA is providing webcasts of graduation ceremonies from 17 European schools. Two of those ceremonies occurred yesterday, another 12 will take place today, and the remaining three will happen tomorrow, June 7 and June 12. When the DoDEA graduation season is complete, about 125 parents deployed to... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265930/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 01:18:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249656/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan. In a brief interview with The Associated Press, Pat Tillman Sr. accused Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal of covering up the circumstances of the 2004 slaying. "I do believe that guy participated in a falsified homicide investigation," Pat Tillman Sr. said. breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249656/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 23:45:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235038/posts My columns and other writings have long chronicled the decline of moral values in America. However, I must admit to being absolutely shocked when I read recently that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that nearly 40 percent of U.S. births in 2007 occurred outside of wedlock. It's one thing when teenagers and members of lower socioeconomic classes fall prey to this phenomenon. But the out-of-wedlock birthrate is so high that it suggests a problem spread much wider than could have been imagined. This outrageous number of out-of-wedlock births across age and socioeconomic sectors signal the wholesale... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235038/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216729/posts Public education today is a mess. It has been ruined by parents whose legitimate concern for their kids has been translated into illegitimate interference with the educational process. Aiding and abetting the parents are legislators who have passed laws that empower parents and students at the expense of professional educators, and a judiciary that imposes its will on the educational process without regard for the realities of education. About thirty years ago, it became fashionable to think that everyone who had an opinion about education should weigh in on the appropriate way to teach children. A thriving cottage industry grew... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216729/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:42:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206961/posts Power to the parents. Changes to Alberta human rights law will likely include more than just protecting free speech. Parental rights are also said to be a part of the makeover. Provincial government sources tell the Sun the governing Tories are close to giving the green light to a long overdue package of reforms of human rights legislation. We already know changes include no longer using the human rights commission to censor free speech as well as, in writing, a prohibition against discrimination of gays. The commission has investigated sexual orientation discrimination complaints since a Supreme Court ruling in 1998.... Edmonton Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206961/posts#comment Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:46:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205030/posts Loyal to Liberty In my last post, as I listed areas of life where the imposition of socialist tyranny will produce the enslavement of conscience, I referred to the fact that "Parents will be required, without exception to surrender their children for indoctrination by the state." I'm sure the usual purblind skeptics dismissed the thought as another example of rhetorical hyperbole. Providence came to its defense today in the form of a report out of North Carolina where "a judge has ordered three children to attend public schools this fall because the homeschooling their mother has provided over the last... America's Independent Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205030/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:34:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2189213/posts An increasing number of Ohio parents are using religious exemptions to delay or refuse for immunizations for children amid fears that vaccines contribute to autism. Ohio Department of Health data shows the number of religious or philosophical exemptions nearly quadrupled in Ohio between 1998 and 2008, though that figure still represents fewer than 1 in 100 children. All states require children to be immunized for school. Most allow religious exemptions, and Ohio and 19 others also permit exemptions for personal reasons. Doctors say they’re concerned that more exemptions could lead to outbreaks of preventable illnesses among children who haven’t had... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2189213/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:07:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175957/posts Family Research Council recognizes and respects the inherent dignity of every human life from conception (whether by natural or artificial means) until death. FRC desires to help build a culture of life, holding that all human life is a gift to be treasured. The life of every human being is an intrinsic good, not something whose value is conditional upon its usefulness to others or to the state.Threats to human life include abortion, euthanasia, and many new forms of biotechnology. However, human beings need not prove their moral worth by demonstrating sentience, or self-awareness, or a certain level of cognitive... FRC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2175957/posts#comment Sun, 1 Feb 2009 02:12:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163528/posts The state Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s decision that a Clifton motorist's constitutional rights were violated when police pulled him over for suspected drunken driving based on a phone tip from his daughter. In so doing, it found that the teenage girl’s assessment of “a commonly understood condition” was enough for police to act on it. Two Clifton police officers were dispatched to the home of Clifton resident Paul Amelio on Dec. 11, 2005 about 12:30 a.m. to investigate a domestic disturbance between him and his 17-year-old daughter, according to the Supreme Court decision. The daughter had initially... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163528/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:37:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2159836/posts While Skype or similar teleconferencing technologies might seem like a more cost-effective and immediately available solution, the Defense Department rejects that possibility. The U.S. Department of Defense is looking to develop virtual parents to comfort children when moms and dads on active duty aren't available to talk. In a solicitation for proposals posted on the department's Small Business Innovation Research Web site, the military says it's seeking to "develop a highly interactive PC- or Web-based application to allow family members to verbally interact with 'virtual' renditions of deployed Service Members." "The child should be able to have a simulated conversation... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2159836/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:44:27 GMT