Blogs Posts on "Families"

Meat and Potato in the Auditory Canal by St. Aidan to Abbey Manor on Nov 20, 2009Couple of great pioneer* stories from earlier this week:1. The Guardian reports on a Christian family who've been inspired to set up a woodland commune in Somerset. Lots of really challenging stuff in Tobias Jones' account, for example:it feels to me...

Preventing Mosquitoes Bites by Auto insurance quotes comparison and ratings on Nov 19, 2009So, you've got some time off work, college or school and you want to get outdoors and enjoy it. Maybe even go on holiday. What a good idea! Nevertheless, what happens when you get where you are going? The mosquitoes come out to get you. Related pos...

Suffer Little Children by MacDoctor on Nov 14, 2009Fancy an emetic? The Herald is running a series of articles on child abuse today. Here is a nauseating recitation from a single article: An average of eight children are killed each year, and many more end up battered in hospital at the hands of f...

Republican Leader John Boehner | The New York Five: Read the … by Sulumits Retsambew | ASulumitsRetsambew.Com on Nov 13, 2009And he'll do his best-with the help of this top-drawer lawyers and much of the media-to make the real defendants at the trial the CIA interrogators-and the American government . How will this help achieve what our president claims he ...

Missed Point by MacDoctor on Nov 12, 2009Has anybody noticed that the review of changes to section 59 of the Crimes Act has missed the point entirely? The review tries to make out that the police are not using the law to persecute parents who lightly smack their children. This is probably t...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family (Giveaway) by Susan Heim on Parenting on Nov 6, 2009Just in time for the holidays, I’m pleased to announce the publication of my new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family! If you’re familiar with the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, you know that they have many great books for father...

Twelve Dead, 31 Wounded in Texas Military Base Shooting by MajaSaja.com on Nov 6, 2009Twelve Dead, 31 Wounded in Texas Military Base Shooting, At least one American soldier went on a shooting rampage Thursday in a sprawling Texas military base killing 11 people and wounding 31 others before being gunned down, army officials said.

Modern Family by MacDoctor on Nov 6, 2009USA Today carries a fascinating article on child-rearing gay couples drawn from a newly published book by Abbie Goldberg, an assistant professor of psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. The book is entitled Lesbian and Gay Parents and T...

A girl, a wife by The Chocolate Chip Waffle on Nov 1, 2009My niece, Jessie, is a bride-to-be. She is young and happy and full of hope. And she should be. Her eyes shine with Gavin and the future so perfect, so unknown. She is plotting her bridal shower, wedding dress, cake, and home. And as much as I c...

Please Join Me on Blog Talk Radio's Power Women Magazine to Talk About Our Wild and Wonderful Families! by Susan Heim on Parenting on Oct 28, 2009Do you have a dysfunctional family? Is your family tree filled with plenty of “fruits and nuts”?You’ll want to join me on Thursday, October 29, at Noon EST where I’ll be talking about my new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family,...