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Hilarious Teenage Excuses and Mom Torments

The internet is FULL of funny and totally random (CRAP I thought about iCarly when I said random) quotes that are just sitting there, ready to make you smile. And I need it, because I totally filed my taxes last night,…
Thirteen Year Old Boy Dies Marching For Democracy

Inna lillaahi wa inaa illayhi raji'oon. (Surah Baqara: Verse 156) What does this mean, you may ask? It means roughly, from Allah (swt) we come and to Him we return. Sort of like, Rest in Peace, but with a deeper spiri…
The Prom Dress

I am the father (dad) of a 17 year old girl. I offered to donate $100 toward my daughter's prom dress (She's going with a friend), thinking I was giving between 1/2 and 1/3 of the price. She paid $480 for her dress. I…
Lecture Gone Awry

My teenage son and his teenage boy funk drive me utterly up the wall at times. What theoretically should be the magical week of family and love and warm fuzzies was heading toward that same wall. After a satisfying dinn…
Is There A Secret To Motivating My Teenager?

My son just handed me his report card last night. I looked it over briefly. Then I had to make a decision: to say what was on my mind or to alter the content therein and extrapolate only the positive words. His grades…
Should I Allow My Teenage Daughter to Get Hair Extensions?

Yesterday my sixteen year old daughter L asked my permission to get hair extensions -as in, sew-in, semi-permanent hair extensions. I'm sort of torn on whether or not I should allow this. On one hand, my daughter…
Teens and Religion

Two women and a man have been charged in connection with the case of a 14-year-old runaway. On Dec. 10, state police investigated a report of a missing girl and determined that the girl had run away and that people wer…
How Do We Get My Brother To Care?

image source As I am typing this post, my mother is talking to my grandmother. They are talking about one subject that bothers the family the most, my brother. My parents suffer as they talk about him, and I suffer a…
Baby Promiscuity - Typical 14 Year Old or Out of Line?

I was never a bad kid--one of the "better" ones out there, if you get my drift. Did my chores, performed well in school, was well-mannered, and never got myself into a situation that could bite me in the behind, if yo…
The Cost of Body Image For Our Children

Welcome to our Society. Our motto that is emblazoned on the entrance as we enter this world is "Sex Sells" We cant help but to look around and see that it sells on magazines, it gets ratings, it sells products, its on…