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“Parasite singles”, “boomerang kids”, and “accordion families”

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The Japanese call them “parasite singles”, the Americans “boomerang kids”. Sociologists refer to the “accordion family”: it expands and then contracts as children return to what should have been...

A Predatory Subspecies

After having dealt with a number of the type, I've come to the conclusion that there is a predatory subspecies in humanity that needs people to pick on and that would do everything in its power to ensure that their prey remains with them or within their striking...

Skittles Madness: No wonder parents fear candy insanity

Go ahead, I dare you. Just try to offer your friends’ kids a handful of candy. You’ll get the stink eye from Mom and Dad zip quick. What happened? Kids and candy used to be synonymous. Back in the day any good...

Evidence mounts: Loughner’s parents asleep at the parental switch

Before jumping more on stupid Sarah Palin, let’s review the circumstances at Jarad Loughner’s home because it is important to affix responsibility. Parents who have children living at home, no matter what...

Posers & Players: Can a mini-van swagger make parenthood ok?

Okay, I admit it. I don’t want to be considered a lame-o loser. I don’t want friends, or even strangers, seeing me as yet another wolf-on-the-prowl that finally gave up the excitement of the fight to “settle...

Oklahoma School Bans I-Dosing: "Sounds" That Simulate Drug Trips

"An Oklahoma City school is trying ban teens from "I-dosing," listening to sounds that supposedly "simulate" the feeling of getting high on illegal drugs. The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is warning parents about I-dosing, some are suggesting these sounds should be...

Andrew Koenig's Parents Make Heartfelt Plea to their Son: Video

At a Canadian news conference, parents of missing actor plead with him to contact themWalter and Judith Koenig, the parents of missing Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig held a press conference in Vancouver and made a heartfelt plea to their son to contact them and let them...

From YUPPIES to YUCKIES the 18-30s that won't leave home

They are Young Unwitting Costly Kids - 18 to 30-year-old Yuckies who won't leave-can't leave the family nest behind citing poor finance as a the main reason. They are causing heartache and financial strain on...

The Ultimate Secret of Happiness pursuit of happiness

" The ultimate secret of happiness is subduing your ego forever and pursuing a goal of life dear to your heart. Above 99% people world over never get to pursue a life of their dreams. Some become slave to the choices of their parents, some to their teachers, others to...

Think of the Children!

Personally I am sick to the back teeth of that excuse being used. But, yet again it is - and this time to stop people smoking outside at public beaches and parks.I must say that I am a smoker - but as a smoker I...

Jaycee Lee Dugard Homecoming: Parent's of Shawn Hornbeck React

A mother of a missing boy, Shawn Hornbeck, was cheerful after hearing about the good news on the missing girl, Jaycee Dugard, walking into a police station 18 years after her abduction. Pam Akers said "I was just...

Dutch bid to thwart young sailor (13 years old)

" Social workers in the Netherlands have taken legal action to try to stop a 13-year-old girl from sailing around the world on her own. They want Laura Dekker to be made a ward of court, so that her parents, who...

NZ parents vote to smack their kids

" A referendum on the smacking of children has just been held in New Zealand and 88 per cent of Kiwis who took part voted to re-legalize it. Two years ago the Labor Government made it illegal for parents to smack...

Sorry folks, Sarah Palin is (partly) right on health care

"But that should not distract voters from this reality: President Obama has proposed a new body that would enhance Medicare’s ability to deny care to the elderly and disabled based on government bureaucrats’...

Once Again Lead Sickens 1300 Children in China

Children living near the manganese plant in Wugang have tested positive for high levels of lead in their blood. Lead,  a dangerous substance for the nervous and reproductive system, has been found to cause a...

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