Court to take up marriage equality today and oh about Rihanna

Well, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the anti-same sex marriage referendum of California. A referendum that was heavily funded by the Catholic and Mormon churches. I guess Catholics had some money left over after paying child abuse cases. This could be...

Kristin Cavallari Says She's "In Love" with New Baby Son Camden

In an event much more real than her former reality show, Kristin Cavallari gave birth to a baby boy on August 8th. Yesterday, the beaming momma shared her joy on Twitter writing, "Being a mom is the most incredible feeling," she wrote. "I am so in love with this...

Parenting and Princesses

In academic and popular psychology there has been a lot of attack on the women that get termed as "princesses." This attack is wrong, and for a very good reason.What is a princess? A princess is a woman - typically a young woman - whose parents loved her and took care of her....

The juvenilization of American youth

Having kids changes relationships. Big time. Babies don't come with a manual – the first kid is 'winging it' and trying your best, when you actually care, to be good parents. There can be a kind of 'parental arrogance' like “We're GREAT parents; you DARE to question...

Gangstalkers attacked my Baby

Trayvon Martins killing is not the first murder perpetrated by gangstalkers, in fact, gangstalkers seem to have no qualms about harming children, even while in the womb. Living in the capital of California presents certain challenges for Targets of gangstalking. Sacramento is...

Would you rather believe in Mister Right or in Santa Claus?

No one has ever seen the real Santa Claus.  Of course, around Christmas, there are as many Santa Clauses as there are shopping malls in the country.  But they all are copies of the same myth.  Interestingly enough, that sounds very much like Mister Right,...

Is depression a real illness or a moral weakness?

Every time I hear doctors affirm that depression is a brain disease that they can easily treat thanks to loads of anti-depressors, it truly frightens me.  Put yourself in the shoes of an individual who has been feeling down for a while, and who is being told that he or...

Immigration and Synthesis

The problems that the children of hippies experienced have been blamed on the supposed bad parenting of them by the hippies. This is wrong. The root of the problem is that the parents lived by one set of values while living in a society that ran by another. The exact same...

The Growing Trend of Unwed Celebrity Parents in Hollywood

Traditionally, babies follow marriage. At least that's the way it used to be. Nowadays, the U.S. is home to what has to be the largest number of unwed parents in American history. In Hollywood, this sequence has  also been reversed, so...

God as Woman; co-ops: the only sustainable model; good parenting

God as Woman; co-ops: the only sustainable model; balanced child-rearingWho are generally more nurturing, accepting, forgiving, open, welcoming,.. men or women? One way of looking at the cosmos is as a giant womb. Who has wombs? Men or women? Who are generally more mentally...

Parenting: Compassion and Toughness

There are proponents of compassionate parenting and there are proponents of tough parenting. It is my belief that one has to be both - not in the model of compromise but in the model of finding correct application for both. One needs to be tough to defeat the bad behavior,...