parenting

It's inevitable. Your daughter is going to grow up. The best thing you can do to help your daughter out...

We've been watching a lot of "The Clone Wars" -- the animated series. They've brought back Darth Maul for season five. They introduced his brother in season 4 (yellow and bigger, but not nearly as powerful -- or evil). Darth Maul survived the fall. He'd been living in the trash pile without legs. His brother gets him robotic legs (like Luke Skywalker's hand and most of Darth Vader's body

I hated this kid growing up. As I have gotten older, I have realized that I actually hate the parents that would allow this kind of behavior from their child to ever happen. Besides the fact that the parents are nowhere to be found as this little badass runs around freely, spitting on adults trying to resolve the situation, but obviously they haven't disciplined him to know any better than to act

Sure "Little Miss Sunshine" is funny, but it's not your daughter dancing the "Super Freak." As dads, as parents, how can we stop little girls from dancing sexy? They learn it from each other. My daughter is already starting moves that make me nervous and she's three.

I've seen it in other parts of the country, but hadn't witnessed one in the Tri-Cities until last night when I came across a photo on Facebook. A child was standing near the corner of Leslie Blvd. and Rachel Rd. in Richland holding a sign saying, "I snuck out to get high and pooped on my neighbors porch because it was funny...not so funny now."