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Iowa teen Jane Schmidt takes on Michele Bachmann's definition of "tolerance" amid a crowd of Bachmann supporters.
Last week, presidential hopeful, Michele Bachmann, was at a town hall meeting in Iowa. She was surrounded by fans and supporters when she launched into a mini-speech about how she stands for true tolerance and allowing people to express their beliefs, religious or otherwise.
Bachmann’s tolerance sounds great on paper. But practically applied? Well, two high school students who stood up among a pack of Bachmann enthusiasts showed that Bachmann’s brand of tolerance is pretty intolerable. Continue reading »
Fear of SIDS. Autism. Learning disabilities. Anxiety is a constant throughout every phase of parenting. Worries about sickness and freak accidents dominate parents’ lives when their kiddies are tiny. But come the teen years, your child’s behavior can and will introduce a whole new set of nail biters. Vicki Iovine, author of the Girlfriends’ Guides series, weighs in on what causes her the most angst in her upcoming book Girlfriends’ Guide To Teenagers:
With President Obama’s big “controversial” speech on education this week (because “stay in school, work hard, and wash your hands are really hot-button issues) and the first day of school coming this week for most kids, the state of America’s schools is on a lot of people’s minds.
According to a report from Public Agenda, it turns out that what education reformers and bureaucrats think the big issues facing schools are not, in fact, what parents and educator themselves think of as the issues. Highlight of the report include:
An Australian mom majorly screwed up when she brought her daughter onto a morning radio show known for hooking people up to lie detectors, only to out her daughter’s childhood rape during a live broadcast.
The mom said she wanted to find out if her daughter was doing drugs and having sex – the normal teenage misdeeds. Continue reading »
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