Help! My 10-year-old is playing with her cell phone in class!!!!

Molly, age 13, read this to me from a local parenting magazine:
My 10-year-old got in trouble at school because she was playing with her cell phone.  What should I do?
My gut/knee jerk reaction wasn’t very nice. (And Molly had already beat me to saying a huge “DUH!”)  I thought about writing a snarky column here [...]

My kid’s been diagnosed with _____

So the stock market’s gone crazy.  Warships are on our doorstep. (Venezuela.) The presidental race has brought out more vigorous discussion than I’ve even see around an election.  The sky is falling and the nation is going to hell in a handbasket.
But all this suddenly fades into the background when a parent’s been told their [...]

The DYS profile

This clever tool is cousin to the “DISC” profile that many of you are familiar with. The DYS profile will help you identify some of the DYSfunctions you may be dealing with.
My home has more than its share.  Here’s a few we suffer from–can you relate?
Dys-position- A frequent affliction of mine which increases in severity [...]

Michael Phelps- a slow learner?

I clicked on a news story at the Drugereport.com on Michael Phelps that surprised me. According to the editorial article, Michael was a “developmentally challenged” kid who wasn’t expected to amount to much.
The writer opined that instead of focusing on this weaknesses, Michael focused on what he was good at.
Gee..do ya think he’s “good” [...]