Facebook Parenting: What Would You Do?

This video has been floating around the internet recently, and it brings to light several questions about parenting teenage daughters…including “what would you do?” in this situation. It’s worth a look and discussion, though you may want to occupy your young children elsewhere if you wish for them to not hear certain words and language used. Response to this has...

Stepping Up Is Courageous

“If you’re going to lead the orchestra, you must turn your back to the crowd.” That quote impacted me deeply when I watched this video about a new feature film called Courageous that opens in theaters on September 30, 2011. The gentleman who said those words is Carey Casey, founder of the National Center for Fathering and periodic contributor to PrincessKeepers.com,...

I Went to the Animal Fair

I went to the animal fair, The birds and the beasts were there; The big baboon by the light of the moon Was combing his auburn hair. You ought to have seen the monk, Who sat on the elephant’s trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees, And what became of the monk, the monk? Took my daughter for a great day at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence the other day. It was world...

Tough Justice, but Where Were the Father...

Yesterday, a Texas court delivered guilty verdicts to Warren Jeffs on counts of aggravated sexual assault against a 12-year-old girl and sexual assault against a 15-year-old girl, and he could now be facing 99 years in prison. Jeffs was age 53 at the time. Now, do the math. Regardless of the so-called religious rights and belief which Jeffs invoked during his trial, this 53-year-old...

Thoughts on Casey Anthony

Like many of you, the Casey Anthony case really bothers me. I’m frustrated on many levels, ranging from how a young baby was so mistreated, to how a mother can act with such disregard to life, especially her own baby’s life. There is one part of the story that I must bring up ... little Caylee Anthony had no father in her life.

“To Be A Man”

Best-known for their the songs “More Than a Feeling“, “Peace of Mind“, ”Foreplay/Long Time“, ”Rock and Roll Band“, “Smokin’“, “Don’t Look Back“, and “Amanda“, the rock band Boston is “a staple among classic rock radio playlists.” With over 31 millions albums in the United...