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• New Column at MilwaukeeMoms.com – Combat the Winter Break Blues in Your County Parks

  —Left on the Lake

  My latest column for milwaukeemoms.com is now available: Combat the “Winter Break Blues” in your Milwaukee County Parks

  Sometimes over winter break, it can be hard for parents to find fun activities for their kids. I the latest column, I point out some of the options for fun winter activities [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  by Dan Cody

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• It's about parents, attitude and lack of discipline

  —News and Opinion

  On my morning walk past Bay View High School last week, I saw a student entering the school late with underwear totally exposed, pants waistline sagging somewhere near mid-thigh. There were students loitering throughout the neighborhood at 8:50 a.m. Is there a connection between this and the absolutely miserable national [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:11am EST
  

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• It's about parents, attitude and lack of discipline

  —Across the Board

  On my morning walk past Bay View High School last week, I saw a student entering the school late with underwear totally exposed, pants waistline sagging somewhere near mid-thigh. There were students loitering throughout the neighborhood at 8:50 a.m. Is there a connection between this and the absolutely miserable national [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:11am EST
  

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• Sad Statistic: Youth less educated than their parents

  —Lake Winneblogo

  In the US, younger generation is less educated than their parents. A Washington Monthly Blogger highlights this information. Apparently, Germany is the only other country in the world where this is happening.
  It doesn't seem to bode well for the future. . . ' [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 4:54pm EST
  

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• Talk to your kids about sex

  —Across the Board

  Talking about sex may be the most difficult task for some parents. Forty percent of adolescents said they had sex before talking to their parents about safe sex, birth control or STDs. Troubling? Yes. But if you still need a push, consider this: 70% of boys said they did not [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 10:12am EST
  

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• Talk to your kids about sex

  —News and Opinion

  Talking about sex may be the most difficult task for some parents. Forty percent of adolescents said they had sex before talking to their parents about safe sex, birth control or STDs. Troubling? Yes. But if you still need a push, consider this: 70% of boys said they did not [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 10:12am EST
  

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• Another benefit of socialized health care

  —Letters in Bottles

  You'll get to pay for fraud:
  In recent weeks, regulators cut public funding to more than 130 child-care providers suspected of scamming the state's troubled Wisconsin Shares program. The program was designed to help low-income parents get jobs by covering the cost of child care.
  
  In an ongoing' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:03pm EST
  

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• Educated parents

  —Across the Board

  Kudos to Lennise Crampton and others like her — parents who have become very involved in their kids’ education by volunteering, working or just being present during the school day. The benefits are obvious: Children blossom when they know a parent cares, and a parent can learn to better monitor [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:25am EST
  

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• Educated parents

  —News and Opinion

  Kudos to Lennise Crampton and others like her — parents who have become very involved in their kids’ education by volunteering, working or just being present during the school day. The benefits are obvious: Children blossom when they know a parent cares, and a parent can learn to better monitor [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:25am EST
  

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• —This Just In...

  If we weren’t at the county park swimming pool, we were in the alley behind the building that housed the Juneau Theater and Juneau apartments. Me, Stanley, Eddie, Mike, John, Carol, Skipper, Duane, Rheiny (short for Rheinholdt; yes, his parents actually did that to him). The long water pipe running down the [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 7:23pm EST
  

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• Chris Matthews' West Point 'Enemy Camp' Apology

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  CHRIS MATTHEWS: But first I've gotten some very tough calls from parents of cadets and former cadets at West Point about my saying last night that the President had gone to speak up there to maybe the enemy camp. I was' [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 1:38pm EST
  by Mary

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• Why is it so difficult to talk about sex?

  —News and Opinion

  Let’s face it; adults have a difficult time talking about S-E-X. Adults can talk about everything under the sun but when it comes to talking about sex with their children, forget about it. Sure you can talk about the girl your son is dating. You can get to know her parents [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:45am EST
  

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• Making the case for White Rock Elementary

  —News and Opinion

  Anselmo Villarreal, president and CEO of La Casa de Esperanza in Waukesha, said Tuesday he will work with parents and others to draft a position paper to present to the Waukesha School Board on why White Rock Elementary School should not be closed. Parents and others met Tuesday at La Casa [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 4:15pm EST
  

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• Off to Iraq

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  IRONWOOD — The 15 members of the Hurley Army Reserve unit, deployed to Iraq in late September, will soon receive care packages from their families. Lori Smith and her parents, Chuck and Gerry Suzik, and the families of the other men deployed held a going away party for the unit Sept. [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by The Admiral

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• Brookfield East’s official response to the Homecoming ticket issue

  —Fairly Conservative

  You remember – the one Fairly Conservative broke back on November 8th. From the East Web site: In an attempt to satisfy those students and parents who might feel wronged by the news regarding the use of Homecoming ticket funds, Student Council is offering an optional partial refund from this year’s [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:24pm EST
  by Cindy Kilkenny

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• Should domestic violence lessons be taught in school?

  —News and Opinion

  There is no question that domestic violence is on the rise and studies have shown that young people today are witnessing more violence today than ever before. Sure you can blame society, bad parents, the economy and nearly a dozen other social issues that contribute to the breakdown of the family [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:17pm EST
  

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• Charter school weighs environment vs. Mandarin focus

  —News and Opinion

  Charter schools in the Milwaukee suburbs aren't the only ones that are getting more creative, as highlighted in a story that ran in Monday's JS. Verona's New Century charter school is weighing whether to develop an environmental focus to attract more students, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Some New Century parents' [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:29am EST
  

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• Some people should not be parents

  —News and Opinion

  Let’s face it, some people should not be parents. Just because you can produce offspring, doesn’t mean you should. Take the case of the 39-year-old father in Indianapolis, who is accused of leaving his 5-year-old son in his truck while he ducked into a strip club. [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  

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• Hiding the Decline

  —On the BorderLine

  

  Related Blogs Related Blogs on Hiding the Decline You might like these.Parents Not Welcome In Children’s Education
  Owen has a follow-up to the WIVA/WEAC controversy at Badger Blog Alliance. His earlier finding on the topic were publis...[...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:41am EST
  by Taz

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• —This Just In...

  A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In... HEROES OF THE WEEK Alvin Shell John Gaffaney Ryan Seibert and his helpers Mike Scalia Robert Skaggs and Lonnie Hood Orianne Green Chloe McCourt The birth mom, a Safe Haven law, and new parents Debbie France Charles Woodson Jason [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:56pm EST
  

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• What am I thankful for?

  —Stepping Right Up!

  Hmm. I am thankful for a healthy and happy family. Thankful I got to see my parents a couple of months ago. Not thankful my family lives in Texas and I live here, especially when holidays roll around.I am very thankful for a wonderful local Italian family who have taken [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:40am EST
  

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• Quick Hits

  —Lakeshore Laments

  Adopted Man Seeks Birth Parents, Discovers He's Charles Manson's Son

  What's the most shocking thing for me, is that the only source I can find for this story is the UK Sun.

  Green Bay Fox Affiliate Sits Down with Lawton

  So, if this interview is right, it was all about [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:00am EST
  by kevinbinversie

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• Me-First Parents

  —The Underground Conservative

  The New York Post’s Andrea Peyser with an outstanding commentary on today’s me-first parents and their offspring, for which society is paying a heavy price. The subject is a 37-year-old birth mother who gave the world a 16-year-old who put a bullet into the head of an innocent 15-year-old girl. Mom was [...]

  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:21pm EST
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• Is Adam Lambert done creeping us out yet?

  —News and Opinion

  Our ears are still healing from Adam Lambert's performance Sunday on the American Music Awards. We're also trying to figure out if our parents would have covered our eyes to protect us from seeing the performance aired on ABC last night. Check out the screeching, um, singing for as long as you' [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:19am EST
  

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• An Iron Chef named Jose

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  Jose Garces, the American- born son of Ecuadorian parents whose cooking has a Latin flair, won "The Next IronChef" contest on the Food Network Sunday night. Raised in Chicago, Garces beat ouf a roster of other leading chefs from across the country, including Jahangir Mehta, the New York chief who was [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:05am EST
  

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• Proud Catholic Parents

  —Tom McMahon

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  Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee. The first Catholic man tells his friends, "My son is a priest, when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'."

  The second Catholic man chirps, "My son is a Bishop. When he walks into a room people call" [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:24am EST
  by Tom McMahon

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• Bayfield Inn Kid’s Arts contest & show

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  3rd-5th graders bring art entries to the Bayfield Inn before 4pm on December 4th. Many prizes to be won. Art of any medium will be accepted – painting, drawing, sculpting, etc. Complimentary kid’s dinner buffet. Parents welcome. http://www.bayfieldinn.com Posted in Bayfield, Events Tagged: Bayfield Inn [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:00am EST
  by The Admiral

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• The Only "Going Rogue" Review You Need to Read

  —The Chief

  Behold:
  Imagine watching your parents 69 one another while John Madden sits behind you and bellows out color commentary and you will have some idea of how excruciating and profoundly scarring it is to plow through each page of this wholly fictional monument to self-aggrandized mediocrity. Going Rogue is [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:18pm EST
  

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• 46 years ago today

  —Marketplace of Ideas Blog

  Today is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was 46 years old when he was assassinated.

  Kennedy’s assassination was to my parents’ generation what 9/11 is to my generation — one of those moments where everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing.

  The [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:30pm EST
  by Steve Prestegard

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• Radical Person of the Week: Valerie Jarrett

  —Apostle Islands Navigator

  Close friend and adviser of President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett was born in November 1956 to American parents in Shiraz, Iran, where her father — a renowned physician — ran a children’s hospital. When Valerie was five, her family relocated to London for one year before settling in Chicago’s elite Hyde [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by The Admiral

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