Last month there were 23 kids arrested during three days of brawls at Southwind High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. A dad in the community, Mike LaFitte, saw a need and organized ‘Dads on Duty’- Forty dads volunteered to work shifts to ensure that several dads would be physically present at the school throughout the day. There have been no incidents since implementation of ‘Dads on Duty’. Several students commented that there was an immediate increased sense of safety with the dads present.
Mr. LaFitte was burdened with the status quo in his community and took it on himself to ...read on
In a recent interview, ex-New York Times journalist Bari Weiss stated that the world has gone mad – “Where can I start? … When you’re not able to say out loud and in public there are differences between men and women, the world has gone mad. … When in the name of progress, young school children, as young as kindergarten, are being separated in public schools because of their race, and that is called progress instead of segregation, the world has gone mad.”
These are just a couple of the dozen or so examples that Ms. Weiss cited but they are foundational issues the schools are trying to navigate through today. Parents are ...read on
Pick your crisis these days – the border, inflation, crime, Covid, foreign relations and national debt to list a few. By the way, have you tried to increase your credit card limit to $10,000,000 dollars recently so you can live well beyond your means for a while? You will probably not get approved and are more likely to get laughed at. Yet the federal government unashamedly keeps raising their debt limit and spending money beyond the nation’s means.
Enthusiasm is not the word that comes to mind when I look at our nation’s health and well-being. But apathy is not the answer! Enthusiasm is exactly ...read on
One young man was adopted as an infant by a wonderful couple. After adopting him, the couple had two biological children so he grew up with siblings in a healthy family setting. He had a very good childhood yet there was an innate desire to connect with his biological mom and dad. His adoptive parents were very supportive and upon graduation from college, opened the door for him to connect with his birth mother.
Another young man grew up in a home where he experienced ...read on
Last month there were 23 kids arrested during three days of brawls at Southwind High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. A dad in the community, Mike LaFitte, saw a need and organized ‘Dads on Duty’- Forty dads volunteered to work shifts to ensure that several dads would be physically present at the school throughout the day. There have been no incidents since implementation of ‘Dads on Duty’. Several students commented that there was an immediate increased sense of safety with the dads present.
In a recent interview, ex-New York Times journalist Bari Weiss stated that the world has gone mad – “Where can I start? … When you’re not able to say out loud and in public there are differences between men and women, the world has gone mad. … When in the name of progress, young school children, as young as kindergarten, are being separated in public schools because of their race, and that is called progress instead of segregation, the world has gone mad.”
Pick your crisis these days – the border, inflation, crime, Covid, foreign relations and national debt to list a few. By the way, have you tried to increase your credit card limit to $10,000,000 dollars recently so you can live well beyond your means for a while? You will probably not get approved and are more likely to get laughed at. Yet the federal government unashamedly keeps raising their debt limit and spending money beyond the nation’s means.
One young man was adopted as an infant by a wonderful couple. After adopting him, the couple had two biological children so he grew up with siblings in a healthy family setting. He had a very good childhood yet there was an innate desire to connect with his biological mom and dad. His adoptive parents were very supportive and upon graduation from college, opened the door for him to connect with his birth mother.
