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I remember my mother holding me tight while workers were down a well in Texas trying to rescue Baby Jessica. It was 1987, and my mother had not just me but my infant brother at home while every mom in the country held her breath for the 18-month-old Jessica McClure. I was a typical kid who wanted to get back to reading my book.

During the SNL skit that was the Vice Presidential Debate last night there was one moment that jumped out as pure truth and genuine sincerity. I know, we're not used to such things in politics, but it was there and it was touching. Some background: Joe Biden's first wife and his young daughter were killed in a tragic accident in the early 70's.

I heard this from my eighth-grade daughter yesterday and today and I’m still not quite able to believe it. As a little background information, once a year the schools in Arkansas give their students the Benchmark tests. This is a government-mandated test that is part of the wonder that is “No Child Left Behind”.

I swore that after last year’s flight from hell and back (the screaming, the crying, the kicking and then there was her meltdown too)  I would never get on another plane with my child again.  I just couldn’t hack it.  Each time I have flown since I have been alone.

I can really get in a lather over people who complain about babies on airplanes. It's a public place. Air travel is NOT a luxury these days. I am far more disturbed by the loudmouth who is YELLING their conversation into the phone before take off (there are no secrets we are just pretending not to hear you), or the loud talkers seated the row behind.

In a recent letter to Salon.com's advice columnist Cary Tennis, a reader wrote of a dilemma: he was considering ending a friendship with someone who began teaching creationism at a Christian school — something the reader and his wife considered "a form of child abuse."

Oh man, I thought when I saw the title to this article—“My Interminable Flight with a Crying Child”—yet another uptight non-parent complaining about the indignities of being subjected to strangers’ children in public places. But it turns out that Chuck Cohen has some decent points—and he’s a parent himself.

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As parents, we’ve all made mistakes. We’ve all seen other parents make mistakes. In some cases, the mistakes are due to poor information and in other cases just poor judgement. The poor judgement part is, in my mind, just part of learning the art of parenting.

San Freakcisco “don’t ask, don’t tell” illegal immigration policy causes another tragedy. July 21st, 2008 An illegal alien who once found sanctuary in San Francisco is now the focus of a push for reform by the victim(s) wife & mother. It’s not the first time an illegal has committed murder in the city.