‘Parenting’ Archives
Humor: Parent’s job description »
PARENT JOB DESCRIPTION POSITION: Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma, Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and [...]
Learn from others’ mistakes »
The column that Jonathan Comey wrote in the Living section on Feb. 25 was amazingly refreshing. To touch back, Mr. Comey spoke about how his life changed emotionally and financially with receiving an inheritance from his grandmother upon her passing away, and it awoke a light within me that helped renew my own personal regrets, such as not having [...]
The power of single parenting »
What is single parenting? Single parenting is when a parent is administering and raising a family without a partner. In many cases, women and men have no choice but to raise their children without a second parent due to several different circumstances. In most cases these situations are out of the single parent's power. They have to do what [...]
Coping with a father’s absence »
In response to an opinion piece published June 17, "Avoiding the subject of Father's Day," written by Susan Kiley: I enjoyed the article you wrote. It brought back painful, yet wonderful memories of being raised, and also confirmed why I personally avoid Father's Day, especially as a fatherless person. After separation from my parents, most [...]
After school activities can keep youth from lives of »
Recently, I was talking with a friend who said to me that as a minority, I should be ashamed of all the crime in New Bedford, stating her belief that the crime was race-related. I responded by stating that there is crime all over this country, and race is not the cause. After all, white Americans committed the worst crime known to society, [...]
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