Recent statistics released by the Center for Disease Control bring encouraging news that there has been a decline in the fatality rate of teens aged 17-18 in automobile accidents from 2004-2008.

This report also indicates that the decline in teen fatalities is more than likely a factor of economic pressure to conserve spending, and so teens are not driving as much and/or are delaying obtaining their driver’s licenses.

Other reasons credited for the decline in …

The children of the Web are conditioned to ignore adults as credible sources of information and at the very best the voices of parents become “noise” to children.  Taking charge of family life in this network culture requires that the …

On Tuesday evening, October 26 I attended a special forum held by the Hip Hop Congress of Auburn, California.

Hip Hop in Auburn? Who knew?

I met Chris Owens, known as ODapt, at a community forum hosted by the Hip Hop Congress of Auburn. He shared the lyrics of one of his songs called “Lessons”.

These lyrics (below) reflect a profound understanding of the responsibilities of freedom and the realization that self-discipline is where the individual finds liberty – not by relying only on the hand outs from others.