Is a school rule requiring girls to wear skirts unconstitutional sex discrimination? A federal judge in North Carolina thinks so. U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard ruled last week that a charter school was engaging in unconstitutional sex discrimination by requiring girls to wear skirts. The...
Is a school rule requiring girls to wear skirts unconstitutional sex discrimination? A federal judge in North Carolina thinks so. U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard ruled last week that a charter school was engaging in unconstitutional sex discrimination by requiring girls to wear skirts. The...
My daughter has spent the last several months touring schools, filling out applications, writing essays, editing writing samples, and sitting through interview and interview. So what college is she going to? Who knows? This was all just for high school. Sometime in the last 30...
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has found himself in hot water recently after one of his dogs was seized after allegedly biting a neighbor. Dak is very fond of his dogs, who appear regularly on his Instagram profile. Like Dak, I’m dog person. Slobbery kisses, long walks...
Is it just me or has CBD oil become the new kale? CBD oil, short for cannabidiol oil, is extracted from the flowers and buds of marijuana or hemp plants. It’s missing sufficient quantities of the chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to produce the “high” normally associated...
My three older girls race to my car as soon as they see it in the car pool line. Are they excited to see me? Probably not. I’m the mom who scoffs at their requests to stop at Sonic on the way home (a bold...
Nine years is long enough to accomplish something really good. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes? Ten years. Einstein’s theory of general relativity? Eight years. The moon landing? Eight years. U2 when they were good (1983-1991)? Eight years. Nine years is also the length of time it...
I never give out my social security number, for the obvious reason. Together with my name and birthdate (easily found on social media), my social security number is all an identity thief would need to make my life miserable. Though I do hope having a...
Facebook—the means by which you update your Facebook friends (most of whom aren’t actually your friends) with your every random thought and the last picture you took on your smartphone, and share the link to the article you haven’t actually read. Most people don’t give...
Do you know what today, January 28, is? National Kazoo Day, yes. National Blueberry Pancake Day, that too. It’s also the 23rd anniversary of the last time the Dallas Cowboys won a Super Bowl (or even made it to the Super Bowl). And in the...
I’m talking about memes today after a Dwight Schrute meme gave me a parenting smackdown. Do you remember This is 40, a movie about a couple approaching 40 while dealing with struggling businesses, a shaky marriage, and bickering kids. A running joke throughout the movie...
Siobhán is a really hard name. At least in Texas. Or any where else outside of Ireland. The one benefit to having to spell it outlaid multiple times a day is my girls have been able to spell my name from a very young age....
It’s Wednesday January 2 and the kids are still on Christmas vacation…for another FIVE days. And I have zero leverage. Gone is the threat that Santa will dock them a present for bad behavior. Gone is the promise of driving around to check out Christmas...