Posts Tagged ‘parents’

7 results.
Jan13

What Happens When Parents Are Involved (Part 2)

by Duane on January 13th, 2012 at 7:23 am
Posted In: Headlines

Problem – STUDY: Black Boys Receive Less Attention, Harsher Punishments, and Lower Grades In School
Now here is a question for you. If this report is as accurate as it

Sphere: Related Content

└ Tags: , , , ,
 Comment 
Jan12

What Happenes When Parents Are Involved

by Duane on January 12th, 2012 at 7:41 am
Posted In: Our children

Parents are the first and most important teachers for any child. So if you see a young child that is always getting in trouble, only engaged in video games and hates school, look FIRST to the parents.

Sphere: Related Content

└ Tags: , , ,
 Comment 
Aug16

BET and NewsOne can’t handle the truth

by Duane on August 16th, 2011 at 6:55 am
Posted In: Commentary

First it was theGrio.com’s post in Facebook that questioned if Philadelphia Mayor Nutter went too far in accusing these kids for “damaging their race”. This morning I read in both BET.com and NewsOne an article that simply cannot stomach the fact that Black families that either cannot or simply refuse to control their own kids [...]

└ Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
1 Comment
Jul01

“I belong to a union…and I think unions should fight for union jobs. But don’t fight my little girl.”

by Duane on July 1st, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Posted In: Education
└ Tags: , , , ,
 Comment 
May23

Is college just a big scam? (daddy thoughts)

by Duane on May 23rd, 2011 at 1:11 am
Posted In: Commentary

It is so funny that I came across this article. I spent part of my Sunday night thinking about this very same topic and BOOM, there it is.
Before I had kids, I just could not wrap my head around the ol’ skool notion of spending a lifetime saving up for my kid’s college education. You [...]

└ Tags: , , , , ,
3 Comments
Dec15

Desperate Times Is The Mother Of Common Sense

by Duane on December 15th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Education, Headlines, Our children

“Buckman also had harsh words for a group of teachers who are in favor of striking instead of approving a new contract that forces them to give up $500 per month or $250 per paycheck as an investment. The money will be given to the district to help plug a $219 million deficit, and it [...]

└ Tags: , , , , ,
 Comment 
Dec14

But Will The Child Be Safe?

by Duane on December 14th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Posted In: Our children, Our Health

(latimes.com) When social workers reunited Darlene Compton and Jontay in May, they knew she had been off crack cocaine for just six months and had a history of failed alcohol and drug recoveries. She’d engaged in prostitution, hadn’t had a regular job in 10 years and displayed a sometimes vicious temper, according to internal records [...]

└ Tags: , , ,
 Comment