Mama Drama: Respectful Independence
March 12, 2010 – 7:00 am | No Comment

Dear Mama Drama:
My eight-year-old son has recently become very rude and disrespectful. Every time I ask him to do something he argues with me. When I try to help him with something he becomes surly …

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Your Opinion: Are Sex Offenders Treated Too Harshly or Not Harshly Enough?
September 30, 2009 – 7:00 am | 25 Comments
Your Opinion: Are Sex Offenders Treated Too Harshly or Not Harshly Enough?

I really did not intend to cause a stir when I posted the following message on my Facebook wall:
A violent sexual child offender who is not being monitored moved 1 mile from my house. What …

Are You For or Against Health Care Reform and Why?
September 25, 2009 – 8:30 am | 7 Comments
Are You For or Against Health Care Reform and Why?

I am wondering how many parents are like me in their inability to keep up to date on political issues. It is frustrating to say the least, to not have the time to listen to …

Colorado Moms Voice Their Opinions About President Obama’s Speech to Schoolchildren
September 8, 2009 – 12:00 am | 27 Comments
Colorado Moms Voice Their Opinions About President Obama’s Speech to Schoolchildren

In case you have been living under a rock, President Obama will address the nation’s children at noon today from Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. I first heard about the the debate that is …

Obama Speech Divides Parents
September 4, 2009 – 12:41 pm | 13 Comments
Obama Speech Divides Parents

President Barack Obama’s plan to address the nation’s students during the school day Tuesday has polarized parents over whether it’s OK for their kids to listen to the speech.
On one side are parents who say …

Colorado kids in flu trial
September 2, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments Off
Colorado kids in flu trial

A group of Colorado children will be among the first in the world to test a swine-flu vaccine as part of a global effort to mass produce an immunization by mid-October.
A Denver physician is beginning …

Join in on Labor Day Lunches to Promote Child Nutrition Act
August 31, 2009 – 9:58 am | Comments Off
Join in on Labor Day Lunches to Promote Child Nutrition Act

Slow Food chapters in Denver, Boulder and other Colorado towns will host community potlucks Monday to promote passage of a Child Nutrition Act demanding healthy, nutritious foods in schools. The “Eat In” is part of …

If we build it, please don’t come
August 24, 2009 – 6:00 am | 18 Comments
If we build it, please don’t come

I had never attended a community forum until last week. It likely stems from the fact that I’m Canadian and nobody really cares what a foreigner has to say.
Unless we end our sentences with a …