Eric Scheske

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Emotional Bullying

Stop whining about it. Give your kid a stable and warm family environment that always accepts him, tell him there are such things as "jerks" and "idiots," and teach him how to scoff. I would think that would take care of 80% of the problems, even

More American Ambition

Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers - and How You Can Too: This new book by two successful Korean women tells Americans why Asians are so successful. Based on this review [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/fashion/sundaystyles/16TOP.html], it sounds like the

The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce

The forthcoming issue of The American Conservative has a favorable review of Elizabeth Marquardt's Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307237109/thedailyeudem-20]. There's no link available, but here's a bullet summary of a

Again?

When the natural desire to procreate is stifled, it manifests itself in odd ways. From this morning's NY Post: A deranged Pennsylvania woman bashed her pregnant neighbor over the head with a baseball bat, drove her to a secluded area, and slashed her belly in a maniacal bid

Material Girl Backlash?

Madonna talks about her parenting slant: > But as she nears 50, she has become a puritanical parent who is a disciplinarian with her children, nine-year-old Lola and Rocco, four. > Madonna, married to film director Guy Ritchie, says she has banned television and punishes her daughter's messiness

Sweet Sixteen

Makes my paltry seven seem like nuthin: > Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again. Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces. . . > Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he

For Under-Childed Americans

Familiar theme: In an age when the average couple has 1.7 kids, they need to squeeze all that love into one or two units, when it's meant to be spread among many more: > A new Bravo show – following on the MTV hit "My Super Sweet

More Dog Children

> Sometimes, you have to leave your dog home alone. Wouldn't it be great if you could feel good about it? Dogopolis is proud to introduce KongTime, all day entertainment for the home-alone dogâ„¢. > Put dog food or a biscuit inside a Kong toy and what do

Black Elephants

William Raspberry at the New York Post tells a story. Registration-required link [http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29252.htm]. Excerpt: > Some years ago, South Africa's game managers had to figure out what to do about the elephant herd at Kruger National Park. The herd was growing

Marketing Abstinence and Marriage

It's worth a try, and this organization is trying. Campaign for our Children, Inc. [http://www.cfoc.org/videospots/] Last Spring, they ran a "Marriage Works" campaign. This Fall, they're doing a new version of the campaign, plus a campaign called "Pink"