I see examples of parents living vicariously through their children every day.
A few weeks ago, a story of a Mother who injected her 8 year old daughter with Botox made international news.
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I feel like we as a nation have lowered our expectations of our politicians. 
I am a 60 year old woman who is tired of the world of advertising and writers who have gotten on the eternal youth bandwagon, trying to convince me that it is NOT ok to look my age. 
The BIG news the last few days has been Congressman Anthony Weiner’s confession that he sent messages and photos of a sexual nature to women online. This followed his complete denial of any inappropriate behavior. 
Tweet Photo Credit: Reuters Mario Anzuoni Arnold Schwarzenegger admits he fathered a child out of wedlock and the media goes wild. Important stories take a back seat as the seedy details of Schwarzenegger’s affair are revealed. Once again, the public is subjected to the boring (yes I said boring) day by day findings similar to a Tweet The other day I read another article about celebrities who are angry about having their pictures photoshopped in advertisements and publicity shots. It got me thinking about how I would feel if this was done to me. Of course, I would first have to be famous enough to have photographers clamoring for Tweet I’m not a prude but sometimes I wish for the ” good old days” when the media wasn’t intent on outdoing each other for “shock” effect. I miss the days when television was watchable by all generations and parents didn’t have to worry about monitoring what their children viewed. I think commercials have pushed the Tweet NPR terminated the contract of Juan Williams after comments the veteran journalist made about Muslims on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor.” Within 24 hours, Williams signed a lucrative contract with Fox News. Good for Fox News! My thoughts…Williams was expressing what many Americans are afraid to admlt. They are scared to death of another Tweet A South Carolina Mother kills her two children because she wants to get rid of them. An inconvenience in her life? What kind of world do we live in? I’m blown away by this story. I would sacrifice my life for my babies.. (Yes…They’re still my “babies” even though they are all grown up.) The  |
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