Ian Morgan Cron’s memoirs is another one of my favorite reads of 2011. I found myself being drawn in from the first page. The CIA component of the title added a sufficient layer of mystery to hook me. Cron is also very funny and really knows how to tell a story. At the same time, his story evoked […]
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Florida. Mobile Home Park. You know this is going to be a good story. Third Place this week goes to this headline: Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Forklift Attack. John was trying to evict the tenants from the trailer that he owns and had rented out. The tenants did not want to leave so John showed up
In this last installment, I want to touch on two issues in regards to parenting older children that I would consider worst case scenarios. 1. When should a parent call the police on their children? While I discourage getting the police involved, I recognize that there are occasions when they are needed. I do feel
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“Correct your children while there is still hope; do not let them destroy themselves.” I went on a call with one of my officers a while back where a 15 year old had called the police on his parents. I met him outside the house and he told me he was having problems with his parents. They
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How about this headline for Third Place: Tennessee Man, 37, Arrested For Assaulting His Mother With A Ham. A lot of people seem to be going to jail for assaults related to food. Emanuel and his mom were having an argument. Maybe she was asking him to finally get a job and leave home. That
“If you love your children, you will correct them; if you don’t love them, you won’t correct them.” Our goal as parents should not be to raise “good” kids. Our goal should be to raise responsible adults. I know that “discipline” is kind of a bad word in our society where children are involved. If
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Continued from Part One So what is the answer? Am I saying it is wrong to give our children nice things? Of course not! I have always loved to give my daughters (both grown and married now) nice things. The issue here is raising children without discipline. I told the out of control fifteen year old’s mom
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I originally posted this series in January of this year. It evidently touched a nerve because it was the most popular series I posted this year. As always, I appreciate your feedback! I have noticed an interesting trend as a police officer over the last couple of years. The number of domestic calls involving parents
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Third Place this week goes to this story from Mexico: Police Find Prostitutes, Drugs, Roosters in Mexican Prison. “Mexican police discovered 19 prostitutes, two sacks of marijuana and 100 roosters for cock fighting in a surprise inspection of a jail in the resort city of Acapulco, authorities said Monday.” They also found six female prisoners
If you saw the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers, or better yet, read the book by the same name, you probably remember Sergeant Darrell “Shifty” Powers. He was one of the original members of Easy Company. He holds the incredible distinction of being the only soldier from Easy Company who fought in every major campaign
