By Jan Kucala Every day modern kids have to make choices that we as parents, teachers and counselors may never have dreamed about when we were kids. Kids are under more stress today than previous generations. For many the word “family” may not evoke images of love and support but rather arguments and disconnection. Kids hear parents worrying about their jobs and money; they may be responsible for younger siblings; they're under pressure to do well in school and get into colleges; they're under … [Read more...]
Blackout
Blackouts are periods of intoxication during which the individual is unable to form or store new memories, though he or she appears to be awake and alert. It is not a good sign. By Ron T Mark came to at 30 miles an hour. This was just an estimate because his attention was in the rearview mirror. They seemed to be chasing him, these freakish-looking men. As his focus returned he could see carnival booths passing by. My God, he surmised, I am on the midway. The Arkansas State Fair is not … [Read more...]
Lit-A Memoir
Review by David Palmer By Mary Karr Harper Collins “Age seventeen, stringy-haired and halter-topped, weighing in the high double digits and unhindered by a high school diploma, I showed up at the Pacific ocean, ready to seek my fortune with a truck full of extremely stoned surfers.” With this opening paragraph in Lit, her third memoir, Mary Karr, author of Liar’s Club and Cherry; a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry; and a Peck professor of literature at Syracuse University, takes us on a wild, … [Read more...]
My Love Affair with Cocaine and My Recovery
By Kristi M. My name is Kristi and I am a very grateful recovering addict. It wasn’t always this way, though. I was born to parents who loved me but couldn’t love each other. They divorced when I was two, and my dad got custody. When I was seven my mom regained custody, and I moved back in with her and my new step-father. At age 10 I began skipping school. My behavior didn’t improve so I was put in a behavioral program for children. I did well there and after five weeks I returned … [Read more...]
Wilbur Mills Center helps dads take responsibility
By David Palmer There are 24 million children in the United States — that’s one out of three — who live without their biological father. It is a problem with serious consequences. Children who live absent their biological fathers are at least two or three times more likely to be poor, to use drugs and to experience educational, health, emotional and behavior problems. Absentee fathers have been criticized for shirking their parental responsibilities and in many cases deservedly so. At the … [Read more...]
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