March 2009
3 posts
Parenting Advice From Joy Berry: The World’s...
It’s impossible to turn on the TV and not hear about the economic crisis plaguing the world. Having gone through a similar crisis when I was a single mother of a son and a daughter, I know about the challenges that many parents face in these troubled times. Trying to keep up with providing the bare necessities is difficult enough when raising children. But things go from bad to worse when kids beg...
Parenting Advice From Joy Berry: Yearning for Zion...
The media can’t seem to get enough of the Yearning for Zion Ranch, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in Eldorado, Texas. Once again, People magazine devoted the cover of its March 23, 2009 edition to “The Children of the Cult.” Even Oprah has devoted many of her shows to it. And just the other day, she did a follow-up program during which Lucy Liu, one of Oprah’s...
Parenting Advice From Joy Berry: Physical Violence...
The recent altercation involving Rihanna and Chris Brown has once again moved the issue of physical abuse to the forefront of public debate. However, the recent altercation—which was years in the making—began with parents who either consciously or subconsciously taught their children that physical violence is a viable expression of anger and frustration and/or an acceptable way to resolve...