Should our daughters fear athletes?

Sally Jenkins writes a moving article in the Washington Post about the culture of some sports and the athletes who play them.
Yeardley Love was murdered by a boy who's temper and bouts with rage were well known to his teammates and friends. But they tried to contain George Huguely rather than alert others that he needed serious help. They were more comfortable staying silent in the face of this out of control teammate. George Huguely was more protected by his teammates and friends than Yeardley Love was.

Where were the boys when she needed help?
We need to talk to our children and tell them that by remaining silent in the face of abuse they may be condoning the bad behavior that they detest.

Huffington Post goes Bottom Fishing

I expect more substance from the Huffington Post than an article about how Jennifer Aniston lost weight on a baby food diet- ( 14 servings of baby food a day)- It's the next new diet for women after the cleansing juice diet. First clothing is manufactured in size 0 suggesting women disappear and now we are required to regress by eating baby food, all in pursuit of an airbrushed lie.
When mothers succumb to this pressure, they pass the insanity onto their daughters.

Are children going up too fast or too slowly?

Parents are concerned that their tweens grow up too fast. They dress like adults and are exposed to popular culture 24-7. There definitely is a pseudo sophistication that tweens and teens display today. Yet as they grow they are slow to achieve the life skills that young adults easily attained in past generations. On one hand they act adult and on the other hand they progress to real adulthood much more slowly. In the New York Times blog, Lisa Belkin writes about this subject and a study from Oregon State University published in the journal for Transition to Adulthood.
Click on The New York Times link to get the article.