Helicopter parent with RPG (rocket-propelled grandstanding)
I'm visiting my daughter this weekend, and apart from enjoying the considerably cooler weather and just-past-peak leaves (those in New England, stop laughing: I live in Florida, and when I left Tampa, it was 86 F. and humid), I've been thinking about parent-child relationships after the adult child goes to college. A number of parents […]
Courts of Appeal respond to Roberts Court establishmentarianism
Last week, two federal court cases restricted the ability of both students and teachers to make decisions about what happens in school. In one, an appellate court ruled that a cheerleader had no right to refuse to participate in a cheer specifically supporting her rapist, and in the other a court ruled that teachers have no […]