Shame on you! One mom and expert psychologist thinks our leaders and icons need to live up to their responsibilities — as role models and as human beings. Shame and humility — that is the difference between Kanye West and Congressman Joe Wilson and their respective apologies for “mistakes” they both made publicly. Kanye’s apology of course is to Taylor Swift, and Rep. Joe Wilson’s is to President Obama and...

After hearing Jon say that he despises Kate and could not even sit next to his soon-to-be ex-wife on a sofa, I want to implore them to get a divorce coach. This is very different from couples therapy; the purpose of a divorce coach is to help the divorcing couple manage the process of the divorce, with the best interests of the children kept at the forefront. A divorce is a major life transition with financial, legal, and emotional...

It was the sucker punch heard around the world. University of Oregon football player LeGarrette Blount hit Boise State player Byron Hout last week after their game. With such examples in the news, how do we teach our kids to be better sports than Blount was? Teaching our children good sportsmanship is key to their emotional connections with peers. Social and emotional skills are an essential part of navigating school, from preschool and beyond....

The only thing telling about Levi Johnston‘s tell-all interview in the latest issue of Vanity Fair is that he obviously doesn’t care one whit about his one-year-old son, Tripp. If he did, he wouldn’t be ripping the family of his son’s mother apart for all the world to read. The 19-year-old father holds nothing back in his contempt for Sarah Palin, former vice-presidential candidate and former governor of Alaska....

OK, seriously. What is up with all the hateful talk about ex-spouses in the media right now? I understand these can be real, authentic feelings you are having, but please tell your therapist — not David Letterman! I think Jon and Kate Gosselin unleashed Pandora’s box of hatred for an ex and letting millions of people know about it. This is a BIG problem in our culture right now, and the only innocent victims are the children. Anne...

Michael Jackson’s death has been ruled a homicide. We are now just waiting for indictments to be handed down. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that there has been an increased number of celebrities overdosing on prescription drugs. Actually, this has been going on for a long time; however, with the intense media coverage of the death of the King of Pop, the attention has now shifted to the people who supplied these...