Has Underage Drinking Problem Changed in Six Decades?
Recently, headlines in this newspaper recounted stories of high schoolers partying with liquor at parents homes. Now, the Morgan Hill City Council wants a stronger "social host" law to fine an adult who hosts a party with three or more underage revelers drinking alcohol.
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I made a comment about one of my daughter's friends the other day. I know her mother well, and I said with some affection "she's growing to be just like her mom." My daughter replied with a laugh, "Don't tell her that!"
Carefully Craft Social Host Ordinance
We'd like to see a social host ordinance that holds parents and
Mothers are Still the Best Educators of Preschool Children
Starting in the late 1940s, most public school systems in the U.S. included the kindergarten program as a part of their regular 12-year sequence. Kindergarten (translation: a child's garden) was intended to build certain skills that would better prepare children to function as group members. In the early 1960s, the Ford Foundation developed programs to serve pre-kindergarten children who resided in low-income urban areas. They were designed to enhance nurturing activities that would put them on even footing with their pre-kindergarten peers. Initially, this effort only included the summer session that preceded the kindergarten year. One of the programs became know as Head Start.
