W hen my three semi-grown daughters were young (and since I work in the lucrative world of public education), we’d spend our spring break holidays riding bikes to the park, making dad-sized pillow forts in the living room, and raiding the gift shop at the zoo.
T he sun is shining today and Spring is upon us.
Mental health issues are more prevalent than one may believe. More than half of people with mental illness don’t receive help for their disorders and often avoid seeking treatment due to stigmas surrounding the disease.
I n less than a month, I will be celebrating the ruby jubilee of my birth. In other words, I will be turning the big 4-0 and I don’t know how to feel about it exactly.
Jeff Davis Parish Libraries system offers an abundance of resources right at your fingertips.
D id you know that typically more women vote in our parish than men?
E veryone should do it at least once in their life.
W hen the Academy Awards are handed out March 12, one of Hollywood’s most confounding contradictions will be on display. The Oscar for Best Documentary will go to a film that few Americans have seen or even heard of. Yet, at the same time, streaming audiences are embracing documentaries in unprecedented numbers, creating a boom for the misunderstood genre.
Recently, a Louisiana mother’s post on social media about a young adult’s careless driving went viral and made its way around the world. The statement made by the mother, as well as the comments from others, serves as a reminder that we might not always know what our children are doing and it is imperative that we ensure our children understand that operating a motor vehicle is a privilege, not a right.
A long with identifying as “Swifties,” ignoring the reported Chinese threat of bad dancing posed by TikTok, and pretending that plant-based meat is actually edible, many young people in America are engaging in another fascinating trend – not driving.
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