Category Archives: Family
Children Need To Cope With Variety Of Teachers
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By VANESSA W. SNYDER As a teacher, I promise you most of us don’t have time to sit around and think about how much we hate individual students. That’s not to say we don’ t enjoy teaching some students more … Continue reading
Determined To Enjoy Each Stage
By VANESSA W. SNYDER I was scrubbing black nail polish off my 11-year-old’s fingernails when it occurred to me that parenting has its joys at every age. Turns out she had polished her fingernails just before bed time and, of … Continue reading
Black History Month Still Necessary
By DERON SNYDER Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was the 16-year-old valedictorian of his high school class in 1964 — also known as “Freedom Summer” — when the slaying of three civil rights workers punctuated escalating racial violence in his state. … Continue reading
Study Habits Take Work
By VANESSA W. SNYDER Go study. Just study. All you need to do is study. Good grades don’t just happen, you have to study. If I had a dime for every time I uttered some version of those words to … Continue reading
Teen Pregnancy Boom A Wake-Up Call
By DERON SNYDER There was welcome good news last month regarding teen pregnancies, at least at the national level. Unfortunately, students at Frayser High School in Memphis didn’t get the message, considering reports that about 90 girls are pregnant or … Continue reading
Get On A Roll By Slowing Your Roll
Inspiration. Don’t you just love saying and hearing it? It’s such a wonderful word but not always easy for writers to find. Admittedly, I’ve never truly had writer’s block. (I’ve had a few cases of lazy block but that’s another … Continue reading
Mothers: Get Off The Rollercoaster!
Any mother who is parenting teenage girls knows it can be challenging to say the least. Somewhere around 12 or 13, things have a way of changing. Suddenly your little girl is telling you you’re ruining her life or you … Continue reading
Getting The Write Focus
Every day I’m reminding someone in my life to focus. If it’s not my children or my students, then it’s my husband. When it comes to writing, we have to find a way to focus on the writing we want … Continue reading
Right Now Is The Write Time
There’s an old adage that says we make time for things we want to make time for. I’m always amazed at what my daughters can accomplish when they decide it’s important enough, i.e. slide-shows of their Christmas gifts, clean rooms … Continue reading
Hair Today, ‘Gone’ Tomorrow
When I took a buyout from Gannett in July 2009 – after nearly a quarter-century as a fulltime journalist with the company – I also decided to cut off my shoulder-length dreadlocks that took eight years to grow. In the … Continue reading
