Monthly Archives: March 2012

What do Ronald McDonald and Houdini have in common?

Forty years ago today, a crime happened.  Someone robbed the McDonald’s in Minot, ND dressed as Ronald McDonald. He didn’t get much.    He was caught almost immediately.  Why?  At 36, he was a new father, he already had one son and a wife to support. He worked at McDonald’s as the Ronald for parties and kids events.  When he robbed the place, he did so driving the car that he had just purchased from the dealership where his brother-in-law worked.  It still had the dealer plates on it.  Oh, and he was dressed for work when he did the crime. So naturally, when the crime was reported, and the police were informed about the dealer plates, it was easy to determine who the perpetrator was.  He was sentenced to a prison.  I don’t know off hand how many years he got. Why is this relevant to FightingForAnswers.com?  That man was

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again with the electronic gadgets…

David got caught with one of his brother’s DSi’s again.  You would think that he would learn.  But there is a hidden compulsion that drives him to take these things. It is most frustrating that over and over again we tell him he can’t do that, and he does it anyway. “I don’t know how it got in my bed…” he says.   We have tried to reward him on days when he doesn’t take anything, and we have tried to take things away when he gets caught, but nothing works. Now some people are of a mind to say: spank him…Well, I don’t know you, but I think we could spank him until your hand hurt, and it wouldn’t make a bit of difference to him. No, we don’t beat him or anything like that.  That would make no sense.  So he gets what ever taken away, and he

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Nominations currently being accepted for the Glenda Schepp Award

This is for residents in North Dakota. So if you know of a deserving parent or professional nominate them today! I copied this from the pathfinder-nd.org website.         2012 Glenda Schepp Award Monday, January 30 2012 13:32 The Pathfinder Parent Center announces its annual nominations for the Glenda Schepp Awards for Achievement and Dedication. If you know an outstanding parent, teacher, therapist, para-educator, administrator or related services personnel, please consider nominating them for either of these annual awards. The Glenda Schepp award for dedication is awarded to a parent who exemplifies parent involvement. The Glenda Schepp award for achievement is awarded to a professional who has done an outstanding job in supporting students with special needs or facilitating parent involvement. A little bit more about the award can be found at the link embedded in this message as well as a list of past recipients. Nominations must

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