Author: Mary Fetzer
Mary Fetzer is a professional freelance writer and editor. She has 10 years of experience writing articles, blog posts, and press releases for online publications and has covered an enormous range of topics ranging from personal finance and international trade to pregnancy and senior living. Mary has a business degree from Penn State and a tremendous passion for words (and good grammar). She lives with her two daughters in Central Pennsylvania. Check out Mary's work on Contently.
Coaches are expected to produce wins—and the pressure to do so can sometimes send an otherwise focused coach careening off the deep end. Maybe that pressure is what led these six coaches to make some serious errors in judgment.
Conspiracy theories are, in their noblest form, intended to make us question the credibility of what we hear from the media and read in history books. That said, some are just plain wrong, while others are downright appalling.
It doesn’t take much to rile up an American citizen these days. Even the happy season of Christmas causes serious dissent. At the heart of the matter is one question: As Christians across the nation prepare one of the holiest days on the calendar, are they violating the constitutional rights of others?
We hear it’s the “most wonderful time of the year,” but the winter holidays can present some difficult challenges for newly blended families. Unrealistic expectations—and unexpected realities—can quickly dash all hopes for a picture-perfect family holiday.
Your children deserve to have both parents in their lives. It’s unfortunate that your relationship with your ex did not work out, but it’s not the kids’ fault. They didn’t ask to be children of divorce—so make the choice to co-parent responsibly.
It’s undeniably true that leaving your kids in someone else’s care always involves some element of risk. Here are 8 recent examples of babysitters who committed murder—or at least made deadly mistakes—while left in charge.
In the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 settlers raced to newly opened acreage in the territory to claim plots of land with flags—and often, guns. Although we no longer obtain land with firearms like they did in the Wild West, you can still, in some cases, legally lay claim to someone else’s property via the […]
According to Forbes, legal marijuana was the best start-up opportunity of 2015, with entrepreneurs making big bucks on the cannabis trade and small businesses cropping up in states that have legalized pot. So, how hard is it to get into the pot business?
Many schools have taken a hard stance against anything that might taint the learning environment or jeopardize the safety of our children. The results can be amusingly absurd, but it’s a bit sad how collective fear can override common sense.
Proponents believe teens who can purchase alcohol legally will be less inclined to engage in the binge drinking rampant on today’s college campuses. Opponents say that the current MLDA protects young people against everything from problems in brain development to fatalities from traffic accidents. Who’s right?