My 9-year-old daughter looks older than she is. Always has. Kids and - worse - grownups who should know better comment on it all the time. ...more

March 22, 2009

What can parents, especially those of girls, do to temper culture's pressure to grow up way too fast? ...more

March 19, 2009

Shelby Martin, 14, of Dade City said she feels at home on the stage, which is why it is her dream to be on Broadway. ...more

December 26, 2008

Things didn't look good for "Roughhouse" Ralph Mosca. The 38-year-old professional wrestler and promoter from New Port Richey had taken a shot to the groin that seemed to legitimately hurt. He had been whipped into the ropes and violently clotheslined to the mat with a resounding thud. ...more

December 11, 2008

Things didn't look good for "Roughhouse" Ralph Mosca. The 38-year-old professional wrestler and promoter from New Port Richey had taken a shot to the groin that seemed to legitimately hurt. He had been whipped into the ropes and violently clotheslined to the mat with a resounding thud. He had felt Byron Saxton's boots on his back, his fists on his head and the sting of his words. "I can respect a has-been," a microphone-holding Saxton told Mosca before the start of their 15-minute time limit match at Bourbon Street on Tuesday night. "But I never respect a never-was." Known to Florida Championship Wrestling fans as a loudmouth heel, Saxton was accompanied by fellow wrestlers Lawrence Knight and Tyson Tarver, known collectively as The Conglomerate. Saxton, who held the microphone with a pair of flashy blue gloves, was booed lustily. ...more

December 10, 2008

Shelby Martin, 14, of Dade City said she feels at home on the stage, which is why it is her dream to be on Broadway. ...more

December 10, 2008

Brenda Dostal says she felt like a failure as a mother. The 38-year-old Wesley Chapel mom was dealing with a 5-year-old terror. Son Zachary's kicking and clawing outbursts of anger left her with bloody scratches and frazzled nerves. ...more

February 6, 2008