Dennis Prager looks at how America has deteriorated. From the story: When I was a boy, I ran after girls during recess, played dodgeball, climbed monkey bars and sat on seesaws. Today, more and more schools have no recess; have canceled dodgeball lest someone feel bad about being removed from the game; and call the police in to interrogate, even sometimes arrest, elementary school boys who playfully touch a girl. And monkey bars and seesaws are largely gone, for fear of lawsuits should a child be injured. Townhall

The girl, who has been fed on a strict meat and dairy-free diet from birth, is said to have a severe form of rickets and to have suffered a number of fractured bones. The condition is caused by a lack of vitamin D, which is needed to absorb calcium and is found in liver, oily fish and dairy produce. Decalcification leads to the bones becoming brittle and can cause curvature of the spine. FOX News

It dawned on me that this story is an analogy for our role in parenting. How often we feel compelled to intervene and “do the fishing” for our kids! We see their struggles! We have the answers! We’ve fished these waters before! We know the fish by name and we know exactly how to navigate the murky water that seems so foreign to our children. We hate to see their frustration. We hate to see their failure. After all, we know how to catch the fish!

The problem is, as frustrated as they are, they don’t really want us to catch the fish for them. What they really want and need is for us to help them see the fish for themselves so they can catch them on their own! Crosswalk Article

Sure is a lot of “money” resting inside of Northern California, as contributions to presidential candidates have surged so much during the current campaign that if it were a state, the area would rank fourth in the nation. Erin McCormick in the San Francisco Chronicle

When same-sex marriages start at 5 p.m. June 16, San Francisco will stage a repeat of the ceremony that started the 2004 Winter of Love, when thousands of gay and lesbian couples married at City Hall. Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle

Kern County supervisors may have little say about whether the county offers civil marriages to the public after Friday. Last week, Supervisor Don Maben said he’d like another county department to perform weddings now that Auditor-Controller-County Clerk Ann Barnett has announced hers won’t after June 13. Bakersfield Californian

It is likely to take election officials longer to finalize results of last week's mayoral election than it took the famed Rancho Cordova road builder to resurface a downtown section of Interstate 5. Then again, Myers probably never encountered election bureaucracy. Terri Hardy in the Sacramento Bee

Presidential candidate Barack Obama will travel to San Diego next month to join opponent John McCain in speaking at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization. Leslie Berestein in the San Diego Union-Trib

Foreign travel is pricier these days, but Tanner Bixler's recent trip really hit his wallet. It left him $25,000 in the hole – and initially was thought to possibly have cost him an ear. Bill Lindelof in the Sacramento Bee

The revelations, made public in various media accounts and lawsuits, have tarnished LifeLock's image and created a public relations nightmare for the private firm. They also underscore what privacy rights experts have maintained all along: Despite a plethora of companies selling identity-theft-prevention products and services, there is no foolproof protection. Penni Crabtree in the San Diego Union-Trib

Delivering the commencement address Sunday at Ohio State University in Columbus, where we was awarded an honorary Doctor of Journalism degree, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams implied America is broken as he told the graduates: “We need you to fix the country.” That clip, squeezed in between Al Gore at Carnegie Mellon and Martin Sheen at Notre Dame, aired as part of an annual compilation of commencement advice run at the end of Monday's NBC Nightly News . NBC also aired this from Williams: “We need you all now to step up. And every adult in this place has every faith that you're up to the job.” Newsbusters Blog

To hose or not to hose, that is the question. As the temperature rises, the workplace debate heats up for women. Not so long ago, pantyhose were marketed to women as a symbol of professionalism and liberation, and were considered part of the workplace dress code. But women entering the work force today don't even remotely feel that way.

While most businesses don't require women to wear pantyhose to work, Mid American Credit Union in Wichita, Kan., does, even in brutal summer heat. "My own professional view is, I grew up with women wearing pantyhose, and I just think they look great in them," said Jim Holt, the company's 58-year-old president. ABC News and Video

Walking in flip-flops is a possible cause of aches and pains all over the body, according to a new study from the American College of Sports Medicine. In fact, podiatrists say that summer's favorite footwear is responsible for more health problems than any other type of shoes, even high heels. They may not be healthy, but are they appropriate for work, church and dress occasions? Are we taking the “flip-flops” too far, too accepted as a staple attire item? ABC News and Video