New Jersey And Pennsylvania Legal Blog

With the calendar turning to May, most people know (especially teenagers) that graduation season is about to begin. High school seniors across the region will celebrate their accomplishments. Whether it will be with senior class trips or established parties, the notion of alcohol being consumed cannot be dismissed out of hand. With that, teens and their parents should continue to have detailed conversations about the dangers of drinking and driving, especially at this time of year. 

This post will highlight some important points regarding drunk driving.

At first thought, you may think of bankruptcy as the "loser's" way out of debt; essentially giving up on your efforts to pay bills that will forever label you as a cheat or deadbeat. However, you may soon learn that millions of Americans seek bankruptcy protection every year, and they all have one thing in common: They want to leave their troubled financial pasts behind.

You may also be concerned about being labeled (by lenders and credit card grantors, specifically) as being bad with money. While some companies may take such a short-sighted view of this, people with credit card debt tend not to be reckless spenders. In fact, they likely got into debt because of circumstances beyond their control.

Informing your children about the dangers of sexual assault is a difficult conversation to have. Our children are innocent. It is difficult to bring up such a serious problem. Unfortunately, we also live in a world where it is essential to help children protect themselves. While accurate statistics are hard to come by, it is estimated that 20 percent of girls and 10 percent of boys are sexually assaulted before the age of 18.

Below are a few tips for making the discussion easier on you and your children. As part of the discussion, we also examine some behaviors to model for your children that may help them have the ability and language to say no and protect themselves from predatory behavior.

During the spring, there's nothing like taking a dog for a walk (or run). Indeed, spring is slow to come this year, but in no time parks and other greenspaces will have pet owners taking their dogs to frolic and play. When in public, it is not expected that a dog will become scared or enraged and attack someone, but ever so often it does.

This is why the second week of April is important for dog lovers, dog owners and those who are still afraid of dogs for one reason or another. This week is National Dog Bite Prevention week. And as the title suggests, the focus of the week is to educate people on how to reduce the instances of dog attacks and lower the number of injuries that result from such attacks.