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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Fred Heiler / The Bulletin
June 6, 2008
In 2001, our son, Tim, was a smart middle-schooler who, like many of his peers, wasn’t meeting his parents’ expectations. We thought he should be getting better grades, but distractions always seemed to get in the way: video games, roller hockey, Magic cards, girls, video....