Do you call your college-aged child every day, solve all their problems and interfere with their jobs? You could be a helicopter parent.

The two Tuesday night shootings, which left five people injured, including two Milwaukee police officers, are likely related and tied to gang activity, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Wednesday.

Do you call your college-aged child every day, solve all their problems and interfere with their jobs? You could be a helicopter parent.

W hen I'm asked how I keep up with parenting five children alongside my writing career, I realize I have no easy formula, kind of like my mothering. I do a lot by instinct, by learning along the way, by love and passion and prayer.