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5 Lies Moms of Teens Tell

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Lies, Secrets, Mental Health, Daughters, Embarrassment, Academic Performance, Mommybloggers, Psychology, Tweens, Parenting, Grandparents, Education, Teens, Sons, Teachers, Competiyion, Anxiety, Fathers, Parents News

What an easier time we would have if we felt we had permission to be real with ourselves and each other.

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Why is Public & Private Behavior so Different?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Infidelity, Marriage, Divorce, Relationships, Romance, Dating, Mommybloggers, Psychology, Parenting, Sexuality, Mothers, Teenagers, Fathers, Parents News

Why is it that people are frequently on their best behavior outside of the home?

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Middle School, Bully and What We Should Do Now

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Depression, Cyberbulling, Mental Health, Bully, Bullying, Somatic Symptoms, School Lunches, Mommybloggers, Schoobus, Parenting, Teasing, Education, psychology.suicide, Recess, Middle School, Family, Parents News

Several parts of this documentary made me bristle with fury. I felt both protective of these helpless victims and angry that the adults in charge were mostly dismissive.

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Mother's Day and Teen Stress

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Marriage, Holidays, Relationships, Divorce, Daughters, Dating, Mother's Day, Mommybloggers, Teen Stress, Parents News

"I know that parents usually write to you about their problems with us, their teenagers. Well, I'd like to turn this problem upside down from the perspective of a 17-year-old teen daughter..."

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Are we Guilty of Starving our Teens?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Stress, Models, Depression, Style, Anorexia Nervosa, Body Image, Mommybloggers, Eating Disorders, Parenting, Fashion, Body Distortions, Weight, Bulimia, Parents News

Yes, Americans, Israel has just followed in the footsteps of India and Italy by banning underweight models. No more being in ads or strutting the catw...

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What Happens at the Lunch Table Stays at the Lunch Table? NOT

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Shame, Depression, Lunch Room, Cyberbullying, Bullying, School Anxiety, Mommybloggers, Psychology, Parenting, Cafeteria, School Bullyin G, Teachers, Mental Health Psychosomatic Symptoms, Scholl, Parents News

There is nothing quite like the feeling of being made to feel invisible.

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Making Deals With God, Superstitions And Karma

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Stress, Women, Health, Emotional Wellness, Karma, Mommybloggers, Cancer, God, Mothers, Superstitions, Spirituality, Religion News

In my efforts to make deals with God and engage in superstitious behavior maybe I'm simply trying to ensure my good karma. I now truly understand this word.

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Your Teen's Pains May Be Caused by Friends Not Faking

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Education, Children, Bullying, Somatic Symptoms, Teens, Physical Illness, Mommybloggers, Tweens, Parenting, Hyponchondria, Illness, Parents News

We, as adults, know that stomachaches, chest pains, and even colds and headaches can follow a string of stressful social interactions. For the love of God, I have been waiting for this UCLA study for decades.

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Why One Mother Hates the School Bus Ride

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Stress, Public Schools, Teasing, Education, Bullying, School Buses, Teens, Mommybloggers, Psychology, Tweens, Parenting, Parents News

The school bus is one of the places that kids get teased the most and I believe that this is partly due to the older kids having so much unsupervised access to the younger kids.

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Modern Moms Are Hiding in Bathrooms? What?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Stress, Mommybloggers, Tweens, Parenting, Mothers, Teens, Parents News

This just in. A recent survey conducted by Ivory -- yep, that Ivory -- Procter & Gamble's famous brand -- provides us with some interesting and unusu...

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We Are Still the World -- Mom Bloggers in Africa

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Blogs, Social Media, Drought, Arab Spring, One, Africa Famine, Dooce, Bloggers, Bono, Mommybloggers, Somalia, Kenya, Somalia-Drought-Climate-Change, Onemoms, Karen Walrond, Climate Change, Somalia Famine, Impact News

A throng of celebs singing on stage about a problem far, far away won't cut it when most of us are concerned about the impact of high food prices on our own baskets.

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Night is Day and Day is Night: Parenting Bloggers and the Media

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Blogs, Social Media, Mommybloggers, Parenting, Lisa Belkin, Healthy Living News

The way that conventional media thinks it can best reach parents is through presenting what's wrong--the latest tragedy, crisis or failure. The way th...

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