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How To Help Teenagers After A Parent Dies

How To Help Teenagers After A Parent Dies

02.13.2012
First there was the tragic news that Whitney Houston had been found dead in her hotel room. Immediately my thoughts went to her teenage...
The Importance Of Mentoring Teens

The Importance Of Mentoring Teens

02.10.2012
This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Ever since Michelle Obama became the First Lady of the...
Starbucks Moving from Coffee to Cabernet- - What Do You Think?

Starbucks Moving from Coffee to Cabernet- - What Do You Think?

Caren Osten Gerszberg  02. 9.2012
Do you think that it is appropriate for Starbucks to serve beer and wine?
Can Someone Give This Girl's Parents An Award?

Can Someone Give This Girl's Parents An Award?

Hayley Krischer  02. 6.2012
I've discussed the complexity in how we can educate our daughters about slut-shaming. Do we allow them to embrace the word so that it gives...
M.I.A.'s Only Malfunction Was Us

M.I.A.'s Only Malfunction Was Us

Ann Brenoff  02. 6.2012
Is tossing out a cuss word just an easy way to show the world you really aren't a baby anymore? Or is it an insidious slippery slope on...
I Hate Homework: A Mother's Confession

I Hate Homework: A Mother's Confession

Janice Harper  01.30.2012
As Socrates said, true knowledge is knowing you know nothing. I really don't know much about Socrates, but I can tell you one thing. ...
Alcohol Crackdown: Brilliant or Insane?

Alcohol Crackdown: Brilliant or Insane?

Deni Carise  01.30.2012
Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently proposed cracking down on alcohol sales in an attempt to curb the city's alcohol abuse problem. It's logical...
You Might Be The Reason Your Teen Is On Twitter

You Might Be The Reason Your Teen Is On Twitter

01.30.2012
CHICAGO -- Teens don't tweet, will never tweet - too public, too many older users. Not cool. That's been the prediction for a while now,...
What's <em>Really</em> Wrong With The Teenage Mind

What's Really Wrong With The Teenage Mind

01.30.2012
Children today reach puberty earlier and adulthood later. The result: A lot of teenage weirdness. Alison Gopnik on how we might readjust...
Teen Responsibility Doesn't Happen -- It's Nurtured

Teen Responsibility Doesn't Happen -- It's Nurtured

Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD  01.27.2012
Do you feel kids today are as responsible as kids a generation ago? This recent conversation with a mom opened my eyes to this age-old...
Letting Go, Part 67

Letting Go, Part 67

Susan Stiffelman  01.26.2012
I'm excited for my son to leave. I don't mean that literally; a part of me would like nothing more than for him to live at home and go...

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

Barbara Greenberg  01.25.2012
We, as adults, know that stomachaches, chest pains, and even colds and headaches can follow a string of stressful social interactions....
Activist Parents Want Sex-Offender Laws To Be Changed

Activist Parents Want Sex-Offender Laws To Be Changed

01.25.2012
Francie Baldino, a mother of two from Royal Oak, Mich., can tell you the day she became an activist against America's sex-offender laws....

Parenting an Almost-Teenager

Jennifer Cullen  01.24.2012
Being a parent is hard. Being a parent of a 12-1/2-year-old girl is even harder.