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Growing Up

10 Truths I Wish I'd Known Sooner

realsimple.com | Posted 12.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Retrospective, Growing Up, Aging, Lying, Relationships, Decision-Making, Experience, Looking Back, Independence, The Inner Life, Life, Attitude, Sex, Self-Knowledge, Life Experience, Autonomy, Truth, Living News

Her friends and family tried to guide her. But it was only through years of rich experience that she grasped the realities of life....

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My Father The Miracle Worker

Philip Smith | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Miracles, Witness, Relationships, Miracle, Mysteries, Fatherhood, Parenting, Childhood, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Living News
Philip Smith

One day back in the 60s, my father, a high-society interior decorator with clients like the Presidents of Cuba and Haiti, suddenly discovered that he could talk to the dead and heal the sick.

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"He's Got to Become Independent"

Juliet Linley | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Parenting, Parenting Tips, Coming of Age, Kids, Parenting Advice, Moving-Out, Living News
Juliet Linley

Sara lives in Rome and has three boys. She nursed them all for 3-4 years; in other words, until they decided of their own accord that they no longer needed the comfort of their mother's breast.

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Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli

Nancy Cronk | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Large Families, Uaw, Unemployment, Chrysler, Economy, Detroit, Gm, Community Organizing, Italian Food, Ford, Unions, Living News
Nancy Cronk

Raising a big family was tough for my parents. Feeding eleven people on an auto-workers income meant everything my parents did required effort and creativity.

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Johnny Miller's Whole?

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Johnny Miller, Child Abuse, Father of the Bride Movie, Sean O'Hair, Growing Up, Healing, Living News
Trish Kinney

When I see Father of the Bride on the program guide, I cannot resist watching it again. I rely on movies and television to show me, and validate for me, the way life is supposed to be.

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Twas the Night Before School...

Mallika Chopra | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Back to School, Obama Address to Students, Growing Up, Meetings, Second Grade, Living News
Mallika Chopra

When I was young, about a week before school started, without fail I would get a rash on my face. Oh, how tense I used to be about the uncertainty -- year after year after year.

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Ten Pieces of Wisdom For Young Women

DivineCaroline | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Growing Up, Relationships, Dating, Women's Health, Childhood, Confidence, Advice, The Inner Life, Living News

I've learned some valuable things about life, love, and being female over the past half-century. Here is the advice I try to pass on to younger women ...

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Circles

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Reinvention, Growing Up, Solitude, Growing Old, Midlife, Dream Interpretation, Midlife Crisis, Family, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

There is an urgency lately that prevents me from wanting to be where and who I am right now. And no, it's not a mid-life crisis. I'm longing for yet another re-invention.

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If What Your Parents Feed You Doesn't Kill You,It Will Make You Stronger (Apologies to Nietzsche)

Kaity Tong | Posted 07.17.2009 | Local

Read More: Growing Up, Childhood Memories, Food, Parenting, Personal Health, New York, Local, Local News
Kaity Tong

I don't know about you, but my head is spinning from all the studies that come out almost daily about how one food is good for your kids one day, and terrible for them the next.

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Middle Lane

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Relationships, Mothers and Daughters, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

We mothers must bite our lips no matter the temptation... bite to the point of drawing blood.

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Well Hello There, Generation WTF

Richard Laermer | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Laermer.com, SXSW 2009, Generation X, Growing Up, Generation Wtf, Reverence, Wikipedia, Austin, Tumblr, Gen Y, Tumblr., Media News
Richard Laermer

In the rush to instant expertise, WTFers often forget that the inventors of the stuff they use every single day were born in my time. Ahem.

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Guys and Dolls

Stephanie Fairyington | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Growing Up, Webkinz, Children, Boys, Parenting, Feminism, Femininity, Social Activism, Gender, Girls, Marlo Thomas, Free to Be You and Me, Kids, Masculinity, Gender Issues, 1970s, Good Morning America, Family, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Living News
Stephanie Fairyington

The success of web-based interactive dolls like Webkinz indicates that boys respond to toys that tap into their fatherly instincts; for the month of October alone, boys made up 36% of the site's visitors.

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You Know, Drinking Ain't So Bad for Most

Stanton Peele | Posted 01.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Drinks, Mixed Drinks, Growing Up, Bacardi, Manischiewitz, First Drink, Birthday Parties, Drinking Age, Drinking, Memories, Social Drinking, Celebratory Drinking, Moderate Drinking, Style News
Stanton Peele

At my neighbor's 87th birthday, we practiced harm reduction. None of us got stinking drunk. Furthermore, the birthday boy and I each only had to stagger back out across the hallway-no steps!

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Waiting for Blago: A Tale of Corruption Nostalgia

Eric Dezenhall | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, New Jersey, Rod Blagojevich Corruption, Crime, Gangsters, Growing Up, Kids, Writing, Novels, Fbi, New Jersey Politics, Money Talks, Blago, Chandra Levy, Politics News
Eric Dezenhall

If Barack Obama has pulled a generation into public service through inspiration, I believe Rod Blagojevich will push people into public service through revulsion.

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It's Not An Alias: Why I Changed My Name

Daniel Cubias | Posted 01.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Latinos, Name Change, Hispanics, Change, Growing Up, Self-Confidence, Racial Identity, Confidence, Style News
Daniel Cubias

My birth name is Anglo, an English-Irish term that does not line up with my obviously, shall we say, ethnic appearance. I didn't like the name because it was too white. It didn't fit me.

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My Dad at Seventy

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Career Advice, Sons, Growing Up, Aging, Fatherhood, Father's Day, Fathers, Living News
Malcolm Friedberg

I have many grown male friends, and I am one of the lucky ones. A number of my friends have lost their dads. And of those that still have them, most don't have much of a relationship. I do.

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