Overcoming Adversity
I used to joke that if I wrote a book it was going to be called, “It was Funny, but Not Ha Ha Funny.” That…
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Teen Girls Asking – “Am I Ugly?”
Moms, Lets Counter the Trend of Our Girls Feeling Inferior! As a mom of an almost-12-year-old daughter – and a social researcher who has extensively…
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Helping Your Kids Understand Strengths and Weaknesses
Your tender-hearted daughter is in tears again, “Mama, Stacy is so mean. She said I can’t be her friend anymore. She likes Amy better than…
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My Child or Loved One was Diagnosed … Now What?
The other night I walked into my autism support group meeting and saw a new couple sitting at the table. They were hunched over and…
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Reading Bedtime Stories to Teens
“Teens” is not a typo. I’m not talking about reading to toddlers, although I could write passionately about the value of reading to little ones. Today…
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A Formula for Intimacy
“We’re going to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people kissing passionately for five seconds at the same time,” said MomLife…
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Is Lego’s New Girls’ Line Sexist?
One of the things that years’ of research with men and women, boys and girls, has taught me is that the genders are just (gasp!)…
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Blinging Out Blaster
This life is so often not funny. There are a thousand things in a week that make me want to weep. BUT, then something happens…
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Will You be My Friend?
Remember the notes when you were a child? Will you be my friend? Circle one: Yes or No Ah, if only it were that simple now….
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Forgiveness is a Family Matter
Recently, I read an intriguing book, “Tombstones and Banana Trees” by Medad Birungi. The premise of the book resides in the author’s journey of forgiveness…
