We all lie. Even the most truthful of us have told a fib at one time or another. Ever have a telemarketer call the house and you pretend you aren’t you? Or when your mother calls, you tell your spouse to tell her you’re busy? We tend to think of these as unimportant mistruths, that [...]
11 year-olds are getting bikini waxes. 9 year-olds are weight conscious (and some, by this age, have already dieted). According to a recent survey on Yahoo! Shine, 25% of tweens and teens consider plastic surgery based on what they see on television. The Girl Scout Research Institute, in talking with tween and teen girls about [...]
Grandparents are important in children’s lives, but the relationship between grandparents and the parents can sometimes be difficult. The best grandchild/grandparent relationships are those that are encouraged by the parent, who then steps back and lets them unfold. Of course, this is not always easy, especially if you don’t always agree with the things YOUR [...]
We all aim to make have the “perfect” holiday. It should look perfect; people should act perfectly; everything should go perfectly. We are bombarded with information to help us create perfection. Maybe, though, it is perfect if it is just “good enough.” Perfect is tough to achieve, and we create so much stress in trying [...]