New Moon…I Don’t Get It But Teen Girls Do

Cover of Twilight (Twilight, Book 1)

Maybe the Twilight junkies can explain the fascination to me.  Clearly the Twilight books are the domain of teenage girls but definitely NOT teenage boys.  Oddly, I’ve also seen grown women completely crazy about this book series and the subsequent movie.  There IS actually an interesting back-story about how Stephenie [...]

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Do I Look Fat?

As grown women we send a lot of mixed messages to our daughters, “Do I look fat in this dress?”  “I’ll just have a salad, I’m on a diet.”  When I hear mothers say these things around their daughter of any age, I just want to scream.  And, I’m afraid it happens more often than [...]

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Splash Award

One of the most rewarding aspects of writing a blog is connecting with other people, parents, thought leaders in other parts of the country/world.  My newest discovery and friend is Maureen who writes the clever blog IslandRoar.com.  Maureen lives on Martha’s Vineyard (on the other coast) and writes her witty and intelligent insights about her [...]

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