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Helicopter Parents – And Their Longterm Consequences
It’s bad enough being a kid with helicopter parents. They can hover over your childhood and adolescence, warping the normal process of growing up, and inflicting enough damage for decades of therapy. In October 2015, the website Reddit asked readers what was the “worst or most embarrassing” thing their parents had put them through. The…
Jada Pinkett Smith: How Moms Can Help Stop Sex Trafficking
Are you “political?” I’m not. Never have been. I’ve voted in every election since I turned 18, but I’m not “political.” (I’ll admit, the most riveting thing I’ve done recently to affect society is expose hidden germs on TV).
Is It Time To Check Myself Into Reality TV Rehab?
Hi, my name is Deanna and Im a reality TV addict. They say the first step is awareness, right? I realized my addiction the other night, as I flipped through reality TV shows faster than… well,Bruce Jenner in the 1976 Olympics. (Now how apropos is that?!)
Pop Culture’s Checked Out Parents
The new AMC drama The Killing is a merciless, riveting slog through despair and the unrelenting Seattle rain as two homicide detectives are obsessed with trying to solve the murder of a teenage girl and the girls parents are floundering in an ocean of grief, trying to comprehend what seems unfathomable.
Blinded by Mother Love
At times our cultural angst reveals itself on the front pages of our national newspapers. Last Friday, USA Today presented its 3.3 million daily readers with a front page story about tween girls titled Growing Up Fast, But With Less Independence as part of its week long, dramatically titled Saving Childhood series.