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When Beauty Fades: Inside the World of Aging Supermodels
Beauty is the strangest gift ever given, because you have to give it back. Try telling that to a teenage girl. Or any woman under 30. Or, maybe, any woman of any age.
Grieving and Bullying: Difficult Realities In The Special Needs World
Here at www.brightbeacon.org there are many families who have had to deal with the idea that normal will never be part of their lives. This is usually a process of grieving and acceptance of a different type of life. Some may start the process feeling like they are losing a dream or will be missing something they thought they would always have. This is not easy and we wanted to give some insight as to how families deal with this and that through this grieving process, often families find a new form of normal tha
My Child Hates Reading!
Is it possible to instill a love of reading in a child who hates to read? Or is it, as Cletus from The Simpsons might say, an exercise in futility?
How to Handle Teenage Drinking
Teen drinking isn’t a subject you necessarily want to talk about, but it’s also something you don’t want to neglect until there’s a problem. Teens face increasing social pressures as they get older, and even the smartest, most level-headed kids can make mistakes. Sometimes teenage drinking means a single lapse in judgment, and sometimes it indicates a serious problem, like alcoholism or emotional distress. Talking with your teen about alcohol could change his life — or even save it.
Stop the Huffing!
I get a text in the middle of the school day from my 15 year old daughters friend, which immediately gets my attention and raises some level of concern: She simply states a boy in her class is sniffing white out. Yes reader, you read correctly, sniffing white out — and in class to boot. This alarmed her enough to reach out to me. She texted me that she was angry at the boy for doing it.