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Leadership Style Parenting: Are You In The Driver’s Seat?
For the past 30 years, I have seen the demise of the family unit. Childrens rights are to the point that now we have an entitlement epidemic on our hands. Children today dont know how to entertain themselves unless there is a screen involved. And to top it all off parents today are exhausted, frazzled and overwhelmed more than any other time in history. No wonder we see books like A Case For …
Infertility: Painful, Difficult and All-Consuming
When we are trying to conceive, it seems as though every other woman has a swelling belly (and not the prior nights ice cream binge, either). Many of us think, with tears in our eyes, Why not me? Infertility affects one in six couples. It is painful, difficult and all-consuming to those of us who have dealt with this obstacle.
1 in 5 Young Adults Has High Blood Pressure
Close to 1 in 5 young adults has high blood pressure, according to a new study. “We wanted to look at the health of young adults in America, and the first thing we looked at was blood pressure,” said Kathleen Mullan Harris, a professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and the lead author of the study. “The prevalence is quite high – 19% – and we found this rather surprising,” she said.
Oprah started it….Let’s not end it!
Boy, will we miss Oprah! We will especially miss her because she became the empowering voice behind the survivors of childhood sexual abuse.Thanks to Oprah, the silence surrounding childhood sexual abuse has been broken.
Are We Turning Our Teens Into Bullies?
In New Jersey, a college freshman jumps off a bridge when his roommate outs him by webcam. In Massachusetts, a high school student gets on the wrong side of the mean girls, who torment her until she finally hangs herself.