My husband Robert frequently points out the correlation between Apple’s age-old logo, the apple with the bite out of it, and how the first bite of apple represents the fall of man. The other day he was listening to the Catholic channel on Sirius XM and they were talking about how parents bemoan the loss […]
Kids Connect Device Reassures Helicopter Parents
Kids Connect with KidsConnect Did you know that 800,000 children in the United States are reported missing every year according to the FBI? That’s one child every 40 seconds. A New Jersey entrepreneur has come up with a way to keep children safe with a new security solution called KidsConnect. The device is the perfect […]
Halloween and the Sexualized Childhood
This is an excerpt from my first post on the Patheos Faith and Family channel. To read the entire post click Dad, Don’t Let Your Daughter Wear Sexualized Halloween Costumes. Generation X Fathers and The Sexualized Childhood Remember back in the 1970s when a flame retardant red devil costume from Ben Cooper pushed the envelope […]
Overparenting Generation Z via #GenZChat
Here are some highlights from the first #GenZChat. I’ve never launched a chat before, so this was a brand new experience for me. I’m adding to the PR arsenal. I’ve always worried if I attempted a chat nobody would show up. And, practically nobody showed up, so I can be over that now. Ha! Anyway, […]
Generation X: Prepare For A Frugal Retirement
Hamilton Nolan of Gawker is so funny. And, occasionally cruel if you’re a member of Generation Y. He wrote a hilarious (and depressing) piece yesterday on the grim prospects of the Generation X retirement: Generation X,” the Poor Old People of the Future, Will Never Retire. It was inspired by a Jeanna Smialek’s piece […]
Time Magazine Cover Features the Me, Me, Me Generation
{ I just want to make a point that it’s not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it’s the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded. — Julia Roberts } The Me Generation The most recent issue […]