My Son Is Coming Home
My son is coming home. Just for a visit – 2 weeks – but, still. He lives and works in Shanghai these days – for the past two years in fact, since the summer after college graduation. I remember the day we visited him at...
Entrepreneurial Moms
I was pregnant when I founded Child’s Play – at a time when there were no PR firms specializing in moms and moms-to-be. I’ve always felt that becoming a parent was great preparation for running a company. Both demand similar skills: Dealing with a crying...
Are Selfies Helping or Hurting our Self-Image?
March 18, 2014
There’s no doubt that snapping a “selfie” is the latest craze among teenage girls and young women on social media. However, studies show that this obsession with self-portraits can sometimes result in lower confidence and a fixation on one’s looks. This selfie trend certainly hits home...
Has Facebook Changed The Way We Relate?
If you’re older than 25, you probably remember a time when people met up with friends in person—or at least called to chat on the phone. Social media, and Facebook in particular, has not only changed the way we connect with friends and family, but...
The Empty Nest: Are You Ready?
As the mother of a grown son who lives on another continent, my nest is definitely empty. Yet even though I mostly see him via Skype these days, he is still a focal point of my life. That said, with him long out of the...
Allowance: Do You Give It?
Along with many other areas of parenting that were simpler in the “old days,” allowance has become a trickier issue. Among the questions modern parents have to ask are: 1) Should you give kids allowance? 2) At what age should you begin giving kids allowance?...
How Much School Involvement Is Too Much?
As the school year begins, parents are asked to sign up to become class parents, to help organize bake sales, and even to direct the school play or to edit the school newspaper. Of course, parent involvement in schools is a good thing. But when does...
When They Grow Up
After a much needed week of vacation (interrupted, of course, by the need to evacuate for Hurricane Irene), I feel the urge to continue my "break" and talk not about business for this post, but about CollegeBoy. Frequent followers know of whom I speak. My just-about-to-start-senior-year-of-college...