by Stacey
The informal style of writing that teens use in emails, text messages and on social networking sites is starting to show up in their academic work, according to this article in the NY Times.
Nearly two-thirds of 700 students surveyed said their e-communication style sometimes bled into school assignments, according to the study by […]

by Stacey
Just in time for this Mother’s Day comes a book that many of us I’m sure will find very useful. According to this article in Newsweek, a Florida plastic surgeon named Michael Salzhauer has penned a book called “My Beautiful Mommy.” It features a perky mother explaining to her child why she’s having […]

by Stacey
A mother in New York has been making headlines the last few days after leaving her nine-year old son at Bloomingdale’s in Manhattan to find his way home armed with a MetroCard, a subway map, twenty bucks, and some quarters to call home in case he got lost.
The mom, Lenore Skenazy who is a […]

by Stacey
Sometimes scientists wonder, what’s the point of Grandma? She’s past her childbearing years. What’s she really got to offer? I just learned this by reading this post on the NY Times health blog.
Are grandmothers an evolutionary necessity? The contributions of older women to society have long been debated by anthropologists. In the animal […]

by Stacey
I won’t lie to you. Sometimes I catch a glimpse of myself undressed in the mirror and think, “Whoa, what happened to you, missy?” My curves used to be mostly in the right places. Now they’re all over the lot. Some in the front when they should be on the side, some near the […]