June is National Safety Month (it is! look it up!) so the always-FAB Sandra Mitchell and Jeff Michael at CBS Los Angeles got an earful from me about putting toddlers on leashes and giving kids tattoos. In the name of keeping us all safe and calm in public places. Before doing this segment, I did…
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The lost skill my daughters must learn.
When was the last time you ate a real meal alone — in a legit restaurant — with no companion, no phone, no magazine, no one else that you knew to talk to? For me, it was on my trip to New York (for book work). I did it three times. No, wait. Four. Four? Yes,…
CBS Los Angeles: Stop tagging my teen!
How to manage teen use of social media so they don’t get into trouble? Shut it all down. Just kidding. I mean, we definitely can to prove a point but chances are we can’t shut down teens’ social media usage forever. I mean, they’re TEENS. They find ways (so I’m told from friends who are…
CBS Los Angeles: Just say NO. (Yes parents, that means us.)
How to have less stress as a parent? We need to say the word “No” more. What?! Yes parents, I’m talking to us. Because we’re overwhelmed, overspent, overworked and just plain over IT. So why not do ourselves a favor and say NO when we need to? We discussed on CBS Los Angeles recently. (I…
Quickie Parenting Lessons from This Is Us! TODAY Show Parenting Team.
Every week for the past few months, I’ve spent Tuesday nights weeping and feeling and relating and nodding my head ‘yes’ as tears stream down my face and I use another tissue to wipe my eyes clean so I can properly see the next scene. Because, This Is Us people… So yeah, you bet I…
CBS Los Angeles: Money talks. (Do you?)
Money. It’s (allegedly) the number one cause of divorce and a major reason why many parents find themselves laying awake at night and/or arguing about life. (How the hell are we going to afford college with the rising cost of EVERYTHING?!?! Why can you buy your x-y-z but I can’t buy my a-b-c?!?!?!) Money makes me nervous….
CBS Los Angeles: Parents should check ourselves? Yup.
Family media diets are the new life skills. Why? Well, I’m sick and tired of parents being mean about the state of our world. There. #SorryNotSorry for the mini-rant, but it’s slowly killing me. It might be killing you too? The hate, the outrage, the how-can-anyone-think-about-something-in-a-different-way-than-me, the if-you-think-about-something-this-way-then-unfriend-me-right-now. I’m sorry. It’s not okay. The being aware…
LOVE IS… not what I thought it was. (huh?!)
Love is… not what I thought it was, that’s for sure. Love after kids is a whole lot more of everything real. I guess that’s one of life’s truths we learn after becoming parents. Love changes after babies. We all know it. It’s not bad or good, love just changes. It gets real when you…
CBS Los Angeles: Sneaky tricks for how to clean up a teen’s online image!
Got teens? (Not yet for me, but it’s comin’ quick… I know.) How to clean up a teen’s online image can be daunting. At the moment my daughters are barely in elementary school, but I know that college and jobs are right around the corner. What to do if, one day, we need to clean…
CBS Los Angeles: Secret Skills for Kindergarten? {VIDEO}
How to prepare for Kindergarten tends to get parents’ panties in a bundle these days. (Been there, done that!) Can’t say I blame us: Kindergarten now is more like 1st grade when we were growing up. For my CBS Los Angeles ‘Fab Mom on 2’ segment this week, brand new mom and longtime news anchor…
Why I Now Booze Undercover (with kids around).
Drinking in front of your child… responsible or not? I’ve got nothing to hide: I enjoy booze. Sure, I’ve gone drunk shopping. Sure, I first met my husband at a big dinner dance — 3 vodka-sodas in — and didn’t remember that I met him the following day when he sent me a text and said, “Nice…
