A version of the piece below was previously published in The Fresno Bee on May 5, 2018. It’s been a freakin’ weird week. (I’d drop the real F-bomb here but I don’t want it totally screw with my website’s SEO — does that still happen on the internet if you stick profanity in your posts?)…
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40 Frank Facts Learned in 40 Years.
Based on recent personal experience, I can frankly vouch that having a 40th birthday is FAB. You know it. I know it. Hooray for fabulous. I used to fear the big four-oh, but I now choose to welcome it. I am grateful for it. I celebrate it. I relish it. I bungeed into my big…
CBS Los Angeles: Kids, don’t do pot. Parents, pay attention.
New year, new laws. Unfortunately, the law that everyone’s been talking about (that is estimated to spawn about 400 recreational marijuana retails in Los Angeles alone) is the legalization of pot. If you know me, you already know how I feel about this. Here are some hints: Stupid. Irresponsible. Totally not good. (If that offends…
CBS Los Angeles: No, I’m not the Grinch. (But kids might think so.)
I’ve been known to joke about how much I hate Christmas… but I ain’t no Grinch. Promise. I am, however, a mom who’s hell-bent on keeping things in perspective and grounded in reality without losing any of the fun. More is not always better. Especially at Christmas. (Call me Scrooge.) So, for my latest FAB…
CBS Los Angeles: Tell me if my kid’s a bully. (I won’t freak out.)
Is there such a thing as bad parents? In the famous hallway between news studios at CBSLA, I said YES, there are bad parents. (My beautiful and smart colleague, Joy Benedict, said NO. You can watch us bicker about it in said hallway here on my Facebook page… she may’ve called me out as a bully…
FAITH. Try living without it. (You can’t.)
It’s been about a month. Things are not really fun. Things are sad (pretty most all the time). Things are hard to think about without the tears welling up and falling down my face as I load and unload my dishwasher. But I’m raising my kids with faith. Life goes on. I’m functioning. I still…
CBS Los Angeles: Tragic Tech Overload & Teen Suicide.
Hi parents. Just in time for holiday shopping, some legit and tragic research about the rise in teen suicide that will make us think twice (or three or four or five times) before snagging and giving our kids their first smartphone this season. Yeah, you heard me: Can we stop getting kids smartphones before they…
