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,…
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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…
