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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CBS Los Angeles: Fending off Invisible Summer Dangers
Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not an alarmist. I’m pretty practical about safety-related topics. Common sense rules at my house. But, I found a few notable ‘hidden summer dangers’ for parents and caretakers to fend off for summer. Friendly reminders, people. Ah yes. Because June IS National Safety Month: For more practical tips and useful information about…
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,…
When a FAB Mom plays plastic surgeon on The Doctors.
Does being married to a plastic surgeon make you an expert in dressing C-section stitches? It does now. Thanks to my husband‘s savvy trick to miraculously heal a scar invisibly, I got a shot at playing a plastic surgeon on CBS’ The Doctors television show — in the name of spilling some of my tried-and-true…
CBS Los Angeles: Mother’s Day Complications. Oh Geez.
Mother’s Day is when family life can get complicated? Well, sometimes. Remember that time I spilled how much I hate it? Or what about that time I wanted to work a 12-hour day from hell because it made me happy at the time? Yeah, I’ve got a semi-dysfunctional relationship with Mother’s Day. (All this despite my…
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…
