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Dara Torres and Susan Boyle: How to Reach Your Goals

by phyllis, June 9, 2010

Continuing our conversation about having the courage to reach for your goals, here are two very different women who exemplify that and can serve as role models: What about champion swimmer Dara Torres who, in her early 40s, won a medal at the Bejing Olympics? Don’t remain a spectator – jump into the game of life and become a winner yourself. Why question whether you’re too old to reach your goals or to balance family and career. It’s never too late to challenge yourself. With maturity, drive and focus, you … Continue reading →

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Grandmothers Speak Up

by rosemary, April 7, 2010

Unless you have taken over the full-time care of a grandchild, you probably have less stress being with your grandkids than you did when you were raising your own children. Without having to take care of all the daily needs of children, home and job at the same time, you are more likely now to enjoy watching your grandson or granddaughter grow. And relish their development into integral members of society, maybe even reflecting your own values. One of our readers shared these moments of reflection about her grandson’s behavior … Continue reading →

Posted in extended family, parenting kids, your self | Tagged courage and lessons learned, grandkids, grandmother, grandson, love, role models, stress, tradition, values | 1 Comment

Childhood Lies

by rosemary, November 5, 2009

It’s been said that young children tend to lie at least once every two hours – sometimes to get something they want or to gain attention but usually to avoid getting in trouble and being punished. Often the lines between make-believe and reality become blurred. But when do youngsters’ little ‘white lies’ become teenagers’ big destructive whoppers? And how do those teens behave as young adults? The Josephson Institute of Ethics releases studies of American high school students every two years and finds that the levels of lying, cheating and … Continue reading →

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How Rihanna can be a Positive Role Model for Teenagers

by phyllis, March 23, 2009

Are you a member of the sandwich generation with teenagers still living at home? If so, you may be helping them prepare emotionally to move out and be on their own. And in this day and age, with peer pressure and other distractions, that’s not such an easy job. Growing children today are caught in the crosshairs of modern media. Technology has become their babysitter – reality TV, nude photos on the Internet, bizarre videos on YouTube, seductive text messages. It’s time for these young people to be exposed instead … Continue reading →