While doing some research for my next writing project, I stumbled on an article in Time magazine called “How Should We Teach Our Kids About SEX?” (The article put “sex” in all caps – not me.) Even though I mostly get questions from teens, I get some emails from parents, too. And the most common [...]
You can’t talk about relationships today without also talking about hooking up. And even though I do a lot of talking about teen relationships, it’s not just a teen thing. Most of my friends - successful, smart and pretty women in the their late 20s and early 30s – also talk about hooking up. In [...]
I am a creature of habit. I will eat the same sandwich for weeks at a time (Pret-A-Manger‘s cheddar and apple is my current selection), listen to the same song over-and-over (Who’s to Say by Vanessa Carlton-DO NOT make fun of me), and even wear the same pair of jeans days in a row (gasp!). [...]
Big companies are endlessly studying how teens (and tweens) are consuming media. (You know the studies and articles I’m talking about: “Teens are on Twitter” – “Facebook is the new MySpace” – “Texting is the end of Communicaton as We Know it!”) But the most interesting study I’ve read recently is one on The Way [...]
I am one of the least musically talented people I know. Yes, I sing in the shower…but I can’t remember real lyrics to save my life. And even though I play guitar hero on medium, I have to focus with every ounce of my brain power (and it helps if I know the song, otherwise [...]
I just read this article from BBC News in the UK about a new online dictionary for parents of teenagers. It’s defines some “typical” teen words for parents so they can understand what they’re teenagers are saying. It’s a good idea in theory, but I wonder if teens change up their slang too quickly for [...]
You know that saying “actions speak louder than words?” Well, it’s true for parents, too. I mean how many times has your mom said not to talk on your cell phone while driving but she chats away on the freeway? If parents expect teens to really do what they say they’re going to (or not), [...]
A lot of the teenagers I know have had a really hard time finding jobs, and some of those who have had to promise to stay into the school year (not just a summer gig). I’m not the only one who’s finding this. The Los Angeles Times had a column about it – from a mom [...]
School Library Journal is this magazine that goes out to, you guessed it, school librarians! It’s basically a magazine of book reviews, recommending what they should buy. So if you get a good review, it’s definitely a good thing. They just reviewed HOW TO RAISE YOUR PARENTS in their July issue and here’s what they [...]
This New York Times blog post might as well have been written for me to talk about. I cover piercing in my book and basically say that if you are going to get something pierced (no matter what – or where – it is) you MUST have a professional do it. One girl I talked [...]
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