Parenting in a Celebrity-Drive Society.
Apparently teenagers have tossed wearing the traditional high school ring as a sign of love and commitment in exchange for getting the keys to their private, online lives: Passwords. (Photo credit aimgram.com) The New York Times reported that teens are now swapping passwords to Facebook and other social networking sites as a sign of [...]
In honor of the upcoming film, “Breaking Dawn – Twilight Saga Part 1,” I thought I’d share my parenting fail in helping to create the frenzy around this franchise. Well, it’s not exactly me but my teenager. You may recall reading how she persisted until she got Robert Pattinson to mail a personalized autographed photo of [...]
A survey by the Girl Scout Research Institute titled, Real To Me, shows reality TV influences girls’ outlook about their image and how they maintain relationships. On the negative side the survey found: 1. Girls have increased girl drama (gosh, we don’t need anymore of this!) by being more gossipy, 2. Competition with each other [...]
Longing for the good old days when travel was glamorous, involved wearing gloves (not the latex kind), and espionage was as common as a girdle? Then tune into ABC’s new fall television show “Pan Am.” Photo courtesy of Sony Television In this period show, the world’s foremost international luxury commercial airline of the 1960’s is [...]
Are you having a difficult time embracing the Kardashian wedding? I’m not feeling it either. But that’s not surprising to you if you’re a regular reader here. The Kris Humphries-Kim Kardashian conspicuous nuptials were managed to maximize income and minimize any sense of tradition. Yes, this event was over the top, kind of like how [...]
