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Remember what it was like to be 13? Awkward. Gawky. Embarrassed by your changing body. Worried about social pressure, fitting in, and being bullied by "mean girls."
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Now imagine being strip searched in front of adults who are practically strangers. At school.
The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a public school in Arizona violated the privacy rights of one of its students in 2003, when officials forced her to undergo a strip search after accusing her of bringing over-the-counter medication to school.
Savana Redding was 13 at the time, an honors student who had never been in trouble. According to Reuters, the assistant principal ordered a school nurse to search her after another student said Redding had provided her with over-the-counter ibuprofen pills. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (67) | Blog
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I think that one of the reasons my own work-life balance is so awful is that my husband's is nearly nonexistent.
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He's a multimedia editor, which often keeps him up editing video until the wee hours of the morning or has him out covering events at night or on weekends. I'm a newspaper editor by day who juggles a freelance writing career at night. We work for the same company, and we're parenting the same five kids. But he's dealing with a wrinkle that I don't: As a man, no one really expects him to be struggling with work-life balance. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (8) | Blog
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It's no secret that working moms are under a great deal of pressure. Work It, Mom!'s recent survey of 400 breadwinning mothers found that 73 percent worked full-time outside the home, and 68 percent found it stressful -- with many becoming resentful of having to support their households. The recession isn't making it any easier. Read More »
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There's stress -- boy, howdy, is there ever stress right now -- and then there's overwhelm.
Right now, I have both, and one is feeding the other. When I'm overwhelmed, I get really withdrawn (if you've ever met me in person, you'll understand that it's a strange thing to be around a very quiet Lylah). Sometimes, I seem angry, but I'm not, I'm just really frustrated. And my to-do list seems to grow by the second, because I can't seem to get anything done. Which, of course, adds to the frustration, and to the feeling of being overwhelmed.
So, how to you break the cycle? Here are five things I try to do to overcome that feeling of being overwhelmed: Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (7) | Blog
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I'm not a PR person, or a career coach; I'm just a journalist who gets a lot of press releases. A LOT of press releases. If I had a dime for every press release I deleted or threw in the recycling bin, I wouldn't need a second job.
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I've had quite a few people ask me for advice on pitching products or events to journalists, and I found myself giving the same bits of advice over and over again -- so, this time, I wrote them down. Here are 10 tips for crafting a press release that will actually get read, from someone who is on the receiving end:
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Confession: I've jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. And I really like it. Maybe as much as I like Facebook.
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I started doing it as a way to promote some of my freelance writing, but pretty soon I was using it as a way to keep up with a few of my friends on the fly. In spite of my crazy-hectic life, I feel like I don't have all that much to say when a friend emails to ask "So, what have you been up to?" But with Twitter, I can fire off a status update into the ether, and read ones from my friends. It's like staying in touch without actually, you know, touching. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (21) | Blog
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My company is talking layoffs, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't stressed out about it. Who stays and who goes may come down to things we can't control -- seniority, for instance, or full-time vs. part-time status, or the number of people in a given job category. But there are a few variables that can be controlled, and they can make a big difference in how valuable you are as an employee: Dedication, visibility, and special skills.
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Here are five tips for keeping up with the things you can still control. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (8) | Blog
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My company is talking
layoffs, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't stressed out
about it. Who stays and who goes may come down to things we
can't control -- seniority, for instance, or full-time vs.
part-time status, or the number of people in a given job category.
But there are a few… Read More »
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The axe is falling at my company right now, as it is at many, many others across the country. Understatement: This is a stressful time.
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While I sit here with my fingers crossed and my heart in my throat, I've been thinking about other friends of mine in other industries who have lost their jobs. I'm hardly in a position to help much, given my own precarious situation. Or am I?
Support doesn't have to involve money, and you don't have to be in a position to hire in order to help someone else get back on their feet. Here are five simple things you can do to help a friend who has been laid off: Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (10) | Blog
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Let me start off by saying that I don't. My bosses (more than one job = more than one boss) are pretty great, and I feel very lucky because, about a decade ago, I had one that wasn't.
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That water has long gone under the bridge, but still I wish I had noticed the problem earlier -- or, at least, felt confident enough to question what I was experiencing. Bad bosses aren't as glaringly obvious as Bill Lumbergh from Office Space ("Aahh, now, are you going to go ahead and have those TPS reports for us this afternoon?"). It can take years to recover from one professionally, not to mention emotionally; bad bosses can really do a whack job on your self esteem.
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