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Stop me if you've heard this one: men seem to be from one planet while women are from another planet altogether. While making sweeping gender generalizations borders on insulting, there are some Martian tendencies on our part and Venusian on y'all's part (aw, crap, now I've done it). Read More »
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When Roseann Styczynski tells
people her son got his first cell phone at age six, she's
prepared for the "Are you crazy?" look.
But while a 2007 poll by MSN/Zogby found that 47% of adults believed children should be in high school before owning a cell phone, parents are…
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An NBC affiliate in
Philadelphia recently posed a challenge to five high school
students: Could they give up text
messaging, cell phones, iPods, computer time and video games for 10
days? David Silver, one teen… Read More »
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My daughter got her first cell phone in 7th grade (after much lobbying, whining, begging, and squabbling). Because she took public transportation home from school, my husband and I decided it was a good idea from a…
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“Should I be spying on my
kid’s text messages? ” I hear this question all the time from
parents of teens. My teens let me see their Facebook pages, but
their more private text communications are off limits (never mind
that we pay the bills...). But I must confess that I've sneaked
peeks at… Read More »
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“You will begin to touch
heaven in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t
flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the
speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection
doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed is being there.” Richard
Bach… Read More »
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For those of us who still use a telephone for talking—as opposed to strictly texting—leaving the perfect voice mail message requires one part tact and two parts tone. A misplaced punctuation mark can mean the difference between desperation, "Call me back!" and a simple direction, "Call me back." Read More »
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I was really thrilled (insert
eye roll) to read about a new trend amongst teens. It's called
"sexting" and involves teens sending nude pictures of
themselves via text message to their friends. Where to
begin? According to Read More »
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My poor friend is a very loyal (maybe a little too much) girl who is always full of life and smiles/giggles! She got involved with a guy who she really liked being with. She reconnected with him after many years, and originally thought of him as some player. Then she got to know him as… Read More »
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It’s 8:30 on a school night – do you know where your child is? Sure, he’s at his computer, but if he’s like most kids, he’s on a social networking site. But do you know what he’s doing? 22% of teens have sent or posted graphic photos of themselves. Read More »
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