There is a big difference between having a good time and creating a problem, but some people use partying as an excuse to hide problems and hide from problems. The person who comes to mind most immediately is celebrity Britney Spears, who is a great example of someone with real life problems that everyone else […]

The weather where I live is warming up. Don’t hate me if you live in New York, Michigan or Minnesota. Your turns are coming. Daylight Savings Time starts early this year–this month. If you packed on pounds over the winter, developed “internalitis”–that condition resulting from having your body and your thoughts inside for too long, […]

One of the worst things a parent can do to a child is to cause the child to feel that they have to take care of the parent. This robs the child of childhood and creates anger in the child as they grow older. The way this happens is when parents don’t have clear boundaries […]

Antonella Barba has also been in the news for risque photos that have been posted online. In another generation, young people might do crazy things and, other than the odd Polaroid, they would be lost in the ether or committed to memory. Now, it doesn’t take long for compromising images to pop up online.
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There’s a growing trend in schools, sports programs and other programs that involve adolescents/teenagers: the discouraging of competition. Everything nowadays encourages equality among young people with regards to talent and ability (i.e., everyone on a team getting a trophy, the dismissal of prizes at talent shows/science fairs, etc.). Some say this is a good trend, […]