Grandparents are traveling more with their grandkids, but what is really a trend among my readers is multi-generational vacations where grandparents, adult children and grandkids all convene for a vacation together. Grandparents live longer, and parents wait longer to have their children, and that means grandparents have different physical needs and requirements from the adult […]

Behavior modification is the way to change behavior without using drugs and chemicals. It’s a simple way to change behavior by understanding what makes people do things, and what they like as a reward, and what they dislike as a punishment. It’s used when training children — and animals. It works on adults, too.
If you […]

There is a direct link between instant gratification and impulsiveness. People who are impulsive do not take time to look at the whole picture, and they often do not make wise decisions.
There is a middle ground that most of us fall into, and that is those people who fall victim to their cravings for ice […]

Online dating is here to stay. It’s not going anywhere. Singles – whether they’re “organic singles” or newly single after a divorce — are more enterprising than ever because they have businesses, jobs, children, ex-es, parents living longer and therefore in their lives more, and family more spread out across the country and the globe. […]

Blushing is a physiological reaction to stress that is sometimes accompanied by sweating in the hands and face. Sensitive people don’t contain their emotions, and they show their emotions through their bodies. When people who are sensitive are exposed to stress, their body experiences a type of “fight or flight” reaction. Their body releases extra […]

If you want to immediately multiply your successes (in just about any aspect of your life) — learn, understand, and embrace the concept behind “You Are a Product.”
If you are out there competing (for a date or for work) – you are, in essence, saying, “Here I am – this is me – buy […]

Mothers have one of the most important responsibilities in the world — to care for the health and well-being of their children. Most mothers take this responsibility seriously and choose pediatricians or other specialty doctors for their children carefully.
In addition, many women are waiting for a myriad of reasons, until their late 30s and 40s […]

I went to school with a girl named Robin Hood. And I went to school with a girl named Crystal Ball. I also went to school with a girl named Robin Renn. There was Roberta Casserta and Gaetana Fontana. Sadistic parents? Hallucenogenic birthing drugs? Early sixties brain cell depletion? I don’t know but what they thought […]

It’s not only easy to have fun on a budget — it’s a good way to emphasize values that teach your children that money isn’t everything: being a family unit and pulling together is important and fun because of who you are — not what you spend.
Here are some great budget ideas for family […]

The growth of Google and more recently YouTube are forcing intellectual property questions into the faces of just about everyone. Downloading and reproducing books, articles, photographs and other creative materials (now videos) “is legally ambiguous,” says the Wall Street Journal. What will happen and what questions should Web users (and journalists) be asking?
Manners […]