
#JerseyLove: Social Media for Social Good
Together, 40 bloggers from across the country are combining their networks to get the word out that the Jersey Shore is open for business this summer.

Reasons My Son is Crying = Future Therapy
When Tumblr is involved, it says, “Your misery is for my amusement and those of my friends and total strangers, over and over and over again.”

First Graders Checking Out Porn? Really.
While I am certain there are parents whose kids are regularly seeing what no child younger than my favorite pair of boots should ever see, I’ll bet quite a few are like my son, who was sitting on my lap while I made the mistake of searching for “cookies.”

This Isn’t a Hobby. And Don’t Call Me a “Mommy Blogger.”
Chances are, you’d see that what we accomplished was similar to what journalists like her get done at “writer business trips.” (I know, because I keynoted one of them.)

How NOT to Talk to Your Kids about Boston
Besides the fact that nothing like what’s happening in Boston has ever happened before outside a John Le Carré novel, resist the urge to say, “When I was your age.”

Loving Mom Can Soften Effects of Harsh Discipline
Researchers found that a loving mother can help protect a child from “externalizing problems” caused by harsh discipline

Kids Who Avoid Risk Are More Anxious
In other words, the kids who avoided had more anxiety than the kids who didn’t.