Sheryl Sandberg is on a mission. According to Time, it is “the most ambitious mission to reboot feminism and reframe the discussions of gender since the launch of Ms. Magazine in 1971.” Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, has even written a book about her “mission” called Lean In. She believes woman are not aiming high enough, underestimating [...]
Check out these startling statistics about children and money: Advertisers spend $15 billion a year on child-focused advertising. The average American child sees 40,000 commercials a year. Children recognize brands by 18 months and by two years ask for them by name. American kids get an average of 70 new toys a year. Children spend [...]
Ask most parents how they are doing and you hear, “Busy!” “My schedule is crazy!” “I am running kids all over the place.” “I feel like my life is lived in the van!” Certainly parenting is a busy time, but too often we add unneeded stress. Here are four things to do to cut [...]
Young parents, cherish every day. Time goes fast. My wife Lori and I wrote the following thoughts (hers are in italics) when our children were 10, 8, 6, and 1. Now our oldest two are married and live in different states. Our third daughter is in college. And the one-year-old is a sophomore in high [...]
It was a beautiful day in Boston. A perfect day for a marathon. But the heartbreak of this run was not the last hill. Tragedy hit when a bomb exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 100. Terror, instead of runners’ times, became the news of the storied race. [...]