September 16, 2019 Blathering interrupters are exhausting. We’ve all been cornered by them, whether it’s an over-talking, sentence-finishing workplace colleague, an opinionated family member at a … [Read more...]
SureFire Girls: Life Literacy For Teens in a Power-Packed Conference
October 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Oct. 8, 2013 As the parent of a teen graduating high school, spring was like a surreal montage of college tours, anticipation, excitement and questions swirling in my brain.Did I give her enough savvy … [Read more...]
She’s The First To Rock For AfricAid! Support Girls Education Worldwide
June 10, 2010 by 5 Comments
June 10, 2010 It’s ironic. As schools let out for summer and kids in the US fist-pump with glee that they’re OUT, there are young girls in Africa doing the same thing when they find out they’ve … [Read more...]
Teen Read Week: Will Smith’s “Running & Reading” Kid Vid Endures
October 12, 2008 by 10 Comments
Sept. 8, 2016 Update For International Literacy Day, I'm reprising the award-winning Will Smith "Running and Reading: Key to Life" video as it still holds up even a decade later... Presented at the … [Read more...]
Kids Take Lessons From National Debt Binge
September 25, 2008 by 16 Comments
‘Don’t do as I do, do as I say,’ could be the governmental finger wag lecturing kids on fiscal fitness. How can we expect kids to learn about credit/debit and healthy financial … [Read more...]
