Or maybe kids who text are smarter. Either way, apparently we can all relax when it comes to teens who communicate with messages like this: hey hey wat r u up to? nada, u? gr8 day 2day. pizza 4 brkfst cool yeah u goin 2 the...

Madelyn, 2004 I am not a “morning person.” I wake up confused, my eyes are blurry, my voice is gritty and my body moves slowly. I tumble into the kitchen, straight for the coffee pot and stare at it cross-eyed until there’s enough to fill my cup....

This gets me steamed- and I see a lot of “gentle” parents doing it. It sounds like this; “Oh sweetie, it makes mommy so sad when you _________” or “Come on, give grandma a kiss, you’re hurting her feelings” or “Please ______ honey, it would make...

20% of the when time I visit Suite101, one of the websites I write for, I see the somber face of Barry Schwartz in the upper left corner of the screen, who writes his feelings about psychology. He has written ten books on psychology, the most recent of...

Peppers in your eye? Rinse with cold water for 15 minutes to relieve the burning. (forgive me for being so quick about getting to the point unlike another blogger who made me read through squinted teary eyes about her whole family history and...