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While it would be nice to have a state-of-the-art home theater or a Maserati GranTurismo Convertible in the temperature-controlled garage, it won’t make up for a horrible job.  You will spend the majority of your waking hours at work over your lifespan.  You need to be sure that you enjoy it or feel fulfilled from [...]

Many teens want their jobs to be exciting, glamorous and be the envy of their friends.  But those jobs only exist on MTV.  Or, at least they don’t exist unless you have experience.  You can’t get a job as Fashion Editor at Vogue or Executive Chef at The Ivy in Beverly Hills without proof that [...]

Many teens become stressed over following or choosing their career path by the time that they graduate high school.  While it would be nice to have everything in place, it is not necessary.  The main goal of a summer job is to get experience.  Now is not the time for tunnel vision or else you [...]

Each year thousands of pediatricians gather for a national conference to catch up on the latest science and with each other. There’s also a huge exhibit hall, as in so many professional and trade conferences, where the latest products are displayed. At our meeting, vendors pass out logo bags that pediatricians can use going up [...]

As back to school shifts into full gear, a recent study examining the relationship between   commercially prepared foods and the rise in childhood obesity concerned us. The findings concluded that away-from-home meals contained more calories than meals made at home.

Most kids do not know what is meant by the term “digital footprint”.  In fact, if you are a parent that isn’t sure of what a digital footprint is or why you need to be concerned about it, you are not alone.  The term digital footprint refers to the trail that you leave behind in [...]

Have you ever wished that you were more in tune with your children?  Had more insight into their needs and not just their wants?  There are many times that I wished that I had a crystal ball that would tell me what my kids were thinking.  Kids are often difficult to figure out.  You ask [...]

1. “Friend” your kids and family members on Facebook If your child won’t friend you, don’t be discouraged.   The reason why kids do not want to friend their parents is not what you think.  It is actually because they are afraid that you will embarrass them.  Once you have proven that you know how to [...]

Have you ever had one of those epiphanies when you suddenly realized that you were guilty of being a naïve parent?  I remember the day that happened for me as though it were yesterday.  It was Thanksgiving morning 2008.  I was standing in my kitchen, peeling potatoes and chatting with my brother, BJ, who had [...]

On my son’s 19th birthday, it rained. It didn’t just rain.  It poured.  Which would be no fun in any circumstance, but we were on vacation at the beach—and Zack had just one more day before we had to put him on a plane back to college.