by Michele Borba | Dec 4, 2010 | Late Breaking News, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Parenting advice about a risky teen behavior: cold and cough medicine abuse with potentially tragic consequences including addictions as well as death Risky dangers in your medicine cabinet When is the last time you checked your medicine cabinet for cold and cough...
by Michele Borba | Nov 18, 2010 | Depression and Suicide, Parenting, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Parenting tips based on proven research that help raise tobacco-free kids and save their lives REALITY CHECK: One in five high school students smoke. More than 3 million U.S. teens are cigarette smokers. The biggest increase in cigarette users are teen girls. Did you...
by Michele Borba | Sep 1, 2010 | Empathy and Kindness, Materialism, Parenting, Selfish and Spoiled, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Parenting advice to reduce kid greed and reopen generosity “But I’ve got to have a clown and a pony at my birthday. That’s what Tiffany had.” “Sure, I have six pairs but the more shoes the better!” “Grandma only gave me fifty dollars for an A!” Have you noticed that...
by Michele Borba | Jul 25, 2010 | Empowering Girls, Late Breaking News, Parenting, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Parenting advice to raise girls from inside out and stop the outside wrinkle-free, large-breasted, pencil thin craze. Enough! Ask teen girls what is on their birthday wish list these days, and you may get a surprise answer: Botox! Yep, that appointed “youth wonder...
by Michele Borba | Jul 22, 2010 | Parenting, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Parenting advice to help you survive and (just maybe) even enjoy that Family Road Trip … Tips I shared this morning on the TODAY show. The family road trip is as Americana as apple pie. It appears this summer more parents are doing just that — buckling up...
by Michele Borba | Jul 20, 2010 | Parenting, Stress, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
If you haven’t heard the news this should make you and every other parent smile. (And it’s about time). A seven-month study conducted by MTV and Associated Press interviewed nearly 1,300 young people aged 13 to 24 years old. The results revealed that the majority of...
