by Michele Borba | Jul 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here is a recent question I received from a mom about those soaring gas prices and trying to keep the kiddies content. If it helps, pass it on to others, please! QUESTION I have 3 little ones! 1 1/2 and 4 and 6? I’m a stay at home mom and this summer I think is...
by Michele Borba | Jul 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
I receive dozens of letters each week from parents. Unfortunately I can’t get to answering them all, but do try in this blog or in my Parenting Secrets blog I write for iVillage. This query from a mom about the media impact on our daughter’s body image...
by Michele Borba | Jul 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
You see your child take a candy bar from the store and put it in her pocket. You notice your daughter is playing with a Barbie that you told her she couldn’t have at the store. You find a video game in your son’s closet, and know it doesn’t belong to him. The one...
by Michele Borba | Jun 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well, well. It now appears that the Gloucester High School story that rocked the nation these past days is just a hoax. In case you missed the news 17 young teens at the small Massachusetts high school allegedly made a pact to get pregnant and then help raise each...
by Michele Borba | May 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
“So Mom, when did you lose your virginity?” “What kind of drugs did you do Dad?” “How many times did you do it?” Kids have always said the darnedest things, but these days they’re also asking embarrassing and frank questions about their parents’ past lives: “How old...
by Michele Borba | Apr 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
There is one cardinal rule about children that law enforcement and mental health professionals are well aware: Do not ever give notoriety to a teen-initiated crime, suicide, school shooting or homicide. Ever. Front-page coverage to such a tragedy actually increases...
