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Web Crazy

July 17, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 13 Comments

Some say social media is addictive. A dopamine spike here, a dopamine spike there…

Filed Under: Culture, Health, Lifestyle, Technology Tagged With: addiction, daily plate of crazy, economy, Health, healthcare, narcissism, Politics, psychology, social issues, social media

Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll

July 11, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

Drugs. Alcohol. Big kids, big worries.

Filed Under: College Kids, Health, Parenting, Politics, Tweens and Teens Tagged With: addiction, drinking, drug abuse, emotional abuse, Health, Parenting, parenting college students, parenting teens, psychology, social issues, teen drinking

The Invisible Middle?

June 24, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

Thoughts on politics as the middle age segment swells.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Politics, Surviving Recession Tagged With: ageing, aging, aging gracefully, middle-age, midlife, New York Times, social issues, Surviving Recession, women and jobs, women and money

The Disease Vs The Symptom: Teenagers, Technology, Depression

June 20, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

As parents, what does time spent surfing the net tell us about our teenagers?

Filed Under: Health, Lifestyle, Parenting, Tweens and Teens Tagged With: community, depression, Health, healthcare, interpreting data, mental health, New York Times, parenting teens, psychology, raising teens, social issues, teenagers, teens and technology

Do Women Have a Voice? What Does That Actually Mean?

June 5, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

Must women shout to be heard? Must anyone shout to be heard? And if we are heard – then what? In the past 24 hours, I came across two very different articles to do with women in America. The first concerns women entrepreneurs in technology. The second addresses women in media and an appalling lack […]

Filed Under: Politics, Sexual Politics, Women's Issues Tagged With: economy, feminism, gender, jobs, men and women, networking, Politics, rant, Sexual Politics, social issues, women in media, women's issues, women's roles, work life balance, working women

What Makes You a Mother?

April 22, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 22 Comments

Maternity, adoption, motherhood… what really makes you a mother?

Filed Under: Babies and Kids, Culture, Parenting, Women's Issues Tagged With: big questions, motherhood, Parenting, pop culture, social issues, women's issues, women's roles, work life balance, working moms

Am I Crazy To Be Worried About Dementia?

February 26, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 16 Comments

Are we right to worry now about dementia in the future?

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Surviving Recession Tagged With: ageing, aging, aging gracefully, Alzheimer's, big questions, caregiving, crazy women, elder care, family, Health, life after divorce, middle-age, midlife, older mothers, social issues, women over 50, women over 60, women's health

Christina Symanski – Weird News? Try Tragic

February 16, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

Here is what offends me: this news item was classified – wrongly and callously – as “weird news.” The journalistic summary in question pertains to the death of Christina Symanski, at age 31, a paraplegic who took her own life by starving herself. Incidentally, the starvation process required two months. She died December 1st, 2011, […]

Filed Under: Health, Other Stuff, Parenting, Politics Tagged With: Health, making a difference, media, news, Politics, social issues

Apathy Into Action

July 16, 2011 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

It’s Saturday morning. It’s raining. I’d love to linger in bed and turn my daily writing exercise to flights of fancy, or the latest tales of teenage folly around my little household. But given the discussion this past week – of very real and pressing social ills that affect millions of us – I prefer to point […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Other Stuff, Politics, Sexual Politics, Surviving Recession Tagged With: daily plate of crazy, effects of unemployment, family, making a difference, Politics, Sexual Politics, social issues, Surviving Recession, women's issues

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