Some say social media is addictive. A dopamine spike here, a dopamine spike there…
Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll
Drugs. Alcohol. Big kids, big worries.
The Invisible Middle?
Thoughts on politics as the middle age segment swells.
The Disease Vs The Symptom: Teenagers, Technology, Depression
As parents, what does time spent surfing the net tell us about our teenagers?
Do Women Have a Voice? What Does That Actually Mean?
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 […]
What Makes You a Mother?
Maternity, adoption, motherhood… what really makes you a mother?
Am I Crazy To Be Worried About Dementia?
Are we right to worry now about dementia in the future?
Christina Symanski – Weird News? Try Tragic
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, […]
Apathy Into Action
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 […]