I admit it. I have a secret cake habit. I’m not talking about fancy bakery gourmet cake. I’m talking about cheap disgusting store cake; essentially the equivalent of a stick of butter heavily coated in refined sugar. I just can’t stay away from the stuff. There are certainly worse vices. But as a parent who [...]

I just finished reading “What Was I Thinking: 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories”, a collection of very funny essays about, yep, bad boyfriends. It brought up some painful memories, for sure, but was a great thing to read post-Valentine’s Day. The authors are trying to get a new holiday started, Come to Your Senses Day, to [...]

My friend Amy over at the Nike Foundation (creators of the Girl Effect–check it out) told me about this great resource: Girls Discovered. This one-stop shop for information on adolescent girls is sourced from organizations operating in the public interest, and is meant for researchers, practitioners, advocates, policy-makers and the public – anyone who seeks [...]