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• Teen Angst Times Ten For the Famous

  You couldn't pay me enough to be a teenager again. Between the drugs and the horrific relationships and the mean kids and the really bad clothes (I won't even go into the hair) it's no wonder I felt utterly insecure and ansgt-ridden, and I can't imagine my experience was all that unique. So honestly, I feel for these celebrity kids who star in shows on Disney and Nickelodeon. They get all the freakiness of the teen years captured and dissected in the media, plus they are supposed to be role models for our kids. Oh, and worry about future earning potential. Bleugh. I know someone is gonna say, "Poor babies, all rich and famous"...   Read More... Posted Sep 24 2007, 04:06 PM by Kelly Mills with | with no comments Filed under: Celebrities, teens, tweens, angst, fame

• New Study: Everything Is Harmful To Children

  This week saw the release of a groundbreaking new study, conducted by a joint committee consisting of senior research staff of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, the British Dental Association, the American Cancer Society, the Pan American Health Organization, AAPCHO, the Alheimer's Association, the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, the International Red Cross, the American Stroke Association, the Arthritis Foundation, the International Health Exchange, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Project Hope, the International AIDS Foundation, and UNICEF. The study, which surveyed over 1 billion children over the past 50 years, concludes that everything is bad for children. Read More... Posted Apr 01 2007, 12:21 PM by JasonAvant with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: health, environment, angst

• No Escape from Bullies in Internet Era

  My fist brush with a bully came in third grade, when I begged off a 3 p.m. fight with a decidedly honest, yet painfully embarrassing, admission. "I can't," I said, "My mom's picking me up." I shrugged my shoulders, apologizing for letting my mom come between a bully and his beating. It's getting so much more difficult for kids to escape their bullies, as this story points out. Thanks to MySpace and other online harassing sites, kids are getting all sorts of grief that used to be confined to the schoolyard. This story's young girl had to move to several different schools to escape the bullying -- and yet it continued anyway, showing there are no borders when it comes to the Internet ... and how mean kids can be. The mom in this picture is doing a stellar job, if you ask me. She pulled her kid from the schools and decided to home-school her, while also preparing to shut down her access to MySpace. What she doesn't know, I suppose, won't taunt her. Posted Mar 19 2007, 11:55 AM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: news, bullying, internet, MySpace, bullies, angst, internet safety

• You've Already Messed Up Your Baby ... Maybe

  Everything you're doing is messing up your kid -- and your own potential to have more, which, of course, you'd mess up. From drinking a soda yourself and shampooing your hair to using baby bottles to feed your child, a toxic cocktail of chemicals is playing havoc on hormones and causing developmental problems modern science has yet to fully comprehend. At least that's the message of an Oakland Tribune article about the as-yet-unknown downside of modern, everyday products. The chemicals inside plastics, toys and appliances tinker with key hormones -- turning them on when they should be off, or vice versa. "In the absence of concrete data for many of these chemicals, the precautionary principle should be exercised," said one scientist. Read More... Posted Feb 05 2007, 10:32 AM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: parenting, health, baby, products, health and well-being of children., children's products, angst, worried parents

• Angsty is the New Happy: Parents Eschew Therapy for Blogging

  Her Bad Mother is a wonderful writer who has an impressive Google ranking following for someone who has only been blogging since January of last year (could be all those references to "sore nipples.") She is a professor who lives in Toronto and is part of an excellent group of writers at UrbanMoms. She writes today (and quite frequently) about the angst and worry she feels about parenting her darling daughter, Wonder Baby.  As Wonder Baby gets older and more active, the trouble seems to get deeper.  The adorable giblet pictured at right is now a wild and challenging toddler. Like many parent bloggers she uses her blog as therapy.  And while her style has often been derided  (as popularized by the now defunct TrainWrecks), reading her blog,  one is keenly aware of the difference between solipsism and soulfulness. Blogs like hers are honest and vulnerable and true.  Like all things of this nature, they inspire awe and gentleness rather than snark and sarcasm.  And in their own way, they make the world better.  Posted Jan 26 2007, 07:17 AM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: blogs, angst, Wonder Baby, worried parents, mommies, writers, Her Bad Mother, blogs as therapy, parent bloggers