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From Information to Therapy, Social Media Assures Us That We Are Not Alone

By Veronica Hunt
Just before the holidays, my daughter came home excited about a new school assignment. In the Golden State, the fourth grade California Missions Project is a rite of passage. Kids across the state are charged with building a model, writing a report or both. My daughter was instructed to build a full-scale model [...]

Forget Big Brother, Barbie’s Watching You

By Jenn Riggle

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Barbie dolls don’t normally scare me. But last week, I saw a commercial for the new Barbie Video GirlTM, and to be honest, it gave me the creeps.
The doll looks like a regular Barbie, but has a camera lens hidden in her necklace and a small color LCD screen with controls on [...]

The Birds and the Bees – and Social Media

by Jenn Riggle 
I’m not proud to say that I have a double standard when it comes to social media and my kids. But I have to admit, I’m a “Do as I say, not as I do” kind of mom.
I have a Twitter account, Facebook page, a LinkedIn profile and spend a lot of my [...]