MORE Moving Back Home!

First we have twentysomethings and now we have entire families moving back home. MSNBC has a video about mutligenerational families.

Grandparents provide alot of babysitting

There are 56 milion grandparents in the Unidted States and a survey at grandparents.com says 60% of grandparents babysit on a regular basis. Many grandparents are helping and even more due to the recession. Kids love it- grandparents say it's worth it even though they are busy and productive themselves. Click on Grandparents.com for a video on this subject.

Twentysomethings keep moving home!

It amazes us how many times the journalists write the same articles. But we're not complaining because we get called to talk to them and get our message out once again. The New York Times consulted us and featured our book, Mom Can I Move Back In with You..in their article about how the economic downturn affects twentysomethings.Ron Leiber asks questions that parents pose like, "Should I charge my son or daughter rent? Click on our link to read the entire article.

Girls Misperceive their Body Image

Connect With Kids has a video that demonstrates how many girls have a distorted body image. It should come as no surprise, but it's worth repeating that many girls see themselves as heavier than they are.
In our new book Too Close For Comfort, we found this subject so important that we include the a chapter on the Impact of Beauty when we discuss the relationship between mothers and adult daughters. Young women are negatively impacted by moms who are dissatisfied with themselves.

Self satisfaction begins at home and family can help build your daughter's self esteem. All we need to do is look at Michael Jackson's intense, pathological dislike of his appearance and we can see the most extreme result of body dysmorphic disorder.