Jamie Lee Curtis- Her Mom and Body Image

I remember when Jamie Lee Curtis posed unadorned and without make-up for a magazine shoot. It was both a brave and unusual step for both an actress or anyone being photographed for a national publication. Now she discusses her mother Janet Leigh's obsession with beauty and physical perfection in More Magazine. It makes sense that Jamie Lee Curtis was affected by her mother's need to maintain her "perfect" image. She says that while she loves her mother it was a very complicated relationshipr throughout her childhood.

School yard bully no longer stays in the yard.

Cyber bullying has changed the landscape of bullying. Children can no longer escape from the jeers and attacks by other children.
The worst part is that many kids won't tell their parents for fear of losing their access to the internet.
CyberSafeFamily offers parents good practical advice on how to keep their children safe. This is serious stuff! Victims of bullying are more than five times more vulnerable to suicide.

Yikes- parents lock up your kids!

I just watched the following youtube video with Lady Gaga with an adorable 15 year old girl and I can't figure out what to make of this. Is is exploitative? Is it an example of young women asserting their sexuality? Today's teenagers view Madonna as tame- how far will they push the envelope?
Parents must be confused. The most important thing for parents is for them to become very cyber savvy. Parents need to know what their children are looking at on the internet. They can't afford to be naive.
Watch TV with your children as well as spend some time letting them show you what interests them online. Most children want to connect with their parents. It's one of the best antidotes to the parts of culture that make us scared.

Girls are performing better than boys in school.

There is twice the chance that your son will be suspended as your daughter and three times the chance that he will be expelled.
While internationally it is usually the girls who lack the educational opportunities, boys are the ones who are falling behind. Colleges sometimes give special assistance to boys and 64% of the National Honor Society members are girls.One theory is that the world have become more verbal and "Boys Don't Talk." Nicholas Kristof discusses this problem in

The New York Times.