PARENTING LITTLE NINJAS – Little Ninja Parenting

My Son Is Homeless (Facing Difficult Choices)

According to HUD, on any given night there's an estimated 580,000 homeless people, a staggering number, so what do you do when your son is one of them? What's a parent and grandparent's...

When Your Mother Makes Up Stories (Explained With Tips)

One of the most common rules kids learn from parents regardless of culture and background is to not tell lies, so it comes as a shock when it seems your own mother is doing it. What does it mean when...

Explaining that Grandma is Crazy and What to do About It

Many initially envision a traditional grandma as doting and caring, but upon further thought there are other kinds of grandmas that easily come to mind, too. These are grandmas who are overbearing;...

When You Think Your Son Is Ugly (Or Mine), Do This

A recent study published in Europe's Journal of Psychology seemed to verify 'the beauty premium', or 'ugly penalty', by showing that beautiful people earn more money. To be honest, I think most of us...

The Right and Wrong Way To Make Daughters Pretty

Did you know that by the time girls are 13, fifty-three percent are unhappy with how they look? This grows to a whopping 78% at 17 (you can read more about Bloomberg's research in The Body Project,...

What If Your Daughter Doesn’t Want To Get Married

According to a 2020 study released by Pew Research half of single adults are not looking for a relationship, let alone marriage, with only 38 percent of single women specifically actively looking for...