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Mama Knows Best
A mother’s wisdom guides us through the tough times in life. Yet, so often when mom is doling out advice, it goes in one ear and out the other. Or does it?
In our continuing series celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, we wanted to take a look at more than just babies. A mother’s bond with her child is most often one that stands the test of time. She loves you more than words can
express. So … isn’t it conceivable that she really does know best?
Consider listening to your mother. ♥
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Hand Sanitizer: A Dangerous Cocktail
As long as there are teenagers around, there will always be a group that pushes the limits and bends the law to enjoy a little bit of mischievous fun. But the usual stand-bys of sneaking beer at a party or trying out a fake ID are giving way to a much more dangerous solution … hand sanitizer.
The alcohol-based hand sanitizer that is becoming rapidly more available, from schools to hospitals to public events, is the reason behind a rash of alcohol poisonings in the San Fernando Valley, California. It turns out that the teenagers were getting drunk – and severely ill – from the little bottles you can pick up at the pharmacy for as little as a dollar.
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New Legislation May Keep Teens Out of Tanning Salons
Images of Perfection: One Girl Takes on Seventeen Magazine
Unrealistic standards are thrust upon impressionable teens, which lead them to question their own self-esteem. And overzealous airbrushing is partly to blame. The consequences of photo re-touching reach way beyond poor body image …
The Link Between Facebook and Eating Disorders in Teen Girls: Why Your Kid is at Risk
IMAGES OF PERFECTION: ONE GIRL TAKES ON SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE
… Airbrushing is fervently used to manipulate photos and to create masterful artworks of fiction. No one looks like the perfectly airbrushed models that grace the pages of popular magazines, not even the models themselves. They appear fake … plastic, even …
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“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” It is a phrase a good majority of women are familiar with; a phrase that nowadays has far deeper meaning and where heart-wrenching, crushing inferiority complexes are born …
All too often women feel they don’t measure up in comparison to the stunning models flaunting perfection in nearly every fashion magazine. Perfect skin. Perfect hair. Perfect bodies. Everywhere we turn advertisements are thrust under our noses suggesting that we are not pretty enough, smart enough or skinny enough …
IMAGES OF PERFECTION: ONE GIRL TAKES ON SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE -
Perfection. Typically defined as “being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects.” The media has set the bar unrealistically high with their idea of perfection, which has negatively impacted modern woman’s self-image …
Drunkorexia: What it Is and Why It’s SO Dangerous
Alcohol-Induced Blackouts: How Your Brain is Giving You the Slip
