TV Characters are Getting Into Politics

CEO — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:46:15 -0700

In the recent documentary Miss Representation -- which criticized American culture and the media for its negative impact on women and girls -- child advocate Marian Wright Edelman lamented the scarcity of American women politicians saying that, "You can't be what you can't see."

Book Review: Father's Day

CEO — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:15:08 -0700

Buzz Bissinger doesn’t care what you think about his parenting. Honestly. He doesn’t. That’s what makes his new memoir, Father’s Day: A Journey into the Mind & Heart of My Extraordinary Son compellingly different from other parenting books.

Provocative Look at Post-Partum Women

CEO — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:35:13 -0700

Stop what you’re doing. Seriously.

Go to YouTube and watch BirthMarkings, a short film by documentary filmmaker Margaret Lazarus that’s currently being featured on the online International Museum of Women’s exhibit entitled, “Mama: Motherhood Around the Globe.”

It's Time for American Parents to Redefine "Fun"

CEO — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:29:14 -0700

The New York Times’ parenting blogger had it right when she wrote that, in order for American parents to have “fun” during their non-working hours, they need to redefine the word as we’re seeing large hunks of our time commandeered by our children’s extracurricular activities.

Book Corner: Parenting in Print

CEO — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:11:44 -0700

The first one took me along a darkened, twisty trail as girls became teenagers rebelling against their parents and wrestling with own personal demons, as teens became twentysomethings who still needed their own mothers, to women becoming mothers themselves (or wanna-be mothers) who struggled with their own rocky childhoods and tried not replicate them with their own children.

Women in Books and Film

CEO — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:51:01 -0800

It hasn't been a stellar week for women in the arts. Let me be more specific: It’s been a lousy week for female writers and women in the film industry.

The High Price of Being the First Lady

CEO — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:42:53 -0800

It’s 2012. You’d think we, as a culture, would be beyond trying to shoe-horn every first lady into a prefab gilded cage where she’s seen and not heard in a voice above a whisper. But apparently, we’re not.

The Return of the Tiger Mom

CEO — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:29:12 -0800

The Tiger Mother is back in the news . . . because she’s peddling the paperback version of her controversial 2011 memoir. And, despite all the criticism she’s received for her approach to parenting, she says that if she had it to do all over again, she’d raise her daughters in the same way.

TV Parenting 101

CEO — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:13:08 -0800

As 2011 comes to a close, I’ve reviewed the lessons that TV parents taught us over the past 12 months. Some were insightful, some were delightful and others were dreadfully obvious. Come on board into the 2011-in-review machine and catch a glimpse of the child-rearing teachings TV has offered us.

Why You Should Run For Office

CEO — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:11:06 -0800

Ever thought about running for office? Maybe you should! if we want our daughters (and our sons) to see women in leadership positions we, their mothers, need to step up and get more involved in politics.