UPDATED June 17th, 2017 Isn’t it crazy to consider that all the men we encounter—the good, the bad and the ugly—were at one point in time someone’s little boy? We’re willing to bet that many of these grown men, despite seeming okay at first, have displayed behaviors that ran the gamut, from slightly irritating to […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 “May the Fourth be with you” is a phrase commonly heard on May 4, Star Wars Day. This story of Star Wars Day being celebrated on May 4th was told by author Alan Arnold in 1979, while he was chronicling the making of The Empire Strikes Back for Lucasfilm: “”Margaret Thatcher […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 April 28 is Great Poetry Reading Day. What better way to celebrate some of the most famous poems of all time, and the poets who write them. Even if you don’t know the author or even the names of these poems, we bet you’ll recognize their iconic first lines. But why […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 Mother Goose is, no pun intended, the mother of all nursery rhyme authors! Though history suggests that there was no one person named Mother Goose, the nursery rhymes collectively published under her name, starting in the 1700s, have been handed down to generation after generation. Most Mother Goose rhymes have their […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 There’s nothing like the evidence of a girls’ night out on Instagram to force us to confront the reality that the glamorous coral lipstick we were sporting makes our teeth look totally yellow. Already occupied with finding shades that compliment our skin tone and other makeup choices, it’s hard to also […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 While entertainment and mainstream media often focuses on the negative and sensationalist aspects of hip-hop, this genre of of music offers powerful and sometimes chilling lyrics. A recent article by Paul Cantor in Vibe Magazine pointed out that some hip-hop lyrics that are socially responsible do not have to be overly […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting rampage at their school, Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado. They killed 13 people and wounded more than 20 others before taking their own lives as police closed in. “Columbine” as it is now forever known, is still […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 Maybe he was a great boyfriend, but things just didn’t work out. Maybe you wanted to get married and he didn’t; maybe he wanted kids and you were content with a few dogs. Maybe he was city and you were country. In any case, the end of a relationship doesn’t always […]
UPDATED June 17th, 2017 Crawling is probably the first form of locomotion that your baby will attempt. A big breakthrough in muscular and motor development, being able to move from one place to another will also boost your baby’s confidence and help her to become more independent. NYC pediatrician and author, Michel Cohen, reminds us […]