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CNN Hero Catalina Escobar Restrepo: Helping Cartagena’s Teen Moms

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Actress Meryl Streep once said that “motherhood has a very humanizing effect. It gets reduced to the essentials.” And Catalina Escobar Restrepo—the award-winning businesswoman and entrepreneur with the soul of a social activist—literally…
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Alternatives to University: Vo-Techs & Community Colleges

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These days it’s assumed that a four-year college degree is a necessary credential for most job applications. As a matter of fact, it feels as though college is just an extension of high school—and an expensive one at that. But is college…
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Handling My Tween Daughter's Criticism

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The other day in the grocery store, my 10-year-old daughter looked up at me with a steady stare and asked, “Mom, could you please wear some makeup next time?” I looked up at the reflective ceiling, angling for a better glimpse of…
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School Safety is Still a Concern

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In 1999, I was a high school student attending a school near Columbine High School. I was a mere few miles away from the tragedy that changed the way many schools view security. I remember being in Ms. Race’s math class, just after lunch,…
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How to Convince Your Teenage Daughter Not to Have Sex

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Actualizado (UPDATED) el 1st de agosto de 2016 As a teenager, Mami never spoke to me about sex. In fact, the only time she mentioned the word “vagina” was when I got my first period. And that was only because she wanted to know how my…
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How to Attend College & Not Break the Bank

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All those horror stories about the expense of attending college are true. Attending a four-year college or university in the U.S. has never been so expensive. And the prices keep climbing. A Recent New York Times article pointed out that more…

Quick & Easy Katniss Everdeen Costume

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Embody The Hunger Games this Halloween! From the clothes, to the makeup, to the hair, to the all-important Mockingjay pin—this vid walks you through putting together a quick and easy Katniss Everdeen costume. For more fantastic MamiTV videos…
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10 Ways to Tell if Your Child is Too Old for Trick-or-Treat

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As someone who isn't happy to give out candy to greedy teenagers in last minute costumes on Halloween, I've sometimes wished for a solution.  I could always turn the youths away, but this often leads to property damage. If you've ever had…
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That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone

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That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone An Anthology of Essays from Around the Globe Edited by J.L. Powers Cinco Puntos • 2012 • 231 pages Trade Paperback ($16.95) ISBN: 978-1-935955-22-1 Ages 14 and up “Some people consider…