Archive for February, 2010
My Son Hates Our New Life!
Rosalind Wiseman answers a question from Jill, whose family was forced to move 3 hours away from their hometown when her husband found a new job. While her daughter went off to college somewhat unaffected by the move, her 14-year-old son is having a harder time adjusting, and misses his life in their old town. How can Jill help her son be happy with their new life?
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2010: “It’s Time to Talk About It”
More women suffer from anorexia and bulimia than breast cancer. Eating disorders (ED’s) affect women, men, and children of all races and ages and have the highest mortality rate of any other mental illness.
Should I Tell Her I Love Her?
Rosalind Wiseman offers some advice to Scott, a teenager who met the girl of his dreams while on a trip. Scott wants to tell his new friend how strongly he feels about her, but she lives in another state, and he wants to share his feelings face-to-face. He’s worried that if the feelings aren’t mutual it will ruin their friendship. Should he tell her how he really feels?
Weighty Issues: A Q&A on Body Image and Eating Disorders
On Sunday Rosalind will keynote the National Eating Disorder Awareness Week kickoff event at the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore with a presentation on “Positive Parenting for a Healthy Self Image.” To get the conversation started, Rosalind answered some tough questions about body image and what parents, teachers, and other youth professionals can do to help young people successfully manage their way through the pressures of Boy and Girl World.
Analyzing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Mean Girls
During my last trip to the Westminster School in Atlanta, I promised the faculty that I would find examples in literature to use as a springboard for discussion topics on relational aggression, bullying and social justice. So I’d like to present my first submission in the form of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”.
