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Burton’s New “Alice” is the Heroine We’ve Been Waiting For(2)

By Candace Nuzzo | March 10th, 2010 | 2 comments

Teachers, if you’re looking for a great field trip to close out the school year, go see Alice in Wonderland. I saw it last Friday (what better way to celebrate my birthday) and fell in love with the inspiring female protagonist in the latest adaptation of the classic Lewis Carroll tale.

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Rosalind Wiseman on PBS’ To the Contrary

By admin | March 8th, 2010 | 1 comment

Bonnie Erbe speaks on Rosalind’s book Queen Bees and Wannabees, and how much teenage girls’ interactions have changed in the new realms created by social media. Addressing issues such as teenage privacy, sexting, and other “technological pitfalls” teenagers face in today’s tech-saavy society, Erbe and her associates analyze the complexities of teenagers and technology.

Is Hooking Up Good for Girls?

By Rachel Simmons | March 2nd, 2010 | 0 comments

As a relationship advice columnist for Teen Vogue, I get a lot of mail from girls in “no strings attached” relationships. The girls describe themselves as “kind of” with a guy, “sort of” seeing him, or “hanging out” with him. The guy may be noncommittal, or worse, in another no-strings relationship. In the meantime, the girls have “fallen” for him or plead with me for advice on how to make him come around and be a real boyfriend.

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2010: “It’s Time to Talk About It”

By Julia Taylor | February 18th, 2010 | 8 comments

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.

Weighty Issues: A Q&A on Body Image and Eating Disorders

By admin | February 18th, 2010 | 0 comments

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.

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WHO IS ROSALIND WISEMAN?

Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized author and educator on children, teens, parenting, education and social justice. Her work aims to help parents, educators and young people successfully navigate the social challenges of young adulthood.