Posted by: Liza N. Burby in: ● May 31, 2010
I took my girls to see Glee Live at Radio City Music Hall this weekend. The show was fantastic. But the audience, especially for the warm-up act, was horrendous. Getting up from their seats to move around and chat with friends, coming and going as though they were walking the supermarket aisles, chatting, texting, in general annoying [...]
Posted by: Liza N. Burby in: ● May 6, 2010
According to a new study on the state of American motherhood by the Pew Research Center, new mothers are increasingly older and better educated than they were 20 years ago. Nearly 14 percent of mothers were 35 and older two years ago. The good news is that only 10 percent of new mothers were teens, [...]
Posted by: Liza N. Burby in: ● April 30, 2010
I’ll be speaking about this topic Sunday, but it’s one that many parents ask me about. Though we don’t need experts to tell us so, they all concur: Yes. Technology alone makes it difficult for parents to both control their children’s exposure to what’s going on in the wider world (earthquakes, terrorism, plane crashes), and [...]
Posted by: Liza N. Burby in: ● March 31, 2010
Most of us experienced it during our school years–some may still experience it at work–the sometimes subtle, often outright and always upsetting forms of bullying. Schools across the country, including here on Long Island, have instituted anti-bullying awareness/prevention programs. And our grade school children dutifully follow the lessons, get their prizes and I’m sure for a [...]
Posted by: Liza N. Burby in: ● October 21, 2009
Today my 15-year-old daughter and I trolled the rows of costumes at two different stores. As I looked nostalgically over at the Tinkerbell and bunny costumes, the cute bumble bee and puppy accessories, Laura was becoming increasingly annoyed. And no wonder. I quickly joined her as I saw that the gap between bunny ears and [...]