: About Me

I have always loved reading and writing and have completed my Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication. I also love people and have qualified myself in Psychology and am training to practice as a Counsellor. I live with my husband and two sons. I write because I love to express myself and believe that I can make a difference in this world.

My passion is ...

Reading, Psychology, Music

I know too much about ...

Parenting..........but it never is enough!

My parents always told me ...

To do my best

My childhood ambition ...

To be an author .........and a Pulitzer Prize winner!

My favorite memory ...

My honeymoon voyage on a ship.

Why I write ...

I write because I just love to.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

A short history of nearly everything, by Bill Bryson. An awesome book!

My first job ...

A reporter in a daily newspaper

My best moment ...

When my English teacher made me editor of my school magazine

My inspiration ...

My mother

Relationships & Family > Family Bonding The importance of talking to your kids about sex and drugs

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In today's day and age, all parents, at some time or the other, get anxious imagining the possibility of their children getting involved with Drugs. The fear of Drugs is probably the number one fear in our minds. And closely on its heels, is the anxiety stemming from the thought that our children may be sexually irresponsible and get quagmired in the consequences. No matter if we have a son or a daughter ......... these fears are universal. While there is a ton of advice out there on how to avoid these pit-falls, ranging from the esoteric to the barbaric, in my mind there is only one thing...

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