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After Navy service in World War II, I earned a BFA from the Phila. College of Art (now the Univ. of the Arts). I was then recalled to active duty in the Korean War. Following was a 40-year career in public relations, advertising, sales promotion, graphic

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face GPS: Are we keeping up with our children or stalking?: 2 of 28
I believe the premise of the question of GPS use on children is subject to heavy debate. How can anyone with any common sense of right and wrong associate protecting your children with stalking? Stalking almost always applies to shadowy, nerdy characters who follow celebrities or, worse, those lurking criminals who could hur... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Discussing racial differences with your child: 5 of 46
Today, maybe more than ever before, parents should have serious discussions with their children about racial differences. For the first time in history, America has elected a President of racially-mixed heritage. It is important that children are made fully aware of the history of race since the first slaves were brought her... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Fertility Issues When is the best time to get pregnant?: 3 of 26
HUMOR: Let's, just for the sake of argument, assume that the woman makes the decision as to the best time ... or moment ... to get pregnant. Let's also assume that while the man is essential for providing that wiggly little thing that starts the process, otherwise he too often has other priorities at the time or is completel... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Special Needs Why gifted children act out: 2 of 16
There were three of us in the class, and for reasons unknown to us at the time, we were promoted to skip second grade. We were in a boarding school for fatherless boys, which meant we had to leave our age peers to both study and live with older boys for the next ten years. Eventually, we were graduated from high school at ag... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Family 2008: The changing role of the mother: 3 of 23
While in most families, the father is still the primary source of income, in today's American economy, the mother's role has changed drastically since the days of the stay-at-home mom who changed diapers and baked cookies. That era began to change even when all of the TV sit-coms that portrayed moms that way were in their or... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Children's Activities (Other) Volunteer teens: The pros and cons: 3 of 22
There's no downside to teen volunteering. No matter what and where it is, giving free and freely to others is one of the best foundations for a youngster's evolving maturity and ammunition for meeting all other challenges in later life. While the media follows and puffs up celebrity teens who do nothing but live selfishly fo... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Adolescence Are positive role models for young girls lacking in the media?: 3 of 20
What an obvious question! First, there's the Hollywood bimbo set. Young girls can't help being exposed every day in TV gossip shows and pictures in supermarket tabs to the shenanigans of these young party- and bed-hopping women. Are any questions necessary to prove these over-exposed ... in many ways ... celebrities are most... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Single parents: How education can improve your circumstances: 4 of 25
It is typically the mother, who is left alone with her children, with inadequate or no support from her ex-spouse. She can struggle along on welfare, ask for help from relatives or get a job. Another possibility for improving her prospects for the future is to consider higher education. A close relative of mine is now a sing... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Common difficulties that working moms face: 5 of 31
All the experts in the world couldn't speak to the dilemmas of working moms as intelligently as the women themselves who choose to live through it. Or, in a comparative situation, no one can discuss infantry warfare better than those who've struggled in the trenches and survived. Being a working mother may not be that danger... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Grandparenting Gift ideas for grandparents: How to just maximize the time you spend with aging loved ones: 2 of 12
This is the season when most people make extra efforts to be with grandparents, but the ultimate gift is for family members to do it regularly throughout the year. This is especially considerate if the older people are in senior communities or nursing homes. It gives them a happy break from the boredom, physical constraints ... More..