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A Mother’s Life With A Daughter’s Anorexia: An Interview With Author Clare B. Dunkle

June 4, 2015 by Christine Stock 1 Comment

Award-winning author Clare B. Dunkle was high on life. She lived overseas in beautiful Germany, her career as a children’s book novelist was taking off and, most importantly, her daughters were happy, healthy and teeming with exuberance. But almost without warning, Clare’s life crumpled when not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Illness, Parenting, Parenting Issues, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: anorexia, anorexia nervosa, book club, book reviews, bookmarked, books, Clare Dunkle, eating disorders, Elena Dunkle, Elena Vanishing, Hope and Other Luxuries, interviews, Memoirs

Book Review: “Hope and Other Luxuries” By Clare B. Dunkle

June 2, 2015 by Christine Stock 1 Comment

My daughter was three years old when her foot was mangled in an escalator. A friend and I had taken our daughters to the movies and we were enjoying listening to them talk excitedly about the characters while we walked out of the theatre. They were still young enough to believe wholeheartedly in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: anorexia, anorexia nervosa, book club, book review, bookmarked, Clare Dunkle, eating disorders, Elena Dunkle, Elena Vanishing, Hope and Other Luxuries, Memoirs, mental health, mental illness, parenting

Five Movies About High School Every Parent Must See

August 21, 2014 by Mubina Visram Leave a Comment

School eventually ends after a certain time, but the experiences it leaves us with stay on for the rest of our lives. School has a timeless quality to it that is reflected through the many films about school experiences made over the years. These five films provide a fun portrait of the joys, loves, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Movies Tagged With: back-to-school, bullying, cliques, date rape, eating disorders, films, gay teens, Heathers, high school, how teenagers feel, Juno, mean girls, movies, parenting, school, social anxiety, teen angst, teen drug use, teen issues, teen loneliness, teen pregnancy, teen sex, teenagers, The Breakfast Club, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Weighing Love

February 13, 2014 by Sonya 2 Comments

According to the National Eating Disorder Information Centre, more than 50% of teenager girls and 30% of teenage boys engage in unhealthy weight control behaviours as a result of distorted or negative self-image. Traditionally, teens have been bombarded with images from magazines, television but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Life, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: Body Images, eating disorders, Paula Galli, Teens, Weighing Love

our swear words

March 7, 2011 by Nancy

I read recently that a female writer -who happens to be named HOPE - said that if she could abolish one phrase from the English Language it would be"It is what it is" I could not agree more. Nothing removes our will, strength and conviction faster. This brings me to tell you about our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: eating disorders, motherhood, separation and divorce, single mom blog, teenagers, will power

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