On Youth and Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

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Oh, good title right? I know, I like it too.  Dum dah dah, what is techno-perfection? (sorry with the sassy typing, I am in a mood today).
Techno Perfection: n An individual’s personal desire to look good and be in flattering poses and styles at all times based on the new ability to edit, crop, color [...]

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I am now writing a column for the teen girl site: Whatever Life called “How to Deal with Parents”
I recently put this post up for them: (I hope you do not say all of these things!)
1. “How was your day? No really, how was it? Was it good? Tell me, please tell me”
Your parents are [...]

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Many of the ideas I have listed on my 10 activities for teens are great for dads and daughters.  Yet, I want to add and highlight a few because this is so important.
Sometime between the age of 12 and 17 there is a deep dark void that develops between dads and teen girls.  I like [...]

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Every morning I wake up and drowsily check through my website statistics (Google Analytics for you other bloggers).  This can either be a great way to start the day or an awful day to start the day depending on how many hits I got the day before.  Another amazing talent that my web statistics have [...]

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