Of all the crazy things I've been asked about regarding The Fine Art of Small Talk ("Dear Debra, I know my boyfriend is going to propose but I don't want to marry him" -- ohhhhh.), it's the everyday situations that can cause the most jitters. We are in the thick of the holiday season, which means …
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Tips for Teens and The Summer Job
It was Sly and The Family Stone who sang about "hot fun in the summertime," but they failed to mention the summer job. Spending the summer in an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini sounds lovely, but without a summer job, we're talking wipeout. While most of us over the age of 22 (I am …
Teaching Teens How to Talk Without Technology
My recent book, Beyond Texting: The Fine Art of Face-to-Face Communication for Teenagers is the result of several things: I was once a teenager, I had children who later became teenagers and I married a man who had children who later became teenagers. In a nutshell: The world …