Yesterday, Bernice Napach of The Daily Ticker posted an article entitled, “Dilbert’s Creator is Proof That Failure Can Lead to Success.”  This article accompanied a video interview with Scott Adams, who is the creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip.

Napach summarized the video interview by specifying the five main points that Mr. Adams discussed.   He also wrote about them in his recent book, “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big:  Kind of the Story of My Life.”  These points are listed below, along with possible underlying reasons why they are important: Read More →

On Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, Beth Greenfield of Yahoo! Shine wrote an article entitled, “Hot Mom Defends Herself Against Facebook Haters”.  The article was about Maria Kang, a 32-year-old mom, who posted a Facebook photo of herself with her three young boys, while wearing a sports bra-and-micro shorts outfit that highlighted her amazingly fit physique.   The picture itself is an attention-grabber  — but what apparently made it controversial was the caption above the picture:  “What’s Your Excuse?” Read More →

On Monday, October, 7, 2013, Farnoosh Torabi posted a video and short article in the Yahoo! Finance section entitled, “Surprising Relationship Dealbreakers”.  She discussed four financial situations that could cause couples to end their relationship.  Because finances play a vital role in how people live their daily lives, they can trigger deep underlying issues that couples may not be consciously aware of, or may not be willing to discuss with each other. Read More →

On Babble.com yesterday, Casey Mullins posted “An Open Letter to All Women Who Chose Not to Have Kids”.  In it, she wrote about the expectations from religion, society, and women themselves, regarding whether, when, and how many children women “should” have.

Ms. Mullins brought up several thought-provoking points surrounding this controversial topic.  One point she discussed was the comment people make about not knowing “the joys of parenthood until you experience it yourself.”  While it is true that personal experience gives us credibility in having gone through certain situations or life circumstances, we each have our own ideas and desires of what experiences will bring us joy.  Read More →

In yesterday’s online edition of the Wall Street Journal, Andrea Petersen wrote an article entitled, “The Family That Fights Together”.  In it, she discussed the complexities that couples face, when deciding whether and when to fight in front of their children.  Petersen cited a 2009 study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, which found that “‘constructive’ marital conflict was associated with an increase in children’s emotional security.”  However, she also cited another study, published in the May 2013 issue of the journal, Psychological Science.  This particular study had 24 babies, ages 6-to-12 months, lying asleep in a fMRI scanner.  Read More →