September 2007

Being a step-parent

I’ve heard from at least three different people in the last week that being a step-parent is hard.  I think being a parent is hard.  I think being a kid with four parents and two homes is hard.  I really don’t think being a stepmom is that much harder than being a mom.  (Once in

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Why do you believe myths?

There’s a really interesting article in the Washinton Post, Persistence of Myths Could Alter Public Policy Approach about how myths grow.  As an example they used a CDC study that tried to dispel myths about the flu.  After reading the flyer, many people remembered the false facts as true! It recited various commonly held views

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