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Asking about dating on my travels to England, India and Japan revealed some fascinating differences in how guys and gals are getting together – or aren’t.

Frenemies in real life may not be as vindictive and scheming as the ones we see on big and small screens, but they are certainly just as toxic. Research now suggests that this hybrid breed of acquaintance, half-friends, half-enemies, are bad for your health. Seriously.

This year’s prom season brought new life to a dance traditionally filled with floor length satin dresses and hair sprayed spiral curls. Girls no longer need to shop at their town’s lone Jessica McClintock for a dress that someone else in their high school will likely be sporting. Prom goers are checking out online stores, [...]

Ok, so there is a lot of buzz going around lately about the young generation being addicted to social networks. Although I partially agree with these observations, I was also inclined to scoff when I started seeing headlines that portrayed people deprived of social media access as going through withdrawals similar to drug addicts. “Really?” [...]

Hooking up, friends-with-benefits, make-out buddies: whatever you call it, casual hook-ups have become a widely accepted rite of passage in college life. Yet many college co-eds (and hey, even some college guys) are starting to wonder if chance encounters often based on alcohol are really the way to pursue healthy and lasting friendships and relationships.
The [...]

“Girls want the bad boys,” “Girls don’t like nice guys,” – how many times have you heard some derivation of those statements? I’m a girl, I like nice guys, but I’ve found that the guys whining about being “nice” are missing the real reasons for their chronic rejections. So, as a public service, I am [...]

With so much dependence on communicating through instant messaging (IM), texting, and e-mails, there has begun to be a drop in the ability for people to communicate face-to-face. Granted, the people who struggle with this do not make up the majority… yet. However, I have noticed a growing rise in this particular problem. And a [...]

Many college students look at their college years as a time to experience things and have fun, but do these behaviors grow into a permanent lifestyle? Is there any real reason that students would stop their partying ways after graduation?
Peer pressure does not end when we leave high school. It is still alive in college. [...]

The health care reform has re-enlightened a much debated teen issue: abstinence education. The health care legislation states that there will be a renewal of $50 million per year for five years for abstinence-focused education. Basically, this means that schools that teach abstinence and the principle that sexual intercourse is a post-marriage affair will receive [...]

First relationships are really fun, but let’s face it, they crash and burn. Anything this hazardous should require a license. Sadly, there’s no Relationship-Ed class to teach us the warning signs or the do’s and don’ts of dating. But, those of us who have been through it remember the mistakes we made, and I’ve made [...]