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50+ Mommy Chronicles: Deliriously Happy, and Doubt-Filled

Posted on 05/3/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Home & FamilyShould I Still Have Mixed Emotions Five Years In? I was of sound mind and body when we adopted Johannah, now 5. I’d just turned 51 and my husband, 57. We were late bloomers, marrying four years earlier—a first marriage for both of us. We wanted a family, but the doctors said my eggs were done. Multiple attempts at IVF failed. So we considered the options and decided to pursue a domestic adoption. I reluctantly dyed my hair (to appeal …

50+ Mommy Chronicles: Not From the Lens of My Upbringing

Posted on 04/25/2013 by | Vice President, Media Operations Support | Comments

Home & FamilyThree years into mommy-hood and each day I am learning more about myself. My own childhood upbringing certainly influenced me early on in the way I parented my 10-year old daughter, adopted from foster care. The reality is her childhood experiences are very different from mine. I had a solid family upbringing, raised as the eldest of three in a two parent family. My parents were supportive and encouraged me in all of my interests. Both working parents, my mom …

HBO’s Girls: The Millennial Dating Scene

Posted on 01/14/2013 by | General News | Comments

Entertainment | Home & FamilyThe Sunday Styles section of yesterday’s New York Times featured an article entitled, “The End of Courtship,” about the complicated dating scene that millennials are navigating as they struggle to find a romantic partner. Last night’s first episode of the second season of Girls touched on much the same theme.  Both left me wondering how much different dating really is today from when we were that age. Ever since it debuted last year, I’ve been a huge fan of the HBO …

Jeanne Manford: She Raised the Flag for Tolerance

Posted on 01/10/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyBack in the early 1970s, when being gay was still widely considered both a mental illness and a crime, Jeanne Manford got a phone call late one night in Queens, N.Y. It was a police officer, who informed her that her son Morty, a student at Columbia University, had been arrested. “And you know,” the officer told her in an ominous tone, “he’s homosexual.” The response from Manford, a normally soft-spoken schoolteacher, was blunt. “I know that,” she said. “Why …

The Takeaway: Young Adults Think Happiness Comes With Age

Posted on 07/30/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

Home & Family | News RoundupsIn a new survey of 18 to 29-year-olds, almost 60 percent said “adulthood will be more enjoyable than my life is now.” Awesome, right? Seems encouraging that the young folks of today don’t expect happiness to decrease with age. But after reading that statistic a few more times, the weird part jumped out at me. Did you notice it?

The Takeaway: Parents Helping Less With Education Costs

Posted on 07/16/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsMark this as one more way in which the Great Recession has affected Americans’ financial planning: Parents are contributing less to their children’s college costs than they did just a few years ago, according to a recent poll. In addition, more college students are living at home with parents to save money.

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