As children, we have a tenuous idea of love; we often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.

The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today's girls.

Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn't keep them from popping.

The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors' pushup bras? No matter what size you are, it still isn't good enough.

To show that you truly care, you listen.