You want your kids to get ready for bed, they want to keep playing. Here's how to get on the same page without having to use your 'mean' parent voice.

It was my teen years when I became acutely aware that I was, (a) overweight and, (b) didn’t fit the textbook definition of prettiness. 

Envy. It’s one of those emotions we chastise ourselves for. We push the feeling down, and tell ourselves it’s a negative way to think. But what if it's not?