This film will be spoken about in 20 years. It’s an art house masterpiece and then some, like Taxi Driver. Actor Bel Powley will become a household name from her performance as a 15 year old who has sex with her mother’s 35-year old boyfriend played by Alexander Skarsgard. It
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Nothing makes your heart been faster than those five magic words… I got my test back. This is the make-it or break-it time of the day. Good grade = good night. Bad grade = moody and frustrated, maybe some self-deprication, possibly some yelling, and most assuredly the end of time
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“Dad, it’s fine. I’m not going to get MERS in Korea.” Yeah, that makes me nervous. Sure going to Korea in the middle of the MERS scare is unnerving, but the idea that she’s incapable – that it’s a definite to her – that she’s not going to catch it
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My son showed me this, and after the initial yawn at all the OMGs and LOLs and its seeming predictability, I realised that I was watching something with the power to make us all think about bullying and online bullying, how it starts and how to react to it. Take
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Heard a horror story recently that could affect our teenage kids. My mate’s 19-year old boy fell in love with a girl who became so possessive she wouldn’t let him be in another place without him skyping or face timing her to show he was where he said he was. I bought
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Leaving home for college = freedom. I’m a little nervous that unbridled freedom will unravel all of the lesson I’ve taught her. I’m a little nervous that the group mentality will pull her in. Frankly, I’m more than a little nervous that leaving home will change her – and that
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Kids over 11 rarely listen to their parents. So when it comes to choosing where to study for a degree, you could be in for a shock when they make their decision without you. We asked some friends their first reactions when their kids told them where they were thinking
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Warning: The following post is a tirade. As my daughter is walking out to her car, she watches as another teen drives his car into the back of it. R picks up her pace a bit to get to the car and grab insurance information. The damage isn’t that bad,
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There were very few things that I wasn’t ready for as a parent. It’s not that I think I was prepared for parenting. Furthest from that, really. It’s probably because
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