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Baltimore Jewish Times: We’re friends, our children aren’t

Published: August 15, 2008 | Last Updated: August 16, 2008 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

In this week’s Baltimore Jewish Times, journalist Amy Landsman wrote an article called, We’re friends, our children aren’t. She describes some of the challenges of balancing mom friends and kids friends. It begins: You’re pregnant! And so is your BFF! Instantly, you dream about play dates, outings around town, even vacations that your growing families […]

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Friendship by the Book: An interview with Alexa Young, author of Frenemies

Published: June 28, 2008 | Last Updated: November 27, 2012 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

Some of the most painful and unexpected girlfriend breakups occur during the roller-coaster middle-school years. Alexa Young’s engaging new teen novel, Frenemies (HarperTeen, 2008) is a book that moms will want their daughters to read in preparation for this rude awakening. The book tells the story of two eighth-graders and BFFs, Halley Brandon and Avalon Greene, who have always agreed on everything. But after spending a summer apart, they’ve changed—physically, emotionally, socially, intellectually.

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Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of MAYDAY

Published: February 26, 2008 | Last Updated: July 5, 2021 By | Reply Continue Reading

M. Nora Klaver is the author of MAYDAY:Asking for Help in Times of Need I asked Nora, to think about some of the ways women can overcome the natural reluctance to ask their female friends for help. Why are women afraid to ask other women for help? As children, girls learn to navigate the emotional […]

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