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By Ines Schinazi “My mother has always been an actress to me.”  This is how Jessy Hodges explains that her relationship with her mother hasn’t changed, despite the fact that they’ve recently found themselves in very similar places career-wise, while obviously being at completely different points in their lives. As a mother gets back into [...]

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The World In Beta

By Eline Kullock I just saw a great film that made me reflect about Generation Y. The film is called “Head in the Clouds.” The story takes place during WWII, and is romantic, but also very realistic. What really struck me in the movie was the way in which before the war, people seemed to [...]

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How much power do kids have today? Are you one of those people, who think kids are all pure, innocent and truthful? Or maybe you just believe that kids are all angels and gifts from God? OK, maybe it could happen until a certain age, or maybe they do were like that for a while. [...]

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We knew it was going to happen eventually.  We just didn’t want to believe it.  We knew the day would come when Generation Y would lead the way, as our bosses. Remember that movie “In Good Company?” That movie totally predicted this sort of situation, although it did seem a bit unrealistic at the time.   [...]

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Go, live, become

These days in Brazil, our kids often delay striking out to live on their own. I notice how this fills parents with conflicting emotions. On one hand, we want our kids to be mature enough to live alone, or with friends or a partner. On the other hand, as “helicopter parents,” we want them close [...]

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