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Mad Men, Troubled Children

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This post is part of our series of contributions for Social Good Day.

If you’re a “Mad Men” addict, you know that Don Draper’s daughter is having some trouble adjusting to her parents’ divorce. If the girl had broken her arm, either parent would have been able to spring into action to get her help. [...]

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Chanteuse for Children

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Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Chanteuse for Children

August 2010

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes
Chanteuse for Children

“I want to give back to the world, what the world has given to me.” – Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes

Born on May 27, 1971, in Philadelphia, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was an entertainer, humanitarian and social activist best known for being [...]

If You Want to Reach Teens, Don't Bother to E-mail Them

My almost-teenager demonstrates what a new study from the Pew Research Center confirms–youth ages 12-17 aren’t using e-mail anymore. Headlines earlier this week focused on the hundreds of texts that teens send daily, but I found their lack of e-mail use even more fascinating. The study showed that 58 percent of teens text, while only 11 percent use e-mail. In fact, more teens are using landlines (33 percent) than e-mail. Is e-mail the new snail [...]