lisa sharkey
Thanksgiving: Are You Naughty Or Nice?
When you lament about tucking away your second helping of mashed potatoes, you are teaching your daughters a big lesson -- though not a good one.
Vampire Books for Your Little Fan(g)s
Can't Get Enough of 'Twilight'? Try These
If you are obsessed with "Twilight" and cannot get enough of the bloodsucking world, then sink your fangs into a few more secretly steamy, underworldly novels. Here are some that readers are also finding on their bedside tables, or hiding in their underwear drawers.
Notes Left Behind: A 6-Year-Old's Story of Hope
Beat the Swine Flu -- Naturally
Here's is one mom's account of her race against the disease.
Leave Your Toxins at the Door
Did a Child Make That Rug in Your House?
If you have never wondered who slaved over the loom for fifteen hours a day to produce that brightly colored, hand-woven carpet you selected, now is the time to take note. Stop buying carpets for looks alone. The sad truth is that your decorative carpet may very well have been made at the expense of an innocent child laborer.
Toxic Mercury Was All Over My Closet!
I opened my closet door the other evening after work and was instantly freaked out.






