Dear Savvy Readers, The Savvy Sister has been encountering more and more people who don’t read her blogs, which she does not find as shocking as you might expect. Some people prefer to read Dr. Phil’s new book entitled Life Code: New Rules for Winning in the Real World. Dr. Phil himself says his book Read More
Dear Savvy Sister, Homework. My son is five and in preschool. He has homework Mondays through Thursdays. Not sure I agree with that at this age, but I suppose if he is going to go to public school it is good to get him ready. Question: when is the best time to do homework for Read More
Dear Savvy Sister, I adore my kids and would readily step in front of a speeding train or a government bureaucrat to save their lives. I do everything I can to enrich their brains and broaden their smiles. Except for my one terrible, horrible, no good, very bad secret – I hate playing kids’ games. Read More
Reminder: The questions asked in this occasional column are posed by actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, I thought I was supposed to get more mellow as I grew older. That was my plan. To become more Buddha-like. But my hormones flew the coop a couple of years ago and now I bite everybody’s head off, Read More
REMINDER: The questions posed in this occasional column are written by actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, I finished my novel last year and a junior agent read it. She said it was “pretty” and suggested that I rewrite the whole thing and add a plot. Sigh. So I spent the last year studying the elements Read More
Reminder: the questions asked in this occasional column are posed by actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, Since I joined Facebook a few years ago, my life hasn’t been the same. In one place I can: envy other people’s vacations; be glad other people’s children aren’t mine; spy; and feel pretty darn good about myself after Read More
Reminder: the questions posed in this occasional column are written by actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, I dated a guy I loved for quite a while. Recently he told me that he cheated on me while we were “on a break,” revealed that he loves me, but said we have to cut ties completely. He Read More
Reminder: The questions posed here have been asked by actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, We live in a small town and because of that I don’t feel I can always be truly honest with my feelings. Take, for instance, the idea of car pooling. I am often asked by other moms if I want to Read More
Reminder: The questions posed in this occasional column are written by actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, I have huge insecurities, normal ones, you know, about my body, looks….blah…blah…blah. Anyways, I have a wonderful boyfriend. Our relationship didn’t start off on the best of circumstances but we are going on being together for 3 years. I Read More
Reminder: the questions posed in this occasional column are written by actual people. Dear Savy English Teacher Sister, Concerning the usage of Yea! and Yeah…Am I correct to write “Yea!!! It’s a GNO!!!” and “Yeah, I’ll meet you at 6 a.m. for a long run.” (The first as an expression of excitment, and the other Read More
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