Rania Salem

Parenting Made Easy

On any given day you have probably been involved in two or three temper tantrums thrown by your child over everything from brushing their teeth in the morning, to who gets to sit in front in the car all the way up to what time they think their bedtime should be extended to!   The…

Women – Balancing Work and Family

Juggling career and family presents women today with pressures, choices, dilemmas, and struggles. The workplace, society, and women themselves have yet to reconcile the time and commitment needed to pursue a career along with the role of mom. While workplace policies and social attitudes are evolving, today’s women face these issues on a day-to-day basis.  …

The Truth About Marriage

The great philosopher Socrates once said—“By all means marry, if you get a good wife you will be happy and if you get a bad one you’ll become a philosopher.  Marriage—a mysterious union of two people where they both commit to be with each other till their last breath has been a subject of scrutiny…

Friendly Divorce: A Possibility or an Urban Legend?

Divorce brings out the worst in people, the desire to humiliate, the desire for revenge, the desire to use children as pawns in parental power play and the desire to cause suffering. A marriage and family is often smashed to pieces and acrimony can linger for years. So is a friendly divorce really possible? Divorce can…

HUSBAND vs. CHILD?WHO COMES FIRST?

MY CHILD COMES FIRST With their aggressive moral superiority, this group of moms is convinced that their kids should ALWAYS come first. Their children are at the center of their universe. This type of mom, instead of concentrating her attention on her husband, now concentrates it on her babies. Her husband, once the center of her universe, now…

The Plastic Surgery Craze: Is It Going Too Far?

 It encompasses both reconstructive surgery, which is performed on abnormal structures of the body caused by birth defects, developmental problems, injuries, infection, tumors, and disease; and cosmetic surgery, which is performed to reshape or restore normal structures of the body to improve appearance and self-esteem.   Women, increasingly teenage girls, are nipping and tucking, injecting…