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Published: 03/2/10

Youthology: When Parents Turn to 'Teen Whisperers'

By  Michelle Ruiz - AOL News
Youthology: When Parents Turn to 'Teen Whisperers'

(March 2) -- As Will Smith once rapped: Parents just don't understand. But 24-year-old "youthologist" and "teen whisperer" Vanessa Van Petten might. Moms and dads tap Van Petten to help them tackle one of parenthood's dirtiest jobs -- communicating with troubled teenagers in all of their text-messaging, door-slamming, curfew-breaking glory. For $150 an hour, Van Petten and her self-trained associate youthologists make house calls, bringing a hip "peer coaching" method to families in need. "I go into their houses and sit on their floors and go through their backpacks with them," Van Petten ...

Published: 10/6/09

'Real Housewives of D.C.' on Bravo; Casting Buzz Inside Washington

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
'Real Housewives of D.C.' on Bravo; Casting Buzz Inside Washington

Bravo announced Tuesday that the cable channel added the TV reality show, "Real Housewives of D.C.," to its program offerings for next year. The franchise is currently being filmed here in the Capitol. Washington has been abuzz since May about which D.C. women would be cast on the show. Although several candidates have been seen with film crews around the city in recent weeks, Bravo has not yet announced the final cast for our group of "housewives." ...

Published: 08/24/09

Top 10 Best and Worst Reality TV Shows

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Top 10 Best and Worst Reality TV Shows

The flurry of posts by my female colleagues on movies and TV shows has gone Right. Over. My. Head. I have never heard of this Julie-whatever movie they are debating. What's the big whoop? And although I've seen a couple episodes of "Mad Men," I think the show is boring and unwatchable. I'm way out of my league trying to debate these TV shows that -- let's be frank -- don't have a chance in heck of being on the cover of Us Weekly. So really, why watch? Go ahead and call me superficial, low-brow, cheesy, trashy, shallow and unsophisticated; I accept all those descriptions. So I'm ...

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