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  • August 2, 2013
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  • Comments Off on The Truth About the Childless Life
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The Truth About the Childless Life

The Truth About the Childless Life

A response to the August 12, 2013 Time magazine cover story: A Childfree Life. First published in Huffington Post. Then in PsychologyToday.com. Now here.... Aashna, a single 43-year-old marketing ...Read More »
  • July 26, 2013
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  • Comments Off on 5th Annual Auntie's Day is Sunday, July 28!
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5th Annual Auntie's Day is Sunday, July 28!

5th Annual Auntie's Day is Sunday, July 28!

When I launched Savvy Auntie five years ago, my first mission was to change the way we look at aunts in America today. Often imagined as a relic of a generations past, the term 'aunt' conjured up an i...Read More »
GEM Magazine LI Cover Story!

GEM Magazine LI Cover Story!

My first cover! Thank you GEM Magazine Long Island for featuring me on the cover of your summer issue! To read the full story, go to http://www.gemmagazineli.com/  Or pick up your copy in Long Island...Read More »
  • May 12, 2013
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My Mother’s Lesson for Life

My Mother’s Lesson for Life

On a snowy morning in Montreal, when I was four, not-quite-five, I was struggling to put on my big red rubber boots. My mother sat nearby and watched me, as I finally succeeded, enabling my independen...Read More »
  • May 12, 2013
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An Overlooked Female Demographic: PANKs

Yahoo Small Business

On Mother’s Day, I thought it would be important to salute those amazing women who are influential in the lives of their nieces and nephews but have not given birth to a child.  I know lots of these important women who have been nicknamed PANKs, Professional Aunts No Kids.  They are actively involved in the lives of children around them.  In fact, one in five women is a PANK, or approximately 23 million Americans.  PANKs are roughly half of all the women who are not a mother or grandmother.  This group is actually growing as women are choosing to stay single or marry later.  Just think about this group – the size of a group almost as large as the Black/African American segment of US citizens...

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