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By Jack Levine
Investing in Children
David Lawrence Jr.
The Children’s Movement of Florida is a coalition of 325,000 Floridians dedicated to ensuring that children become the number-one priority of state lawmakers and decision-makers and that every child in Florida gets a full chance at the American dream.Jack Levine, special correspondent for GRAND [...]
By Debra L. Karplus, MS, OTR/L
Growing up on the North Side of Chicago, specifically West Rogers Park, was perhaps like coming of age in any other large metropolis. We attended Green School located on Devon Avenue, a newly-built school, erected to accommodate the [...]
By Helen Dennis – Specialist in Aging, Employment & The New Retirement
Imagine Silicon Valleyin the 1980s with its entrepreneurial, brilliant, and creative 22-year olds working 20 hours a day and eating pizza at 3 a.m. on paper plates. That scene may still exist, but entrepreneurship is not just for kids. In fact, a recent [...]
By Michelle Edelman
Introduction to: Understanding the Boomers and Beyond Market authored by Leslie M. Harris, Ph.D
Marketing can seem an endless pursuit of the youth market. Particularly these days, when it takes a mind wired to multi-task to keep up with the rapid rate of technology innovation. As I write this, the ipad2 and [...]
By: Karla Sullivan
Unlike today’s’ grandchildren and young adults whose family room entertainment consists of computers, androids, Nintendo Wii, and 900 cable TV channels, Baby Boomers and their parents spent childhood hours indoors with less sophistication and a lot more imagination. When, raindrops diminished the hope of playing outside, creative pastimes took over. With or [...]
By: Karla Sullivan
(Editor’s Note: Next time your grandchildren tell you they are bored…share this story with them.)
As storms approached for a long weekend of indoor play, you called your neighborhood friends to come over using the single household phone; some families had two. If the line was busy, you could be delayed [...]
Max-Wellness is at the forefront of the 21st century’s trillion-dollar health and wellness industry
By Richard J. Anthony, Sr.
In 1988, low on funds but catapulted by a big idea, Michael Feuer launched OfficeMax, a brand that went on to transform the retail office supply industry and made its founder an iconic multimillionaire. OfficeMax sold [...]
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