by Dennis Beaver | career, employment, parenting
October 22, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
Recently, for one of my articles, I interviewed Gorick Ng, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right. His book is a wonderfully useful guide for recent graduates...
by Dennis Beaver | education, employment, parenting
May 14, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to parents – or couples looking forward to starting a family – where both want to continue working. Anyone who is in that situation now, or in the past, knows just how much of a juggling act it...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, parenting
April 13, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “My 16 year-old-daughter announced that she and a friend are in the process of becoming internet influencers. They have been in discussions with a small, local company that manufactures specialty dog and cat food – that we have been...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, parenting, workplace
March 12, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Anne buzzed me: “A 13 year-old reader is calling from Chicago. He is worried about his father who is an attorney.” Seconds later I was speaking with “Timmy.” “Mr. Beaver, my father, Hal, is a lawyer and is so sad all the time. He...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, education, financial, parenting
December 22, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver
There is an old saying: “The more you give your children, the more you take away.” Today’s story began with an email from stay-at-home mom “Cindy” and her hard-charging, financially very successful, real estate broker husband,...
by Dennis Beaver | family law, marriage, parenting
June 12, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver If a divorced parent overfeeds a child or allows him/her to eat whatever, whenever, resulting in childhood obesity and health issues, could this become the basis of losing custody? That was the issue facing “Katy” and her 10 year old...