At two, she only wears dresses because she’s a princess like the ones on TV. At six, she wants the trendiest, scantily clad doll because all her friends have it. At eight, she’s begging for makeup because she wants to be pretty like the teen superstars. Your daughter has every opportunity to be independent and confident — if only [...]

By: Nicole Pelletiere Journey is the true story of author Stephen Mateo’s father,. Tomas Castellano, a 78-year-old husband and father.  He recounts his life as a teenager in Spain when the country was under Franco’s fascist dictatorship. The year is 1945 and Hitler’s trained soldiers wander the streets, killing anyone suspected of disloyalty to the [...]