LAURIE MINTZ, Ph. D. , is a college professor at the University of Florida, has received numerous professional and teaching awards, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She has published over fifty research studies, writes a popular Psychology Today blog, and has been quoted extensively in Parenting, Cosmopolitan, Prevention, Woman’ s Day, Women’ s Health, Men’ s Health, CNN. com, Oprah. com and The Huffington Post.