Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Jared Wadley
Explaining to kids why their behavior is wrong may not always have the intended positive effect if the parent is loud and abrupt, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Tina Gilbertson
The word estrangement comes from the Latin word extraneare, meaning “to treat as a stranger.” Becoming a stranger to one’s child is one of the most painful things that can happen to a parent.
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- Written by: Karl Bates
In a new study, researchers found people who had higher levels of self-control as children were aging more slowly than their peers at age 45.
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- Written by: Katie Bohn
A preschool enrichment program that helps boost social and emotional skills pays off during middle and high school, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Doreen Virtue
There is a new "breed" of humans among us and they are here to usher in the new age of peace. These powerful and intuitive people have little tolerance for dishonesty. They are on Earth so that they can teach others about the importance of speaking truthfully and living in harmony.
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- Written by: Pate McCuien
Fathers often feel uncomfortable discussing body image and health with their daughters, a study indicates.
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- Written by: Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE
I curled up in a ball on the wood floor. I buried my face in my hands. Who said parenting would feel like this? No one. It’s supposed to be filled with soft-focus moments, me gazing lovingly at my child, right? So what is wrong with me?
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- Written by: Stanford
Engaging in “conversations” with adults may help infant brains develop, especially those areas involved in language comprehension, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Francesca Cappucci Fordyce
Parenting is the most difficult job there is because of the immense responsibility of shaping another human being. A child's character and inner structure are like putty in the hands of his parents. Parents hold the power to shape and mold a child's vulnerable constitution. With such big stakes...
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- Written by: Alexis Blue
There’s bad news for parents who frequently plop their kids in front of the TV to give themselves a break: It might actually end up leaving moms and dads more stressed, according to new research.
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- Written by: Britney Benoit and Marsha Campbell
All babies undergo painful procedures, including injections of medications, injections of vaccines and heel sticks to collect blood for routine tests.
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- Written by: Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE
It’s weird, we expect children to be respectful, yet we continually order them around. We make demands of them, then we are surprised when they are demanding. We yell, threaten, and punish, demonstrating to them that power and coercion are our go-to tools. Unsurprisingly, this causes disconnection in the relationship.
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- Written by: Stacy Kish
An overly busy page with extraneous images can draw the reader’s attention away from text, resulting in lower understanding of content for beginning readers, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Noelle C. Nelson, Ph.D. & Jeannine Lemare Calaba, Psy.D.
How do you help your child achieve a positive sense of worth? By teaching him how to appreciate himself. Do this by: 1. First, no matter how your child is behaving, find something within him to value and be grateful for. 2. Then, point out to your child the specific quality or action you are appreciating about him.
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- Written by: Laura Oleniacz
There are ways to ease the transition back to school for kids, parents, and caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Written by: Matthew Oates
Having kids wearing a mask doesn’t have to be a daily battle, says a nursing expert.
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- Written by: Robert Rabbin
During the first few months of 2003, I was taught something remarkable by 123 children, from 2 to 13 years of age. There is something remarkable about kids: they experience life in a way that expresses deep and profound wisdom. Their wisdom is born of their own connection to life and to living things.
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- Written by: Alina Guiterrez
The most important job a person can have is to teach another. Educators have a great responsibility toward those they teach, because everything they do and say has a lifelong impact upon their students. For this reason, it is very important that the children and youth be empowered by allowing them to make their own decisions...
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- Written by: Mandie Shean
As COVID-19 lockdown measures are lifted, some children may experience social anxiety about the prospect of returning to school.
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- Written by: Joseph Chilton Pearce
Bonding gives an intuitive, extrasensory kind of relationship between mother and child. Bonding is a felt process, not available to discursive thought, language, or intellect. It is a communion that bypasses our ordinary reasoning mind. The mother senses the infant's need to evacuate the same way she recognizes her own bodily needs, but the communion of bonding goes beyond just physical processes.
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- Written by: Ellen Rosenberg
There are many parents who would never imagine that their child doesn't have the nerve to talk with them. When I first created my school programs more than twenty years ago, I was amazed at how many thousands of children told me they felt this way and hadn't let their parents know. How close do you think your child feels to you?
