Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness Are you as old as you look or as young as you feel?

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We may not be able to reduce the number of birthdays we've had pass, and it is rarely possible for those who feel young to look as young as they feel. Still, those of us who are fortunate enough (at least for now) to feel young have to believe we're as young as we feel. After all, if we don't we may as well get out the rock... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Feeding & Breastfeeding Bottle feeding babies: The best formulas to feed your baby

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Since most of the well known brands of baby formula are said to be similar, concerns about the best formula don't necessarily involve the brand. One main difference between formulas is that some are "iron formulas" while others not. Manufacturers of formula generally offer their product with or without iron. The baby's ... More..

Hobbies & Games > Kids Games & Toys Are Bratz Kidz dolls more appropriate for young girls than Bratz dolls?

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Bratz dolls aren't particularly positive toys for girls, and Bratz Kids aren't any better (in fact they're probably worse, because they are aimed at younger girls) To see the less-than-positive impact Bratz dolls can have, consider other dolls: Most dolls designed for very little girls are baby dolls and little-girl dol... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Baby Safety How making your baby feel secure reduces crying

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As the mother of three children who barely ever cried as babies, I endured comments about how I had been lucky to have "easy" children. There were also the less benign hints that my children were not very bright and were essentially too slow to know enough to cry. Such comments came from frazzled, exhausted, mothers who had... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Childhood Development How parents can develop children's emotional intelligence

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In the early 1990's psychologists, John Mayer and Peter Salovey, developed a theory of emotional intelligence which defined it as, "the ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote e... More..

Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Reflections: Prince William in the Royal Navy

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As a US citizen, and someone who has never paid much attention to what "The Royals" are doing or not doing, it is uncharacteristic of me to feel the need to comment on anything Prince William has done. Still, as I watched news reports of the future king's first day in a two-month stint in the Royal Navy, I couldn't help bu... More..

Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Thoughts on the removal and return of the FLDS sect children

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The sect of Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, which has created its own society at its Texas ranch is, as most of us are now aware, a polygamous society shaken by the conviction of it's leader, Warren Jeffs; and more recently shocked by the removal of over 400 children from the Yearning for Zion Ranch by Texas officials, und... More..

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