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My name is Erin Barker. I graduated from Shepherd University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a minor in music. I started playing the piano at age 6, violin at age 8, and clarinet at age 9. While at Shepherd I learned how to compose

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Jobs & Careers > Stress & Time Management How being organized reduces job stress: 2 of 5

In the American culture, people want to utilize every second of their day to have the highest level of productivity for that day no matter what the arena the individual works. From a highly paid lawyer in New York, NY to a waitress in San Diego, CA, there are many tasks that need to be done in the alloted time in which...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Teens (Other) How to talk to your teen about dating: 4 of 9

The scariest point in a parent's life is when their child says, "Hey mom and dad, I need to borrow the car for a date". This can send a parent's head reeling. Where are you going? What are you doing? Who are you going with and is this serious? Are you having sex? The questions can continue...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy Is knowing potential problems in pregnancy more helpful or harmful for the mother?: 2 of 3

Potential parents, expecting parents or ones that already have children will all give different opinions on whether or not they would have wanted to know if there were going to be complications. However, any mother to be will also tell you that high levels of stress during a pregnancy are very negative. Stress causes things ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Children: 121 of 178

Mommy & Daddy's Angels Where sleep time and wake time meet There they are waiting Happy, smiling in dreams, And slumbering in our thoughts. The soft hue of gold in the morning May remind someone of a lover. A mini drop of rain may remind you Of someone dear to your heart. But for us, my darlings, It is not what we see or hea...
Personal Finance > Banking Basics Should we switch from paper to electronic bank (and other) statements?: 9 of 12

With all of the new technology today it seems almost unrealistic to stay with the traditional paper statements in general. I am a very strict record keeper in my household and always have been even before my husband and I were married. When I was 17 years old and had opened my checking account, had my first credit card to he...
Entertainment > Music (Other) How does music serve as a way to destress and focus?: 6 of 6

Music by definition is the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre (The Free Dictionary, 2009). Music encompasses single notes to create groups of notes, leading to music phrases and developing periods and extensive comp...