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Education > Early Childhood Ed Teaching toddlers to read: 3 of 18
I had a seven year old foster daughter once who could not read. It was time spent with this girl that really drove home the reason why I taught my biological daughter to read when she was a toddler. What would I have done, with all the traveling, all the car-time, if my daughter had not been able to read? I could not have ta... More..
Relationships & Family > Coping with Divorce Dads and divorce: Financial and custody strains: 2 of 9
We figured this would happen and just like clock-work, now it has. The child from the previous marriage has finally decided she wants to know something about her biological father. Or so it seems. Friends and family say we should be excited. But we're not. My husband is a Dead Beat Dad, you see. I mean, he is also a Regu... More..
Health & Fitness > Weight Issues Is overfeeding a child a form of abuse?: 2 of 6
Babies control their food intake. A normal, healthy infant who arrives home from the hospital, will consume perhaps 2 ounces of milk in a feeding, pulling his or her mouth away from the bottle or the breast when he or she is full. A few weeks the later, baby will eat 4 ounces, then 6 ounces. Parents may try to force the young... More..
Sciences > Psychology The psychology of why people dwell on the past: 2 of 5
While studying for my master's degree in family psychology and working at the same time on writing people's biographies, I read a book that claimed that stories are the basic unit of human understanding. At first, I was skeptical, but as my work on clients life stories progressed, I started to realize the importance of storyt... More..
Sports & Recreation > Martial Arts How to find a martial arts school in your area: 2 of 4
Finding the right martial arts school is similar to finding the right church. What's good for one may not be good for another. A lot of what makes or breaks one's first martial arts experience has to do with whether the martial arts school in question is in sync with the student's beliefs and goals. Martial arts is a very fel... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena How your emotions affect your paranormal investigations: 1 of 2
Paranormal activity has not been officially indoctrinated into science yet. Because studies into the paranormal have not yielded consistent, replicable results (paranormal events are, by nature, unpredictable, after all), paranormal investigation has not been given the same scientific status as physics or geology in the world... More..
Sports & Recreation > Martial Arts Excuses and solutions for putting off martial arts training: 1 of 2
So, you're making excuses for not doing something that you really want to do. A yoga instructor would call it resistance. Although the study of resistance is not necessarily a part of most martial arts curricula, the study of personal resistance toward accomplishing a desired goal is pertinent when considering the reasons why... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Childhood Development What to tell a little boy who wants to wear "girl clothes": 1 of 1
Children are not bound by the same social norms adhered to most religiously by adults. In the first five years of life, children are typically able to put a great deal of information together about what is considered acceptable and what is considered unacceptable social behavior in our culture. While children are children, an... More..
Relationships & Family > Marriage Psychology How to decide which marriage counseling school to attend: 1 of 1
Higher education is not what it used to be. There is a whole curriculum of knowledge that prospective students have to familiarize themselves with just to find a school that will lead them in the direction they really want to go. Education within the context of a capitalistic society can be bought and sold like used cars thes... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Help (Other) Finding one's way: 4 of 6
I worry about the pillows, having crumbs on the floor, the little stains on the refrigerator door handle. I like for things to be just so in my living environment. But, after about a decade of focusing on such trivialities as a homemaker, I have that nagging feeling that something is missing. And it isn't God. Like a lot of ... More..