What is it about saying, flat out, 'I love you' to our children that has been shunned by many and may still constitute a taboo among middle-aged parents today? Novels, movies, indeed most cultures invest 'I love you' with strong erotic content. The deep, romantic, feeling-tone of the phrase reinforces the taboo...
- By David Adger
When we speak, our sentences emerge as a flowing stream of sound. Unless we are really annoyed.
Fidgeting is usually considered as a sign of boredom or lack of attention which can be distracting to others.
Of course, your ancestors can and do leave behavioral and attitudinal legacies that help you actualize your innate potentials. Mingled with ancestral legacies we discover blessings as well as curses. You can take a major step toward maturing when you can see and accept both the good and the bad in other...
Though it’s not easy, it is possible to change the poor sleep habits of children in preschool and elementary school, experts say.
- By Sandra Jones
Around 1% of the population has an autism spectrum disorder, with estimates ranging from one in 150 to one in 70.
I have a policy: On Sundays, I don't allow myself to come within five hundred yards of the computer; the phone goes on voice mail; and the cell phone gets to snooze in my purse all day. My friends know how I am about Sundays, and they respect my need for solitude. This soothing Sunday routine means a lot to me...
- By Mirtha Vega
In today's changing times, we are looking for a better way to be ourselves, not someone we were raised to be. In this time of intense self-discovery, all others serve as our mirrors.
If you’re a parent of a preschooler, you might be wondering how you can help set your child up for success once they enter kindergarten.
I teach, speak, and write about joy, peace, power, ease, and grace because I am learning to bring them more fully into my own life, not because I have mastered them. And to the degree that I have been able to make them a reality in my life, part of my life's work is helping others make...
- By Alan Cohen
In the film Being John Malkovich, an unhappy guy named Craig discovers a portal into movie star John Malkovich's mind, through which he can live vicariously for fifteen minutes. Soon there is a long line of people paying $200 to enter the portal and be someone else.
When parents separate or get divorced, it inevitably disrupts the lives of children, and can take a toll on their mental wellbeing.
Diagnoses of mental disorders and drug prescriptions among school-age children have skyrocketed over the last two decades.
- By Liz Entman
When making food choices when we’re with friends, we tend to want to match characteristics that others can measure or rank, such as size or price, but feel free to go our own way on things like flavor or shape, a new study suggests.
- By Cailin Riley
Kids are less likely to have concentration problems and behavioral issues if their parents make a greater effort to engage with their schooling earlier in the year, according to new research.
The numbers of women undergoing elective egg freezing across the Western world has increased rapidly over the past few years.
Breakups happen to friends, too. Here’s how to find closure, while preserving your heart and dignity.
One of the interesting questions we face as philosophers who are attempting to make philosophical ideas accessible for a general audience, is whether or not everyone can or should ‘do philosophy’.
- By Sarah Pitt
There’s been a surge in measles cases across Europe, putting people’s lives at risk according to new findings from the World Health Organization.
Inquiry-based learning emphasises a student’s role in the learning process and asks them to engage with an idea or topic in an active way, rather than by sitting and listening to a teacher.
- By Jenny Graves
The claim that homosexual men share a “gay gene” created a furor in the 1990s. But new research two decades on supports this claim – and adds another candidate gene.
Empathy is everywhere. In many ways, empathy is the social glue that holds everybody together. Empathy is a social experience that involves feeling external emotional energy to the point of mirroring an emotion and taking it into one’s own experience.
Because I conduct research about reading, parents often ask me the same question: “What can I do to help my child become a better reader?”