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  “What is fear anyway? It’s a series of automatic responses to a given stimulus, characterized by increased heart rate, respiratory activity, and adrenaline function. The only problem with fear is that it has largely become inappropriate and non-adaptive. Do sweaty palms help to talk to your boss? Does a racing pulse help some kid […]

Some articles discussing the important life experience and mental health benefits that kids get when they go out for unstructured play: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/03/researchers-let-your-kids-fall-off-the-damn-monkey-bars.html https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201001/the-decline-play-and-rise-in-childrens-mental-disorders?utm_source=FacebookPost&utm_medium=FBPost&utm_campaign=FBPost  

A new study out of Northern California Institute for Research and Education confirms that a couch potato lifestyle – watching a lot of TV and low physical activity level as a young adult – is associated with worse cognitive function 25 years later: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/623730/children-addicted-to-TV-more-likely-brain-dead-adult-cognitive-function-television  

  Common courtesy is hardest at home.   * * * *   Don’t keep score.   * * * *   If you are arguing about arguing i.e., ‘I didn’t yell!’ ‘Yes, you did!’ or you are taking turns yelling your point without any effort to really consider the point your partner just made, […]

A new study suggests that teenagers have not fully developed the ability to multitask.  When they are engaged in  social interactions or attending to devices, it is more difficult for them to take in other information and attend to it. So, they may not be deliberately ignoring their parents. More likely that it is more cognitively challenging for […]