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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 […]

  “Holding anger is a poison, it eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hating is a curved blade, the harm we do, we do to ourselves.”      -Mitch Albom[i]   ****   “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other […]

This article suggests that what kind of TV young kids are watching is just as important as how much. The author suggests that watching shows with a fast-paced storyline and different images flashing across the screen every few seconds can lead to a shorter attention span later in school. Furthermore, kids who have the ability to focus well […]