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A Child's Mind Undone

Shaman Durek | Posted 05.11.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mindfulness, Rewards, Parenting, Childhood, Spirituality, Choice, Spiritual Development, Childhood Experience, Childhood Lessons, Adults, Childhood Experiences, Adult, Healthy Living News
Shaman Durek

Many adults are completely separated from the truth of who and what they are, following the patterns of their own conditioning. When these adults interact, they hold the expectation of truthfulness for the other but not for themselves.

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The Difference Between Adults and Grown-ups

Daniel Moulthrop | Posted 08.18.2012 | Impact
Read More: Parenting, Parenting Young Kids, Parenting Psychology, Parenting Children, Parents, Grown Ups, Adults, Adults and Grown Ups, Video, Impact News
Daniel Moulthrop

The trick to parenting is in helping young people become grown-ups, capable of imagining consequences, rather than adults who have merely aged into adulthood. But how do you do that?

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking

Ilana Ross | Posted 05.03.2012 | College
Read More: Women, Hillary Clinton, Kesha, Speech, Nba, Vocal Fry, Sexism, Cnbc, Wall Street, Teens, Men, Boys, Adults, College News
Ilana Ross

The New York Times noted that a current linguistic trend called "vocal fry" is just one in a long line of largely female speech patterns that are seen often seen as a sign of stupidity. Young women who used vocal fry were being dismissed as insecure, naive, and dumb.

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PHOTOS: 5 Amazing Adults-Only Retreats

Oyster | Posted 05.16.2012 | Travel
Read More: Hotels, Romantic, Empty Nesters, Getaways, Travel, Retreats, Adults, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Oyster

Some hotels aren't interested in catering to the baby-toting crowd and we're totally alright with that.

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Want Your Kids to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables?: Use Your Creative Side When It Comes to Their Plates

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 03.19.2012 | Parents
Read More: Presentation, Plates, Food, Adults, Children, Kids Eating, Kids Eating Fruit, Kids Eating Vegetables, Kids Fruit, Kids Eating Habits, Kids Healthy Eating, Parents News
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

Hey parents, don't assume your kids share your preferences for food. According to a new study, young children prefer plates that feature a wide variety of foods and colors. Here's how to do it.

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I'm With Stupid: Fetch Me My Dinner, Wench, I Mean Mom

Todd Hartley | Posted 11.26.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Children, Eviction, Lawsuits, Parents, Italy, Venice, Adults, Europe, Adico, Comedy News
Todd Hartley

Just the other day I read a story about an Italian man who, at the age of 41, not only still lives with his parents but has forced them to seek legal help to try to get him out of the house.

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A Call to Black Families

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Call to Action, Youth, Children, Child Watch Column, Teens, Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch, John Hope Franklin, Generation, Black, Adults, Families, Black History Month, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our families have seen us through many crises, but there have also been threats to black family stability and reports of black family breakdown throughout our history.

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Summer Jobs Hit Record Low In Summer 2010

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: College Students, Restaurant Jobs, Youth, Economy, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Teenagers, Underemployed, Internships, Unemployment, Ageism, Financial Crisis, High School, Summer Jobs, Adults, Business News

Only 47.6% of people ages 16 to 24 had jobs in August, the lowest level since the government began keeping track in 1948, the Labor Department said Fr...

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Our big problem

Alan Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Super Size Me, Fast Food, Michelle Obama, Vegetarian, Hamburger, Children, Vegan, Soda Tax, Slow Food, Liberty, Organic Food, Soda, Trans Fat Ban, Eating Animals, Freedom, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Real Food, Adults, Jonathan Safran Foer, Obesity, Theilemma, Home News
Alan Miller

In this weekend's Wall Street Journal Theodore Dalrymple (the pen name for Anthony Daniels, a retired prison doctor and psychiatrist) was only the lat...

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Text Messaging Volume Grows 80% In 2008

New York Times | ALEX MINDLIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Bucket Plans, Text Message Statistics, CTIA Report, Texting Stats, Tweens, Text Message Growth Rates, Teenagers, Cell Phone Carriers, Text Stats, Cell Phone Companies, Phones, Teens, How Many Text Messages Have Been Sent, Per-Message Fees, Cell Phones, Adults, Demographics, Technology News

The number of text messages transmitted in the United States grew by more than 80 percent over the 12 months ended in June, according to a report just...

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Why You'll Need A Personal Brain Trainer

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Senior-Living, Nih, Brain-Health, Brain-Games, Parkinsons, Schizophrenia, Drug Development, Neurological, Cognitive-Science, Allstate, Adults, Technology, Medicine, Efficiency, Games, Therapy, Telemedicine, Safer Driving, Neurocognitive, Myelination, Brain-Fitness-Training, Ucsf, Neuroplasticity, Posit-Science, Internet, Brain-Trainers, Brain-Assessments, Psychiatric, Aaa, Working-Memory-Training, Brain-Fitness, Brain-Training-Software, MATRICS. Neurocognitive Assessment, Neurodegenerative, Mental-Health, State-Farm, Innovation, Embedded Assessments, Alzheimers, Public-Libraries, Cochlear-Implant, Institute-of-Medicine, Fda, Brain-Training, Fitness, Memory, Brain-Functioning, Neuropsych, Cogmed, Coaches, Automated, Scalability, Home Health, Brain-Gym, National-Academy-of-Sciences, Seniors, Speed-of-Processing, Keck Center, Novavision, Insurers, Scientific-Learning, Teens, Integrative Neuroscience, Piano Teachers, Neuropsych Assessments, Personal Brain Trainers, Michael-Merzenich, Scil, Nih-Toolbox, Mci, The Balanced Life, Health, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Substantial gains could be achieved by organizing everyday activities that grow neurological abilities and sustain brain health. If the ordinary citizen is to achieve brain fitness, they'll need to work at it.

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Sleep: Most Adults Get Insufficient Rest

reuters.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sleep Patterns, Sleepy, Insomnia, New Study, Tired, Sleep-Study-Insomnia, Adults, Sleep, Exhaustion, Sleep Disorders, Healthy Living News

Nearly 70 percent of adults in the U.S. report having at least one day of insufficient rest or sleep per month, suggests a new survey conducted by the...

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AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Women, Maternity, Girlhood, Aids Rates, Developing Countries, Pregnancy, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, Girls, Education, West, Breast Cancer, Health, Sex, Africa, Women's Health, Aids, Safe Sex, Contraception, Cancer, Adults, Unsafe Sex, Health Care, Medicine, World News

GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...

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CODEPINK Builds a Playground in Gaza: It's all About the Children!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Codepink, Adults, Gaza, Peace, Children, War, World News
Linda Milazzo

It was with enormous pleasure that I watched CODEPINK build a playground in Gaza, where children are spared the ravages of war to be as they should be: happy, joyous and free.

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