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My Father The Miracle Worker

Philip Smith | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Growing Up, Miracles, Witness, Relationships, Miracle, Mysteries, Fatherhood, Parenting, Childhood, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Living News
Philip Smith

One day back in the 60s, my father, a high-society interior decorator with clients like the Presidents of Cuba and Haiti, suddenly discovered that he could talk to the dead and heal the sick.

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As Goes Halloween, So Goes Childhood

Lenore Skenazy | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Bobtown, Halloween, Parenting, Zombies, Childhood, Parenting Advice, Halloween-Safety, Halloween Candy, New York News
Lenore Skenazy

If you want to see what childhood is becoming, look how at what Halloween has already become: A parent-planned, climate-controlled, child-coddled, corporate-sponsored "event."

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Childhood Hyperactivity Linked To Shortened Nighttime Sleep

Modern Medicine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Adhd, Childhood, Sleeping Well, Children's Health, Attention-Deficity-Hyperactivity-Disorder, Sleep, Living News

Children who are not able to sleep through the night are more likely to be hyperactive, with the risk especially high for boys with adverse family liv...

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ReThink Review: Where the Wild Things Are -- the Wild Within

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Children, Cenk Uygur, Rethink Reviews, The Young Turks, Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Kim, Childhood, Spike Jonze, Kenneth Turan, Manohla Dargis, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Making a fantasy movie about a 9-year-old learning to understand his emotions and empathize with others seems like an almost impossible task, and Jonze pulled it off in a way I could have never imagined.

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Learning, Naturally

Michelle Howard | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood Memories, David-Sobel, Child Psychology, Outdoor Education, Environment, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Nature Deficit Disorder, Parenting, Teachers, Teaching, Childhood, Learning, Living News
Michelle Howard

Is it possible that all that time wandering around outside talking to myself had something to do with my aptitude at school? Boredom, which drove me outside, is an art lost to contemporary childhood.

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Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marx, International Workers of the World, Mitch McConnell, Mcconnell, The Spirit of Lenin, John Boehner, Leninism, Wells, Teacher, Statue, Republican, History, Pelosi, Barbara Bindley, American History, Socialist, Lies My Teacher Taught Me, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Syndicalist, Handicap, Reid, Radical, Red, Leaders, How I Became a Socialist, Socialism, Alabama, marxists.org, James W Loewen, Childhood, Lenin, Soviet Union, State Quarter, HG Wells, Chris Weigant, Revolutionary, Marxism, Harry Reid, Plutocrat, Why I Became an IWW, Republicans, Boehner, Aclu, Capitol, Brooklyn Eagle, Syndicalism, Rotunda, Loewen, Bindley, Iww, Wobblies, Wobbly, Politics News
Chris Weigant

A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

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The Secret Bond That Sisters Share

Deborah Tannen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Birth Order, Sibling Rivalry, Children, Sisterhood, Sisters, Siblings, Childhood, Rivalry, Communication, Family, Living News
Deborah Tannen

A sister is someone with whom you can laugh and be silly like when you were kids; who still sees in you the child you were; who shares your past and your memories of it.

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The Great Divide: Rosh Hashanah My Way

Tina Traster | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Baking, Rosh Hashanah, Marriage, Grandmother, Childhood, Challah, Suburbia, Jewish, Tina Traster, Holiday, Living News
Tina Traster

The sweet yeasty aroma rising from the blessed creation stimulated my salivary glands and my memory. As I reached toward the loaf to tear off an end my husband tapped my hand as though I were an impetuous child: "No," he said, "You've got to wait for it to cool." I really was back in the kitchen with grandma, being taught the virtue of patience.

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12-Year-Old Girl Dies While Giving Birth In Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Child Bride, Women's Rights, Sexual Violence, Sexual Health, Islam, Yemen, Children's Rights, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Women's Health, Underage Marriage, Childhood, World News

SAN'A, Yemen — A 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labor to give birth, a local human rights organization s...

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Bloomers and Birthers

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: 9/11, Religion, Childhood, Parochial School, Living News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

As a child, religions seemed to me a way of separating people, and in the aftermath of the eighth anniversary of 9/11, it doesn't look a whole lot different to me now.

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A World On Pause: The Joys Of Being Unplugged At Summer Camp From A 16-Year Old Experiencing It

Cassie Goldring | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Unplugging, Television, Connectivity, Children, TV Turnoff, Computers, Nature, Teens, Childhood, Technology, How-to-Unplug, Maine, Teenagers, Living News
Cassie Goldring

As a 16 year-old girl, turning in my Blackberry to the camp director, not to see or hold it again for 7 weeks, was certainly not my ideal way to begin my summer vacation.

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Losing a Childhood Home

Jessica Keener | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood Memories, House, Loss, Childhood, Living News
Jessica Keener

My father's garden gained momentum in May amassing to one thrilling river of colors and scents. But Inside my house, life wasn't as pretty.

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Plagued by an Inner Critic

Colleen Perry | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Anger, Helplessness, Social Seperation, Childhood, Jealousy, Pain and Social Seperation, Inner Critic, Inner-Child-Healing, Living News
Colleen Perry

The only thing we need to change about ourselves is to stop holding ourselves to unreasonable standards and begin to risk ourselves by being honest with those we love.

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Jackson Funeral Won't Convince Followers He Is Dead

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Al Sharpton, Graceland, Papparazzi, Pied Piper, Toxicology Results, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Michael Jackson Sightings, Larry King" "Thriller, Neverland, Celebrity Icon, Tmz, Prescription Dugs, Celebrity Obsession, The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissicm Is Seducing America, The Man in the Mirror, The Glove, Harvey Levin, Childhood, Escapism, Elvis Presley, Tent City, Feneral of the Century, Celebrity Worship, Fairy Tales, Peter Pan, The Media, Santa Barbara, Youtube, Autopsies, Molestation, God-Like, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Since Elvis, the social pathos and obsession with celebrities has grown more than a hundred-fold, and this King of Pop will never be laid to rest or allowed to rest in peace.

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Ten Pieces of Wisdom For Young Women

DivineCaroline | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Growing Up, Relationships, Dating, Women's Health, Childhood, Confidence, Advice, The Inner Life, Living News

I've learned some valuable things about life, love, and being female over the past half-century. Here is the advice I try to pass on to younger women ...

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I'm a Yo-Yo, You're a Yo-Yo

David Finkle | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Walking the Dog, Childhood, Favorite Pastimes, Stress Reduction, Yo-Yos, Home News
David Finkle

In the spring, according to the time-worn adage, a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love. Maybe because my young-man days are in the receding p...

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Not So Fast! Give Your Little Girl a Chance to Be a Little Girl

Len Simonian | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Girls, Dolls, Sex, Alcohol, Body Image, Drugs, Childhood, Sexy, Women and Body Image, Living News
Len Simonian

Guiding and protecting your daughter does not mean sheltering her in a bubble. It means not buying her the revealing short shorts that "all the other girls are wearing."

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A Letter to Barbie: Happy 50th Birthday.

Janice Taylor | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Well-Being, Happiness, Dolls, Janice Taylor, Barbie, Kick in the Tush Club, Birthday Cake, Life & Happiness Coach, Diet, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Childhood, Living News
Janice Taylor

I miss you, Barbie. I really do, and I apologize for abruptly packing you and Ken up into your dollhouse and selling you to the kid down the street for movie and gasoline money.

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Role Reversal: In Trying Times, Children Become Caregivers

NYTimes.com | PAM BELLUCK | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Family Care, Children, Health, Children Caregivers, Effects on Children, Childhood, Health Care, Healthcare, Family, Caregivers, Living News

Across the country, children are providing care for sick parents or grandparents -- lifting frail bodies off beds or toilets, managing medication, was...

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Defining The Holidays By More Than Just The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Blackberry, Holidays, Depression, Economy, Ice Skating, Walks, Childhood, Paris, Skiing, Central Park, Marche D;aligre, Ex-Pat, Cooking, Christmas, World War II, Food, Holiday Shopping, Rockafeller Center, Outdoor Activities, Economic Crisis, Holiday Cookies, Christmas Traditions, Christmas Commentary, Houston, Bank Closure, Ex-Pat Christmas, Christmas in Paris, Financial Crisis, Seattle, Living News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Turn the TV off during the next few weeks, don't check your email, and lose the Blackberry. Take a few days off and have some real vacation time.

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Relationship Trauma: How Does Emotional Pain from Childhood Get Lived Out in Adulthood?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 07.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Emotions, Childhood, Emotional Sobriety, Health, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Mirror neurons offer a neural mechanism that explains emotional contagion, the tendency of one person to catch the feelings of another, particularly if strongly expressed.

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