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Greetings everyone. I'll apologize in advance for this being somewhat long, but I have to tell a little back story before I get to the crux of the problem if I am to hope anyone can offer advice. Like far too many kids, my sister and I are from a "broken" home. Our parents divorced when...
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Not as much as we think JONATHAN HAIDT Psychologist, University of Virginia; Author, The Happiness Hypothesis The closest thing to a persistent flat earth belief in psychology is probably the view that experiences in the first five years of life largely shape the personality of the adult. (The child...
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Ok. So basically podcast 1233 is the greatest thing I've ever heard. It's just a slight over 1 hour, I highly recommend you give it a listen. I listen to it and feel like a god damned hero, which is a great contrast against droning armies of the double speak zombie masses. I was curious, are...
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FDR1788 had a short discussion of so-called "bad" and good" emotions. A very important topic that isn't much discussed here is the point about the blank-out states that are falsely called "virtues"; forgiveness, patriotism, detachment, respect for elders, respect for law...
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ADHD = Individual with strong/energetic spirit? ADHD = Department of Educations disorder for being to smart and not blindly faithful and obedient to the system? ADHD = Pharmacutical companies in connection with DOE officials? I believe the topic of ADHD is so important to discuss because it affects many...
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Link: http://www.physorg.com/news179584529.html Carnegie Mellon University scientists Timothy Keller and Marcel Just have uncovered the first evidence that intensive instruction to improve reading skills in young children causes the brain to physically rewire itself, creating new white matter that improves...
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The link speaks for itself... "When Parents Are Too Toxic To Tolerate" - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/health/20mind.html?_r=1&8dpc
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http://media.libsyn.com/media/thepsychfiles/TPF_103_RaisingChildren_083909.mp3 Episode 103: Raising Children – Interview with Author Jamie Raser "Having trouble raising your children? Join the crowd. There are lots of parenting books, but here’s one you should know about: "Raising...
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Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming novel, The Hungry Artist. It speaks of gaining a perverse inspiration to capture a spiritually infected family in a painting. Now, here is the thing--I wrote this long before I knew of Stefan’s views of “the family” and looking at it now—I...
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This is something I was pondering during the call-in show, and realized afterward that I do believe time-outs can be a way of de-humanizing the child and acting as if you have control over where their body should be at what time. Ultimately, I disagree with it and think there are other ways of dealing...