When you hear the word “Christmas”, what are the first five words that instantly pop into your head? This was the question asked in a new study that led researchers to suggest that differences in food parenting styles for special occasions, may be a key driver of childhood obesity.
Date Posted: December 26, 2015
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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What happens when you cut ties with your family, or your family cuts ties with you? The high emotional and psychological cost of family estrangement.
Dec 23
Categories: Family Problems
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We can learn to empathize with strangers. A new study finds that surprisingly positive experiences with people from another group trigger a learning effect in the brain, which increases empathy.
Dec 23
Categories: Empathy
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New research suggests that to avoid people thinking you're stupid, above all you need to refrain from undertaking risky tasks for which you lack suitable knowledge or skills.
Dec 22
Categories: Emotional Intelligence
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Proceed with extreme caution when your family starts to share recollections about you that you yourself don’t remember.
Dec 22
Categories: Blended Family Issues
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The mirror becomes an object that they cannot live without. They fall in love with their own reflection and believe that they deserve special treatment, becoming aggressive if they don't receive it. A new study has analysed factors that create ...
Dec 21
Categories: Teenage Issues
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New research suggests millennial moms are more confident about having parenting nailed than moms of other generations.
Dec 21
Categories: Parenting
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Most people can tell if you’re angry based on the way you’re acting. What about the way you move a computer mouse?
Dec 19
Categories: Anger Management
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Holiday time can be brutal when you're newly single, but you can do it!
Dec 19
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Santa Claus performers struggle with fulfilling the role of old St Nic due to an acute awareness of the sensitivities around interactions with children.
Dec 19
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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Psychological imbalances or issues that a person may be experiencing in their life are often manifested as physical, biological illnesses.
Dec 18
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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Work stress hangs around long after you leave the office.
Dec 18
Categories: Workplace Issues
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People vary according to different personality traits, such as extraversion or conscientiousness, and new research suggests that they also vary according to a particular cognitive trait: distractibility.
Dec 16
Categories: Adult ADHD, Personality problems
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A new study opens a door to more biologically based categories of major mental illness.
Dec 16
Categories: Mental Health Professions
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Whether it's saying no to a lover, job candidate, spouse, friend or business proposal, here are some basic principles for doing it compassionately.
Dec 15
Categories: Adoption / Reunion Issues, Self-Esteem
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Insomniacs take heart: Humans get by on significantly less sleep than our closest animal relatives. The secret, according to a new study, is that our sleep is more efficient.
Dec 15
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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