Now, while the natural parenting instinct is to comfort and protect and reassure kids, in 1930, the psychiatrist Alfred Adler had already cautioned parents that we can love a child as much as we wish, but we must not make that child dependent. He advised parents to begin training kids fro...
Raise your right flipper if you love cute ducklings! In all seriousness, ducks are hilarious animals with peculiar habits. For instance, our ducklings (and adult ducks) love to stretch and kick a flipper back when they’re relaxing.
It becomes locked away within the dark vaults of our unconscious. Unless we go on a journey to meet, understand, process, and heal this wounded energy inside of us, it has the potential to sabotage our lives and cause us to remain stuck in a cycle of suffering. Toxic Shame and the Inn...
Some students choose to work or travel after leaving school and before going to university. Many people, however, say that working experience is more useful in adult life than travel. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples ...
That is it for today's episode of How to Be a Better Human. Thank you to today's guest, Julie Lythcott-Haims. Her books are called How to Raise An Adult and Your Turn. I am your host, Chris Duffy, and you can find more from me, including my weekly comedy...
How a Pediatrician Keeps Your Child Healthy Pediatricians play a critical role in children's health, which is why doing your research to find the right one is so important. This multifaceted specialty looks after all aspects of children’s health, from physical and psychosocial concerns...
ParentsNeed | Raising a child on your own comes with challenges because you don’t have someone to lean on. People become single parents for many reasons.
Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood -- the subject of her book, "How to Raise an Adult." Julie Lythcott-Haims's resource list Learn more TED COURSES Enroll in Ju...
Filling feeders and waterers for adult chickens might not be as fun as gathering eggs or tending to small chicks. However, if you have a laying flock, it’s a year-round chore. Older children will usually need to be enlisted for this job because it can require some heavy lifting. Even...
"If you have a big test and you wait until the night before to study for it, that puts a lot of pressure on you and you're not going to do as good of a job, most likely," Roberts says. "It's the same thing when applying to colleges. But if you spread it out, you start ...