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Children: Our most valuable natural resource.
My Favorite Slime Recipe
A few years ago, making your own slime was all the rage. People swapped recipes and even swapped slimes. Now, you can buy all the pre-made slime you want, in a variety of colors, textures, and themes. But there is something special about creating your own slime. This activity is great for keeping children busy on a rainy day, or helping them learn to follow step by step directions.
By Angel Mannabout 7 hours ago in Families
St. Patrick's Day
When I was a child, I really thought our family was Irish. We always celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a chocolate cake with green frosting, and it was pretty common to wear green and to have corned beef, cabbage, and boiled potatoes for dinner that day.
By Denise E Lindquistabout 8 hours ago in Families
A Grandparent Who Couldn’t See Their Grandchildren After Divorce
I still set the table for five every Christmas Eve. Force of habit, I suppose. My husband Malcolm tells me I do it without thinking, and he's probably right. Two years of quiet Christmases and my hands still reach for the small plates, the ones with the holly border that Lily and Sam used to eat their turkey from. Lily would separate everything on her plate so nothing touched. Sam would pile it all up like a mountain and eat from the top down. I could tell you what they'd say when they walked through the door. I could tell you exactly how the afternoon would go.
By Family Law Serviceabout 13 hours ago in Families
A Dad Who Didn’t Know How to Handle the Grief of Divorce
The first morning I woke up alone in the flat, I made two cups of tea. Force of habit. I stood there in the kitchen holding both mugs, one in each hand, and just stared at them like an idiot. Then I poured one down the sink and watched it swirl away.
By Jess Knaufabout 13 hours ago in Families
The reason we move more quickly when we're excited could be explained by dopamine.
People frequently walk a little faster without realising it when they are enthusiastic or eager. According to a recent study, the brain's reward system could be the source of this extra "pep." It seems that this mechanism modifies our level of activity based on whether positive events occur as anticipated or come as a pleasant surprise.
By Francis Damia day ago in Families
Rewriting unpleasant childhood experiences can help people feel less afraid of failing.
Have you ever been reluctant to start something new because you thought you wouldn't succeed? That fear begins in childhood for a lot of people. A critical remark made by a parent or instructor might linger for years. Those recollections may eventually develop into a profound fear of failing.
By Francis Damia day ago in Families
WHEN SILENCE SPEAKS.
There is a kind of silence in children that does not feel peaceful. It feels heavy, almost charged, as if something unspoken is filling the space between their small bodies and the world around them. As adults, we are trained to listen for words, to expect explanations, to believe that if something is wrong, it will be said aloud. But children do not always work that way. Many of them do not have the vocabulary for what they are feeling, and some of them, especially when something truly painful has happened, do not feel safe enough to try.
By Yolanda Cristobal 2 days ago in Families
The Quiet Strength of a Family to Stay Afloat. AI-Generated.
There are families who move through the world quietly, carrying more than anyone realizes. They don’t ask for attention. They don’t ask for sympathy. They simply keep going because life doesn’t give them the option to stop. The family I’m writing about is one of those families — the kind whose strength is so steady and understated that you don’t notice it until life becomes unbearably heavy.
By Nyra Orrin3 days ago in Families
