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Strategies For Handling Back-To-School Stress

17Jul

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MENTAL HEALTH, SLEEP, TOP FOUR

Strategies For Handling Back-To-School Stress

With the start of a new academic year come increased appointments, chaotic schedules and new environments. Helpful strategies minimize stress and frustration build-up. Real Simple’s tips include: ‒ Get enough sleep. High schoolers need a solid eight to 10 hours, according to the National Sleep Foundation. ‒ Plan ahead. A whiteboard in a prominent place, featuring a week’s worth of appointments, practices, classes, tutoring, etc., is a visual reminder. A study of 197 college freshmen published by the National Institutes of Health determined that ”... increased stress level was significantly associated with lower sleep quality and greater negative emotions (fear, anger). Exercise was an effective stress coping strategy while other coping methods (Internet usage, meditation and self...

Solutions To Overcome FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)

17Jul

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MENTAL HEALTH, TOP FOUR

Solutions To Overcome FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)

FOMO contributes to a person’s dissatisfaction with their own social lives FOMO is a pervasive modern anxiety perpetuated by social media. Noah Webster, in his first “American Dictionary of the English Language” published in 1828, had no reason to include the word. Yet in 2003, MySpace launched and was followed by Facebook in 2004. Thousands of people began sharing posts of daily life. Before 2004 closed, FOMO was a real word defined in the dictionary that still bears Webster’s name as “fear of not being included in something (such as an interesting or enjoyable activity) that others are experiencing.” In an April 2018 report, businessinsider.com expounded ”... FOMO contributes to a person’s dissatisfaction with their own social lives ... It triggers negative feelings like boredom and ...

How Babies Adapt To Their Mother’s Physiological State

17Jul

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MENTAL HEALTH, PARENTING, TOP FOUR

How Babies Adapt To Their Mother’s Physiological State

The classic image at New Year's where old Father Time represents the year just ended while the bannered New Year's baby emerges onstage, heralds the iconic star of a conference I attended in San Diego recently. Sponsored by the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH) the international congress addressed the scientific and psycho-social discoveries centered on "the conscious baby." Founded in 1983 by Canadian psychiatrist Thomas R. Verny MD, and David Chamberlain PhD, the APPPAH started as a small group of people who shared an interest in the sensitivity and consciousness of babies. Membership chair and parental educator Barbara Decker explains, "Their premise is that babies are having experiences in the womb-welcoming or not being welcomed, experiencing fear...

The Golf Secret Every Pro Knows And Every Amateur Needs To Learn

2Jul

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SPORTS, TOP FOUR

The Golf Secret Every Pro Knows And Every Amateur Needs To Learn

If you've ever taken a golfing lesson that really didn't help you to hit longer and straighter golf shots then you should read this article because in it I will describe the one principle of the golf swing that is the difference that makes all the difference in improving your golf swing technique. Of all the golf swing basics that you can learn there is only one that I can think of that would really help you to possess a more powerful and consistent golf swing. No more over the top swings, slices, fat shots and duffed shots, just solid golf shots with little to no curvature on the golf ball. I know this probably reads like one of those outrageous adverts you read on different golfing websites but it is absolutely true: there are only a few simple golf swing technique principles that wh...

Ready For The Summer Fishing Trip — The Best Kept Secret In Fishing

1Jul

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TOP FOUR

Ready For The Summer Fishing Trip — The Best Kept Secret In Fishing

Ready For The Summer Fishing Trip shop and save. Let’s be honest—buying a tournament-grade fishing rod usually means crying at the cash register. But Piscifun is completely changing the game by packing elite, high-tech features into rods that actually fit your budget. Piscifun rods punch way above their price tag (mostly ranging from $50 to $300). While their high-modulus carbon rods are absolute lasers for freshwater finesse and open water, you might want to swap to a heavy composite rod if you are bashing against barnacle-covered rock jetties. Tight lines, everyone! SHOP NOW! Every product is selected by editors. Things you buy through our links may earn "IRL" a commission.

With Empathy For Friends – Teens With Secure Family Relationships ‘Pay It Forward’

1Jul

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FAMILY, TOP FOUR

With Empathy For Friends – Teens With Secure Family Relationships ‘Pay It Forward’

Jessica Stern, University of Virginia The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Teens with more secure family relationships get a head start on developing empathy, according to my colleagues’ and my new study tracking adolescents into adulthood. In contrast to popular myths about self-obsessed teens, existing research shows that adolescence is a key stage of development for the growth of empathy: the ability to stand in someone else’s shoes, to understand and resonate with their emotions and to care about their well-being. Empathy is a skill that develops over time, and it has major consequences for teens’ social interactions, friendships and adult relationships. So how do teens learn this critical skill? Our team’s new findings, published o...

2Jul

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RUNNING, TOP FOUR

6 Safety Tips For Summertime Joggers

The key is to run sensibly! A disagreeable notion, perhaps, to take a jog during summer months when temperatures soar? The key is to run sensibly. Road Runners Club of America offers this sound advice: 1. Stay hydrated: Pre-hydration with a few glasses of water before running is advised, then carry a bottle or wear a hydration pack and sip at least every 20 minutes. Rrca.org recommends weighing yourself before and after running and, to determine proper hydration, “you should have drunk one pint of fluid for every pound you’re missing. Indications that you are running while dehydrated are a persistent elevated pulse after finishing your run and dark yellow urine. Keep in mind that thirst is not an adequate indicator of dehydration.” 2. Pay attention to the day’s air pollution and humidit...

How To Prepare Your Home For Life After Baby With Easy Setup Tips

5Jun

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PARENTING, TOP FOUR

How To Prepare Your Home For Life After Baby With Easy Setup Tips

For new parents, especially those bringing home a first baby, the early postpartum weeks can feel like a constant loop of healing, exhaustion, and overwhelm. When the home isn’t set up for postpartum home preparation, small tasks stack up fast and steal energy that should go toward rest and bonding. A recovery-friendly postpartum recovery environment helps daily life run with fewer decisions, fewer trips across the house, and fewer moments of frustration. Prioritizing home safety for newborns also reduces worry, so postpartum challenges don’t get amplified by preventable stress. Quick Summary: Postpartum Home Setup Priorities Stock the freezer with simple meals to reduce daily cooking after the baby arrives. Place laundry baskets where clothes pile up to make quick sor...

5Jun

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PARENTING, TOP FOUR

Designer Babies

When human desires and wants are quantified as unalienable rights, then, ethics and morals become easily compromised, and a disaster often awaits. Designer babies will soon be the norm in reproductive healthcare, a reflection of desire passed off as an individual right. Soon, a couple will be able to walk in a reproductive healthcare facility and select all the features that they would prefer their child to have or not have. If permitted from clinical trials to practical applications, couples will have the freedom and right, depending on affordability, to decide the features that their child will have, in the process creating a child that they want. Therefore, based on their preference, a couple can decide to have a child with green eyes, less chances of becoming obese, high probabi...

Helping Make Society More Respectful And Equitable – Nurturing Dads Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids

5Jun

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PARENTING, TOP FOUR

Helping Make Society More Respectful And Equitable – Nurturing Dads Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids

When my oldest son, now nearly 13, was born in July of 2008, I thought I could easily balance my career and my desire to be far more engaged at home than my father and his generation were. I was wrong. Almost immediately, I noticed how social policies, schools and health care systems all make it difficult for dads to be highly involved and engaged at home. Contradictory expectations about work and family life abound. As a fatherhood researcher with four kids of my own, I am convinced that fathers are transformative figures for children, families and communities. But a man’s mere presence, paycheck and willingness to punish misbehaving children is not nearly enough. Many of the benefits of fathering for children come from dads being nurturing, loving and engaged in all aspects of p...