Scrabble Tournament Cheating | Why Children Cheat | Tips for Parents When the NY Times ran the story about the 13-year-old Scrabble player cheated in the National Scrabble Championship, the nation immediately asked the question, “What would cause a child to cheat?” There suggestions that parents must have added an extreme amount of pressure. Others [...]
How to maximize the ‘Happy Gene’ | 4 Tips to be happy University of South Florida, Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatry Institute identified a gene that appears to make women happy. The “happy” gene seems to bring significant happiness to women, but not men. The study published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & [...]
When should you cut off your children? With rising gas prices and unemployment at an all time high, many parents are making the decision to financially “cut off” their children. A recent study by MetLife surveyed three generations to determine the appropriate time to allow adult children to fly on their own. The new study [...]
Mother Kills Daughter & Husband | Depression and Despair | 16 Tips for Identifying Depression Regina Johnson, 55, was accused of shooting her 14-year-old daughter and 56-year-old husband to death. Johnson allegedly sat in her San Carlos condominium for three days with the bodies before calling her relatives to report the shootings. Johnson joins the [...]
Emotional Recovery after Trauma | Batman:The Dark Knight Rises | Colorado Shooting | James Holmes | It should have been a normal evening of candy, popcorn and a movie. No one would have suspected to walk into a movie theatre and get gunned-down. When 24-year-old James Holmes walked into an Aurora, CO movie theatre packed [...]
The death of Sylvester Stallone’s son Sage has devastated family, friends and fans. A young man with a promising life ahead, Sage passed Friday July 13th at the age of 36. The cause of death is unknown, making it harder for those grieving for him to cope with the situation. Disbelief, astonishment, and anger are [...]
