Flexible Workplaces Promote Better Health Behaviour and Well-Being

A flexible workplace initiative improved employees’ health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health management, according to a new study by University of Minnesota sociology professors Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen, which appears in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. The key findings show that employees participating in the flexible workplace initiative…

Making the Grade for life

Now that children are back in the classroom, are they really learning the lessons that will help them succeed? Many child development experts worry that the answer may be no. They say the ever-growing emphasis on academic performance and test scores means many children aren’t developing life skills like self-control, motivation, focus and resilience, which are far better predictors of long-term success than high grades.…

Ten Practices of Effective Discipline with Your Adolescent

The ultimate goal of parental discipline is to help adolescents develop sufficient self-discipline to manage themselves and their lives independently and well. 1. Clear rules are consistently supported. The teenager knows where parents stand because they keep standing in the same place. 2. Patient insistence is relentlessly applied. The teenager knows that if it’s important enough for parents to ask for, it’s important enough to…

Why Facebook’s Recent Changes Outrage People

Lots of people are upset by the recent changes that Facebook made to its website. The look is a little different, and things function a little differently. This has caused people to rant and rave and some are even boycotting the site. What’s going on? Actually, the reactions are a very common human response: We are very resistant to changes of any kind. Coca-Cola found…

What is Your Personality Type

We all have special gifts…..our personality. Sometimes it’s just hard to uncover and see them for ourselves. Once you understand your basic “type”, it becomes easier to recognise your own strengths and weaknesses.  It also helps you to see more clearly your personal strengths and how to play to them and live a life that uses and compliments them. There are four basic aspects to…

People pick friends just like themselves

“When you have opportunity to choose your friends, you will tend to choose people who are similar to you; there’s a lot of evidence that we like similar others,” says Chris Crandall, psychology professor at the University of Kansas and co-author of the study entitled “Social Ecology of Similarity: Big Schools, Small Schools and Social Relationships.” “We found that when you ask people what’s important…

Top 5 Back to School Tips for Parents of Students with Special Education Needs

Some tips for parents of students with special education needs to help them prepare for the upcoming school year: Spend time to review last year’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) and in particular review your child’s statement of needs. Start talking with your child about returning to school in a positive way.  This will help prepare them mentally for going back to school. Identify any new…

10 Truths to Keep Your Relationship Healthy

Here are some basic rules of the relationship road that will keep you headed in the right direction. 1. Successful relationships take work. 2. You can only change yourself, not your partner. 3. All arguments stem from our own fear or pain. 4. Understand that men and women are very different. 5. Honor each other in some way every day. 6. Anger is a waste…

Dealing with a Passive-Aggressive Boss

If you’ve ever experienced the great shut-out from a passive-aggressive boss, you know how nerve-wracking such treatment can be. And if you’ve followed the dynamics of the “Terrible Office Tyrant” or “TOT,” you can easily picture your boss as a child who doesn’t get his way and chooses to ignore you. But you can empower yourself to manage this kind of boss – and create…