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Aging in a society where 70 is the new 50 and 60 the new 40 often leads seniors to believe they aren’t keeping up mentally, physically, or emotionally. As baby boomers age, commerce, e-commerce, and media are setting the standards, making the rules, targeting, pursuing, and marketing everything from prescription drugs, skin care products, and …
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Remember the lyrics to a popular hit, “summer’s here and now’s the time for dancing in the streets”? It was the 60s and although life wasn’t perfect, we felt a lot safer in our cities, towns, neighborhoods, and “in the streets” of our communities. Children rode their bikes and safely played “in the streets” from …
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No parent wants to admit their three year old gave them a black eye, a broken nose, or a black and blue bruise the size of a half dollar, yet it happens – more often than you think. Parental abuse is real and, regardless of the child’s age, it can indicate a potentially serious psychological …
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Parenting adolescents, teens, and young adults in the 21st century has its challenges, from academia, competitive sports, smoking, drinking, drugs, bullying, and peer pressure, to living conditions, environment, and social media. Parents worldwide are asking how much parenting is too much parenting, am I pushing too hard or not pushing hard enough, is it time …
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There is a song from the movie Elegy titled “Loneliness Ends with Love”, however, for many, loneliness worsens when Cupid’s arrow pierces the heart. Seeking to resolve a feeling of loneliness by connecting to others often fails to solve the problem. Many in the psychiatric scientific world connect loneliness to depression: “Those suffering chronic forms …
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