All posts tagged Parenting

Strength & Weakness: Balance

Over the last week, we have explored the innate and learned behavior which defines and exhibits strength and weakness. To conclude this series, let’s explore how to strike a healthy balance of the two. As the title suggests, balancing strengths and weaknesses is the key for both the individual and the couple. Will ~ Introspection […]

Tips for Keeping Your Child Unplugged

Unplugging your child requires your intervention and the child’s cooperation. Here are some tips for both parents and children to stay “unplugged” in the high-tech age: Fewer Temptations Remove the temptation entirely. I am not advocating tossing out the television, but children should not be plugged into the iPod, Blackberry, television, game console or PC […]

Strength & Weakness: Nurture

Yesterday, we established self-sacrifice as a strength, but identified the same characteristic as a weakness. Natural self-sacrifice is truly a strength which furthers humanity. Self-sacrifice as a weakness is not an instinct, but instead, is learned behavior. Out of the Bubble Outside the vacuum we are exposed to societal expectations and contemporary norms. Over time both change, […]

Strength & Weakness: Nature

Our discussions of the strengths and weaknesses of men and women led to the question of how much of what we perceive as strength and weakness is a product of societal norms and what was genetically inherent to the sexes. We are all human. When polled, the audience (and my research subjects and the doctors […]

Little Hemingway

Parenting Your Child Writer Every parent would love to have a Pulitzer prize-winning child. How do you foster your child’s writing skills to produce a writer? Back to basics 1. A strong vocabulary is the first step. Your child should not only be able to guess a word when given the definition, but should also be […]