Despite all the research that tells parents how good it is for their children to spend time playing outside, they are spending more time indoors than ever before.
Hippocrates said circa 400BC that “food should be our medicine and medicine should be our food”.
Are you ever around women who seem frustrated, upset or irritated? Have you ever asked one of them if she was on her period or perhaps been tempted to inquire?
- By Alexis Blue
One of the most valuable lessons parents can teach their children about money might be how to give it away.
- By Shai Tubali
How can we achieve any sense of knowing with so many contradictory thoughts running around in our mind?
- By Nikki Martyn
We are born to connect. As human beings we are relational and we need biological, emotional and psychological connection with others.
- By Melissa Kang
Is it normal for girls to masturbate and are there any health consequences?
The topic of sexual consent seems to be in the news on a daily basis, especially since #MeToo went viral one year ago.
Young people get a huge amount of their news from social media feeds, where false, exaggerated or sponsored content is often prevalent.
The benefits of music education are widely reported. Playing an instrument has been shown to have significant cognitive benefits.
Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs like Reach Out and Read and hear from a variety of health professionals and educators that reading to their kids is critical for supporting development.
Remember that the goal of this teaching is to facilitate the lessons of unconditional love and acceptance. There is no possibility of accomplishing this toward others if you have not first learned how to unconditionally accept yourself. Here are seven steps to lead you in that direction...
Over the past few decades of Australian life, government policies have gradually offered more support to working mothers, particularly through childcare subsidies and parental leave.
Both in Europe and the US, more than 90% of adolescents have their faces buried in screens before bed.
At the parent-teacher conference, I sat across the table from my first grader’s teacher in a chair made for a 6-year-old.
- By Bert Gambini
For couples who frequently use the drug, episodes of marijuana use increase the likelihood couples will experience “intimacy events,” according to new research.
- By Joann Davis
How often do you tell the special people in your life exactly what it is that you love most about them? How often do you identify what's good about your spouse, lover, children, sisters, brothers, dad, mother, uncles, aunts, friends, and colleagues -- and actually put it into words so there can be no doubt?
It may surprise you to learn that things that we typically think of as “objects” or “things” have consciousness, spirit, a life force or intelligence that can be felt, sensed, and communicated with. We know through quantum physics that there is intelligence, consciousness, and awareness in and through everything…
You may have heard of play. It’s that thing children do – the diverse range of unstructured, spontaneous activities and behaviours.
Dementia is set to become one of the biggest global health challenges of our generation. In the UK alone there are around 850,000 people living with the disease and this figure is projected to more than double by 2051.
Our understanding of the Emotional System today is still in the Dark Ages. This has its analogy to the time when people's understanding of our Solar System was based upon the belief that the Sun revolved around the Earth, as it certainly appeared that way -- however, just the reverse was true. The problem was, as long as we believed the Sun went around the Earth, we were limited as to how far we could go in the Solar System.
The best TV shows and films don’t simply distract from the drudgery of everyday life. They’re places to vicariously get to know different people, and learn from their relationships and experiences.
Imagine you’re a 14-year-old girl on the train on your way home from school, when out of nowhere a “dick pic” appears on your phone. Surprise! You’ve been cyber flashed.