Do Babies Know What’s Fair?
- Home & Family
- March 21, 2012
Psychologists have found that children have a sense of fairness by the time they start pre-school, when they’re three or four years old. And within the past few years, a small but growing body of research has indicated that kids have a moral compass while they’re just toddlers, suggesting that a sense of fairness might
READ MOREThere’s No Place Like Home: Why Cooking at Home May Be the Answer to America’s Obesity Problem
- Health & Healing
- March 21, 2012
Changes to demographics and the growth of the restaurant industry have shifted eating habits in a way that has devalued home-cooked meals and contributed to growing health problems, argues Craig A. Lambert in Harvard Magazine. Worldwatch Institute, 3/17/2012
READ MOREBest-selling author saves home for 101-year-old widow
- Making a Positive Difference
- March 21, 2012
“Tuesdays With Morrie” author Mitch Albom has secured the home of an elderly woman following her eviction. TODAY, 3/20/2012
READ MORESimple Tips for a Safe and Sunny Spring Break
- Environmental Well-Being
- March 21, 2012
With the warm, sunny days quickly approaching, there is one thing parents need to keep in mind before jet-setting to their desired locations: protecting their kid's skin from the sun. Without proper preparation, a week-long timeout from the real world can quickly transform into a nightmare filled with ouches and tears. Huffington Post Parents, 3/14/2012
READ MOREBell Leadership Study Finds Humor Gives Leaders the Edge
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- March 21, 2012
A new study by the Bell Leadership Institute in Chapel Hill, NC, found that when employees are asked to describe the strengths and weaknesses of senior colleagues in their organizations, “sense of humor” and “work ethic” are mentioned twice as much as any other phrases. “Humor is a vital tool of leadership,” says Dr. Gerald
READ MOREA Field Guide to the Middle-Class U.S. Family
- Home & Family
- March 21, 2012
The University of California has published a study examining the family life of America's middle-class. Researchers at UCLA are studying the habits of middle-class families, asking intriguing questions like why are American kids so helpless and dependent? The Wall Street Journal, 3/13/2012
READ MORERed Meat Tied to Increased Mortality Risk
- Health & Healing
- March 21, 2012
Your risk of early death may be increased by eating just one serving of red meat each day. ABC News, 3/12/2012
READ MOREDon’t Call It Pampering: Massage Wants to Be Medicine
- Health & Healing
- March 21, 2012
The Wall Street Journal, 3/13/2012
READ MOREBret Michaels Challenges the Public to a Fitness Contest
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- March 19, 2012
Musician and philanthropist, Bret Michaels announced today that he will issue a fitness challenge to the public that will "Rock The World." Michaels joins the Champions of Health on “GoodChime!” to foster greater awareness to the importance of healthy living and physical activity for young adults. San Francisco Chronicle, 3/9/2012
READ MORE100-year-old teacher: ‘the Lord will tell me when to stop’
- Making a Positive Difference
- March 19, 2012
Kindergarten teacher Olivia Neubauer is still passionate about teaching kids to read after finding her calling nearly 80 years ago. NBC Nightly News, 3/13/2012
READ MOREVolvo Deploys World’s First Pedestrian Airbag
- Home & Family
- March 19, 2012
Volvo has come out with the world's first commercial airbag designed to protect pedestrians rather than drivers in a car accident. That's just one of many safety features on display in its latest model of the Volvo V40 compact car. The pedestrian airbag inflates across one-third of the windshield and raises the back of the
READ MOREWorld’s Largest Soup Maker to Remove BPA from Cans
- Environmental Well-Being
- March 19, 2012
Campbell’s Soup, whose iconic red and white label is found in pantries across the country, says it will stop using the notorious chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, in the linings of its cans. Campbell’s has listened to its customers’ concerns, and plans to remove this toxic chemical, which is associated with a very long list of
READ MORECouples Therapy for One: To Fix a Marriage, Some Go Alone
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- March 12, 2012
Most couples wait far too long to seek professional help when the marriage hits a rough patch, and a common scenario is one partner wants to go and the other does not. As a result, some couples therapists are adapting traditional couples-counseling techniques for use with one spouse only. The Wall Street Journal, 3/6/2012
READ MORENeighbors help storm survivors
- Environmental Well-Being
- March 12, 2012
For every storm, there are the helping hands who bring food and volunteer time. NBC’s Lester Holt learns this may be a human instinct. NBC Nightly News, 3/5/2012
READ MORESnoring, mouth-breathing tots more likely to develop behavioral problems
- Home & Family
- March 12, 2012
CBS News, 3/5/2012
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