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Technology and the Loss of Intimacy0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- May 8, 2012
Read on for some helpful tips on how you can regain intimacy with your partner after you've been spending all your quality time with your phone. Huffington Post, 5/4/2012
READ MORETeaching Kids to Give Themselves a Timeout0
- Family & Kids
- January 22, 2013
In schools across the country, teachers are beginning to reward well-behaved students rather than point out the misbehaved ones. Utilizing techniques such as "active ignoring" is part of a treatment known as teacher-child interaction therapy" (TCIT). The goal is to improve the instructor's capability to reduce disruptive classroom behaviors in order to focus on teaching.
READ MORETeaching doctors to listen0
- Health & Healing
- June 19, 2012
Dr. Rachel Remen created a medical school class 20 years ago that specializes in doctor-patient communication, and changed the way doctors relate to their patients. NBC News, 6/15/2012
READ MORETeaching Children to Read Emotions0
- Home & Family
- October 9, 2013
Reading allows children to learn about emotional experiences. As author and clinical psychologist Eileen Kennedy-Moore says, “Books can give children a window into the emotional world. Through the eyes of a character in a story, children can explore feelings and viewpoints other than their own.” A recent study by the University of Pittsburgh offers further
READ MORETeacher of the year to beleaguered educators: Stand tall0
- Making a Positive Difference
- April 24, 2012
Rebecca Mieliwocki, a seventh grade English teacher from Burbank, Calif., will be honored Tuesday at the White House by President Obama as the 2012 Teacher of the Year. On deciding to become a teacher, she says, "I made a list of the things I needed in my dream job: Be your own boss, work with
READ MORETeach Your Children (How to Give) Well0
- What I Can Do
- January 1, 2011
New programs teach students to research charities thoroughly and donate wisely, "inculcating students into a philanthropic zeitgeist that some say eventually will force charities to become more efficient and more accountable." TGFYN's Take: We think we could all use to learn more about charities and make sure we are giving intelligently… and teaching our children
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