Home and Family Resources
- Home & Family
- December 15, 2010
EfficientGov, a newsletter focused on municipal government, bestowed its 2012 “Intelligence” Award on a public bathroom located in the city of Portland, Oregon. The “Portland Loo” is billed as a cost-effective public restroom that provides maximum function in minimal space, and is being marketed to other cities in need of better public bathrooms. With its
READ MOREPsychologists 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 MOREChanges 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 MORE“Tuesdays With Morrie” author Mitch Albom has secured the home of an elderly woman following her eviction. TODAY, 3/20/2012
READ MOREWith 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 MOREA 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
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