Recently added articles from Going Bonkers Magazine:
Nice people aren't always good ... and good people aren't always nice.
Jan 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From childhood, we're taught to be nice. Our mothers spent endless hours wagging their fingers in our faces while saying, "Don't do that, it's not nice!" In our culture, if a person is nice, then they're generally considered to be good as well ....
Quirkology 101: living with life's little oddities in others.
Jan 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "And that's when I shot her, your Honor," my husband says, when he's annoyed with one of my many quirks that drive him crazy. Quirks. We all have them. Yet, we tend to think of quirks as being those odd habits, strange mannerisms, or annoying ...
Letter from the editor.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Greetings, As 2008 winds down, we begin to see a fresh year on the horizon. As calming as that sounds, in just a blink of an eye, we'll be knee deep in 2009. Are you prepared? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now is the time to begin planning and creating for your ...
Beware the underminer: handling those who casually try to ruin your life.
Jan 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It doesn't sound like a put-down when your old friend teases you about your new haircut, but later that night, you're still thinking about how she said you had to be really brave to pull off a haircut like that at your weight. You've always ...
How dads can bond with their children.(60 SECOND SELF)
Jan 01, 2009 ... New fathers don't always know what to do with their little bundles of joy, but they play an important role in their child's long and short-term development. Children deprived of a positive relationship with their father may be at increased risk for problems such as drug abuse, delinquency, ...