Work & Family Life back issues from September 2008:
Getting your child to (and back to) sleep
Sep 01, 2008; ... When, how, where and how long our children sleep is a major preoccupation in the lives of parents. It starts with babies and their erratic sleeping patterns. Then toddlers, who may balk at going to bed because they are struggling with autonomy issues and see sleep as separation from you ....
'My 7-year-old can't make up her mind'
Sep 01, 2008; ... Q My 7-year-old has become a bundle of indecision. She agonizes over what to wear, what to eat, how to spend her free time and whether she really wants to be friends with the girls next door. Then once she decides, she changes her mind. Any suggestions? -N. H., Sacramento, CA A ...
Injuries on the rise from golf cart accidents
Sep 01, 2008; ... As golf carts have migrated from country clubs to college campuses, gated communities and national parks, the number of people hurt in them has increased as well. According to a recent study by Ohio State University researchers that was published in the "American Journal of Preventive ...
Vacationing may be the 'healthy' thing to do
Sep 01, 2008; ... Many Americans don't take the vacation days they have earned, for a variety of reasons. For one, they want to be seen as hard-working-and some people are concerned that their jobs may not be there when they return. Lately, the high cost of travel has added to the temptation to forego a vacation ...
Does your parent have a new partner?
Sep 01, 2008; ... Chances are that one or both of your parents will be with another person at some point in your life. If you have not warmed up to your parent's new arrangement or if it's creating friction, your first step should be to figure out why you feel the way you do. It could be that you have ...
Give the new partner a chance
Sep 01, 2008; ... If your older relative has met someone and you're trying to get used to the idea, here are a few suggestions. TRY NOT TO VIEW the new partner as a parent figure. He or she is not displacing your other parent. LOOK FOR INTERESTS that you and the new partner may share, and do ...
10 ways to respond to the bully in your face
Sep 01, 2008; ... We've heard a lot about cyber-bullying lately, and parents have their radar out for potentially dangerous situations that may arise from their chil- dren's use of the Internet. But a practical reality is that our kids are more likely to encounter bully behavior more directly-at school, in ...
Distracted at the workplace?
Sep 01, 2008; ... We live in a world of distraction. We can tap into 50 million websites, 1.8 million books in print, 75 million blogs and other snowstorms of information but, increasingly, we seek knowledge through Google searches and Yahoo headlines that we gulp on the run while juggling other tasks. We ...
Is that bottled 'vitamin water' worth the cost?
Sep 01, 2008; ... Drinking bottled water containing vitamins, nutrients and fruit flavors seems like a great idea for people on the go? until you look beyond the bright packaging. "Vitamin waters are an expensive way to get nutrients and they tend to be filled with sugar," says Heather Bainbridge, a ...
High tech firms cope with 'digital deluge' too
Sep 01, 2008; ... The technological tools that have improved productivity can be counterproductive when they are overused. Some major technology firms (including Microsoft, Intel, Google and IBM) have started the Information Overload Research Group, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to study the problem, ...
Pssst...it's time to launch an 'attention' movement!
Sep 01, 2008; ... Pssst ...it's time to launch an 'attention' movement! We're interrupted and overloaded, frazzled and pinged. We live in a world of distraction. Attention is the biggest casualty of our high-tech, high-speed age, says award-winning author and journalist Maggie Jackson in her ...
Take a brisk daily walk to a longer life
Sep 01, 2008; ... Americans are getting older: 330 baby boomers turn 60 every day, and by 2030 one in five of us will be over 65. Thus, it's no surprise that many of us are concerned about "losing it"-our strength, stamina, flexibility, mobility and, ultimately, our independenceas we get older. But we do ...
Quitting smoking? Get a little help from your friends...
Sep 01, 2008; ... There's a strong social factor when it comes to quitting smoking, according to researchers Dr. Nicholas Christakis of the Harvard Medical School and Dr. James Fowler of the university of California, San Diego. Their study, published in "The New England Journal of Medicine," looked at ...