_ Natural Childbirth 101 By Jane Farrell video Want to have a natural childbirth? Find out everything you need-to-know here!
_ Grandparenting Helping a Grandchild Overcome A College Setback By Jane Farrell article College acceptance letters can be an exciting time for high school seniors and a realization of a goal achieved. Although … Read More→
What You Can Do to Ensure a Future For Your Children and Grandchildren By blog The Northern California fires have hit close to home. One of the employees of our local hospital lost his house […]
Grandparenting Solo Grandparents Raising Grandchildren at Risk for Serious Health Problems By article Single grandparents raising grandchildren are more vulnerable to poor physical and mental health than are single parents, according to a … Read More→
_ Parenting Older Moms Need Help with Adult Children By article Mothers who are caring for adult children with health problems donΓÇÖt get enough help even when they have other adult … Read More→
How Childhood Trauma Can Wreck Your Relationship And What You Can Do to Heal By blog We all want real, lasting love in our lives. We spend a lot of time searching for that special someone, […]
_ Parenting Difference in Values May Lead to Mother/Child Estrangement By article The mother/child bond is often severed as a result of the difference in values, according to a new study published … Read More→
Senior Health Childless Boomers at Risk of Becoming ΓÇ£Elder OrphansΓÇ¥ By article With an aging Baby Boomer population and increasing numbers of childless and unmarried seniors, nearly one-quarter of Americans over age … Read More→
Grandparenting Kid's & Teen Health Safety First for Your GrandchildrenΓÇÖs Holiday Gifts By Jane Farrell article The injury rate for children has increased nearly 40 percent from 1990 through 2011. Foot-powered scooters are a leading cause, … Read More→
My Grandchildren: Living with Purpose By blog I am blessed with a precious two-year-old granddaughter Sage, and have two grandchildren on the way in February. As I […]
Aging Parents and Adult Children: When A Health Crisis Changes Everything By blog Fall housekeeping in the upper Midwest doesnΓÇÖt just mean cleaning out the gutters, raking leaves and getting ready for winter. […]
The World is Waking Up to MenΓÇÖs Health: Good News for Men, Women, and Children By blog IΓÇÖve been working in the field of menΓÇÖs health for more than 40 years. For much of that time, IΓÇÖve felt like a lone wolf calling out in the darkness for people to recognize that males live sicker and die sooner than females. We suffer from illnesses like addictions, depression, and Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at rates much higher than females. But over the years the balance has been shifting and now the world is waking up to the problems of menΓÇÖs health and are ready to address solutions that are good for us all.
Mental & Emotional Health How to Put Your Inner Child in Time-Out By Sondra Forsyth article By Steven Jay Fogel The human brain is a wonder of the universe, but our understanding of it can seem contradictory. On the one hand, weΓÇÖre often told of those crucial years that our brain develops in childhood, when weΓÇÖre rapidly progressing in development of our language and other skills, and our preadolescent and teenage years, when our brains undergo a sort of second Big Bang of learning.
_ Mental & Emotional Health Childhood Bullying Still Hurts at 50+ By article Were you bullied as a child? You may still be feeling the negative social, physical and mental health effects. A studydone at King's College London and published in April 2014 in the American Journal of Psychiatry is the first to look at the effects of bullying beyond early adulthood. The findings come from the British National Child Development Study that includes data on all children born in England, Scotland, and Wales during one week in 1958. The 7,771participants were then followed up until the age of 50.
_ Is Your Inner Child Keeping You Trapped in a Bad Relationship or Job? By article By Steven Jay Fogel It happens when we see politicians repeatedly make the same self-destructive mistakes. Think former legislator Anthony Weiner’s repeated sexting scandals. Or we hear friends complain repeatedly about the horrible job they’re “stuck” in.
Parents without Children By Jane Farrell blog When my mom was still alive, my sister and I often visited her in assisted living and later in memory care. Many times, we would be the only outside visitor. In fact, there were many residents whose family didn’t visit them. Sitting hour-after-hour in the lobby, these aging seniors would watch the front entrance intently. They looked as though they were constantly waiting. Waiting for someone who rarely or never came to visit. Their waiting and obvious loneliness made me incredibly sad.
_ Parenting The Unspeakable Pain of Losing a Child By Sondra Forsyth article The wrenching news of the three teenage boys whose lives were cut short during the recent school shootings in a little Ohio town touched us deeply here at ThirdAge. Like parents and grandparents across the nation, we were riveted by sorrow and horror as the coverage unfolded. The poignant statement by 16-year-old Demetrius Hewlin's mother and father seemed to us especially moving: "We are very saddened by the loss of our son and others in our Chardon community. Demetrius was a happy young man who loved life and his family and friends.
_ Hobbies Perennial Gardens for Beauty All Season By Jane Farrell article Create long lasting beauty and pollinator appeal in your landscape with the help of perennials. With a little bit of … Read More→