From the earliest ages of childhood development, children are taught to share. Sharing with one another fosters a sense of cooperation and responsibility with others, yet having private time to oneself is an equally important aspect of a healthy lifestyle. Decorating a bedroom to suit both a boy and girl in the same room is [...]
Suggesting love, peace or affection in its native tongue, the term Aloha has come to embody the culture and traditions of the native Hawaiian lifestyle. Meaning both hello and goodbye in its simplest form, the many applications of the term suggests an underlying theme of compassion and warmth unique to Hawaiian culture, coining the iconic [...]
There’s a running joke in the “Calvin and Hobbes” comics that whenever Calvin had to undertake some particularly rueful chore or obligation, his dad would explain that it “builds character”. The same went for, say, if the car broke down and they had to push it down the road, or when their campground turned out [...]
The picture is a familiar one: a family car in the driveway with the doors and trunk open while all available hands help load in suitcases, bags, clothing hampers, and cardboard boxes full of miscellaneous items: a lamp here, a pile of books there. Mom and dad’s faces betray the bittersweetness of the moment. Perhaps it’s the departure of the youngest (or only) child to college, or perhaps they’re moving out to get their own place, follow a job, or travel. Regardless, the strange sensation lingers that a portion of life which will be forever unreturnable has passed. Empty nest syndrome sets in bringing a whole variety of (sometimes confusing) feelings.
What age is the right age to buy a first cell phone: It wasn’t a question that factored into our childhoods. For us the more pressing issue was how to keep track of our friends’ phone numbers, what public locations had phones we could use in a pinch, and what line we would give our [...]
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