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How To Deal With Uncivilized People
Every society contains certain rules that govern the behavior of its members. These rules over a period of time become customs. There are customs for greetings, dress, eating, social gatherings, formal rituals such as religious services and holidays. Behaving within the tenets of a custom is considered, “polite.” Breaking customary boundaries is generally, “rude.” Though…
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”MOM, I’M BORED!”…A MID-SUMMER’S NIGHTMARE
What?! Did you expect that wide-eyed exuberance to last all summer? Did you actually believe the boundless energy displayed on their last day of school– when heads were filled with the sweet thoughts of summertime fancies– would carry through Labor Day? To a child, summertime is a whole pack of bubble gum; or the curiously…
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QUSTION & ANSWER # 6
Parents are constantly reminding their kids to wash their hands, especially with the flu and virus season coming. But how do you strike a balance between teaching good habits and becoming obsessive? Hands quite possibly make more contact with the world than any other part of your body. Such contact often includes places where germs…
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WHEN ITS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE…
“The Guardian of Stearns Street…like a sturdy, weathered ship…now leaving port, fading from my view, but never from my heart.” Robert H. Wolfe, D.V.M. From the day you first encounter that cute, fluffy, curious bundle of joy, you think about it. As the weeks and months and years together pass, it contextualizes– goes “inside” and…
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MADE IN JAPAN
Remember years ago when comedians, talk show hosts, actors and the general public would joke about things being “Made in Japan?” The quips were then followed by hearty laughter and head-shaking as they referred to the fact that a particular product was cheap or otherwise inferior to something made here in the good ol’ U.S.A.…
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ANGER MANAGEMENT COUNSELING: MANAGING ANGER … AHEAD OF TIME!
In the past two years, there has been a burgeoning of interest in a context for addressing anger that has come to be called, “Anger Management Counseling.” And of course, with the advent of this entity there has been a corresponding increase in those for whom this is deemed appropriate; namely, angry people. They come…
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TAKING YOUR CHILD ”NICHE” HUNTING (WITHOUT GETTING AN ULCER)
“When I grow up, I want to be a fireman.” “I’m going to be a policeman like my Uncle Frank.” “I want to be a brain surgeon– or if that’s too hard, maybe a politician.” The innocence of childhood is a place where the line between dreams and reality is barely perceptible; where change is…
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WHEN “RED AND GREEN” MAKE “BLUE”…
The Holiday Season… It’s everywhere. At work, in social gatherings and at the malls. The media– replete with colorful and euphonic offerings– generally announce the arrival of the season. It’s a “tab-set” on the keyboard of the year; an “anchor”, or event that triggers a particular state of consciousness in which information is stored. Such…
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WHEN THE GLUE OF SUCCESS WON’T STICK…
“Nothing recedes like success.” Walter Winchell During the 1950’s and ’60’s, the American car industry was second to none. The success of the industry was enhanced by a plethora of media advertising. Remember how many t.v. shows were “brought to you by” a large, heavy, stylish, spacious, (gas-guzzling) American vehicle of all makes? Living high…
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FAMILIARITY SOMETIMES BREEDS….CONTENT
“Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw To some, it’s a chair (remember Archie Bunker?), a side of the bed, or a driving route to work. Still others might typically order the same food from a particular restaurant, read the paper only on certain…
