Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Mom-kid attachement, Good Friendship, Precious Moment
Toddlers who are strongly attached to their mothers are more likely to form closer friendships in the early grade-school years. Mother-child relationships may be important in guiding children’s outlook towards other close relationships.
"In a secure, emotionally open mother-child relationship, children develop a more positive, less biased understanding of others, which then promotes more positive friendships during the early school years." Children who were securely attached at age three showed more open emotional communication with mothers and better language ability.
It was found that open emotional communication at age four and a half was related to mother- and teacher-reported friendship quality via the child’s general peer competence in first grade. "When kids feel comfortable talking about their emotions, especially their negative emotions, it increases their social competence with classmates and leads to closer friendships."
The way children interpret other people’s behavior may begin to develop in the context of early relationships in the family, and these interpretations may be important for a child’s ability to get along with friends later on".
With this open emotional communication, mother-child relationship will stay as good as it is and the feelings of happiness will always be felt.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Never Stop Having Fun
Put it to work. If you’re worried that you’ve forgotten how to play, think back to childhood. What did you love to do when you were still a kid? What flavor of the ice cream you always asked with your mom? What kind of toy you want to play? For my friend Danny, a fun afternoon is spent browsing at antiques store for favorite games and small cars he played with as a child.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Father and Son
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Laughter is the Best Medicine
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot see it from themselves. – Sir James Matthew Barrie
Humor is just another defense against the universe. – Mel Brooks
Humor is a rubber sword—it allows you to make a point without drawing blood. – Mary Hirsch
Nobody ever died of laughter. – Max Beerbohm
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. – Charlie Caplin
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. – Will Rogers
He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh. – The Koran
Laughter is the closest distance between two people. – Victor Borge
Reference: Donna Gephart
Sunday, February 15, 2009
How Happy Can You Get?
“Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp,” novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote, “but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” And yet, in his provocative and scholarly Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile (Oxford, British Psychologist Daniel Nettle finds that human beings are born with a preset level of happiness that may fluctuate during their lives but that remains basically unchanging.
Interestingly, most people rate themselves as “moderately to very happy” while persisting in the belief that they’ll be happier in the future. Our tireless drive toward happiness is simply evolution’s way of getting us out of bed in the morning. The possibility of good fortune lures us to go on, to achieve, to try header but following a period of euphoric adjustment to, say, a job promotion or a new romance, we slip back to our preprogrammed level of contentment. This phenomenon can be traced to “adaptation”—whereby having achieved their ambitions, human beings unconsciously up the ante.
At the same time, the author unearths a few everyday characteristics shared by people who say they are happy, including good health, a feeling of autonomy, and social connectiveness.
Reference: Peter Smith
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Stop Tears in their Tracks
APPLY PRESSURE Poking your fingertip with a paper clip helps shift your focus and activate the part of the brain that controls impulse. More control means fewer tears.
JUST OUT YOUR JAW As soon as your eyes start to well up, push your jaw forward in an exaggerated underbite. Apparently it’s difficult to sob and make a silly face at the same time, the two actions aren’t compatible.
TAKE IT OUTSIDE Going for a quick walk helps fend off the sobs in three ways: Removing yourself from the situation restores a sense of calm. Doing something active stimulates feel-good endorphins that can counter a weepy mood. And if you still cry, well at least you’re our of sight.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Happy Face Mug
