Care.com / Dr. Gail Gross 5 Active Educational Games for Kids April 22, 2015

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If you want your children to embrace learning, make learning more fun! Kids know sitting in a chair staring at flash cards doesn’t really fit the “fun” bill, but a game that combines a little learning with a lot of fun will get their attention. Educational games for kids make learning fun, so it’s easier to pay attention to the lesson.

For even more fun, invite other children to play along. According to Dr. Gail Gross, a nationally recognized psychologist, family-child behavioral specialist, author and educator, “Games are important because children, as social animals, will be culturalized — not only by the family but also through peer-group socialization. It also helps to develop a child’s psychomotor capacity and strengthen the muscles and bones.”
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Monsters & Critics / Dr. Constantino Mendieta Even Steven, Breast Symmetry A Major Complaint For Many April 17, 2015

Nobody is 100% the same on both sides of their body. Many of us have marked differences between our left and right sides, hence the celebrity requests to be shot on “their good side” and making sure that stars are filmed from certain angles. Beauty is measured in millimeters, and the slightest differences add up.

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The more pronounced the differential, usually the more unhappy the person is with their feature in question. For women, it really hits home when breasts are noticeably different in size, something that can be camouflaged in clothing but when the clothes come off, what then?

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Monsters & Critics / Dr. Damon Raskin Prom Night Wisdom, Don’t Be In Such A Rush To Drink April 17, 2015

‘…Extrication will be needed…” -Law Officer Falber in recorded scene of Prom night car accident

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Drinking seems to be the universal right of passage and hallmark for many kids to show they’re heading into adulthood, or just to blow off steam and break the ice and ease social anxiety. But so many teens are simply not equipped emotionally or physically to handle the repercussions of alcohol, and as such they do not drink responsibly.

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Daily Candid News / The Discovery House THERE IS A DRINKING AGE FOR A REASON AND PROM IS NO EXCEPTION April 17, 2015

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Senior Prom is a major event in a teenager’s life, it signifies the transition from high school to college or a full time job. A time when high-schoolers begin to see that first glimmer of freedom from parental supervision, because in a few short months they’ll be living away from home and becoming true adults.

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The Be.Group / Dr. Damon Raskin Aging into Addiction: Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse April 17, 2015

Here’s how one senior got sober and got his life back.

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Ernest “Ernie” Oare had always been able to hold his liquor. And in his 72 years, he’s held a lot of it.

“I drank a lot, but for some reason I could always handle it pretty well,” says Oare, a horse showman and racer who splits his time between Warrenton, Virginia, and Ocala, Florida. “My mother, sister and brother all were alcoholics, but none of them thought I had a problem. I thought I might, but they had experience. ‘If they don’t think I’m overdoing it,’ I told myself, ‘I guess I’m not overdoing it.'”

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