10 top parenting strategies

Most parents parent the same way as their parents, or if they disliked it, do the opposite.  What comes naturally is the familiarity of what was modeled.  Parenting isn’t taught as part of school curriculum and we just don’t learn it by osmosis.  Developing a sound...
Partisan brains are different

Partisan brains are different

Although it might seem politically incorrect to suggest that a person’s political beliefs can be determined, even in part, by their physiology, a growing body of published scientific research demonstrates a correlation between biology and political ideology.  These...

We over medicate

Conventional bio-medicine follows a reductionist model that theorizes that if there is a problem in the body the source of the problem can be ascribed to a malfunction along the body’s chemical assembly line.  The belief is that pharmaceutical drugs will rectify the...
5 laws of couple relationships

5 laws of couple relationships

1.  It is an unparalleled opportunity If life is a school, relationships are graduate school. We are biologically designed to seek and maintain attachments to others. The area in which we experience our most intense feelings as adults is with our love partner. We...
Family meals, happy families

Family meals, happy families

Family meals are a good indicator of how families become and stay connected.  It is well-known that they are a unifying force in families and reduce behavioral problems in children.  Research shows that children who eat dinner with their families do better in school,...