When it’s hot out the last thing you want to do is turn on the oven and make it hotter! Did you know you can still make delicious desserts and get around the heat by baking with your slow cooker?
These Crockpot S’mores Cookies for example would make a delicious summer treat without the extra heat!
Spending time with animals can have calming effects and give you a break from your busy schedule.
Click here to watch live footage at the Monterey Bay Aquarium to relax! Choose from several different animals and see what they’re up to.
One college in New Jersey is opening a center for social media study and will be offering a business degree with a concentration in social media marketing. New programs like these are suggesting that social media is here to stay, and will be a major way that all types of business will market in the future.
It can be tough to decide whether you believe your child has depression or does not. Why is that? Mental health symptoms happen on the inside – they don’t show up like a rash on the skin that everyone can see. When symptoms show up on the inside, the only way you can “see” them, is by the person explaining to you how they feel, or by what you see as their behavior. If they are also having trouble understanding how they feel and are worried about what you will think if they say anything, they might not share that with you. That is one good reason why if you are the least bit worried, a good idea is to ask your doctor for help figuring it out.
The number 1 cause of death in adolescents is motor vehicle accidents. Having a talk with your teen about safe driving can be one of the most important talks you have. Studies show that sitting down and making a parent-teen driving agreement or setting limits and rules for driving – like not having friends in the car – can help your child stay safe. But easier said than done, right?!
Check out the video below and youngdriverparenting.org on tips how:
Do you think this video was helpful? Have you made a safety agreement with your child before? Share your tips below!
Barbara Fredrickson, a researcher who studies positivity, found that negative emotions not only make us feel lousy, but they also get in the way of healthy functioning. Any kind of positivity is healthier for our physical and emotional well-being and keeps us moving forward. Continue reading Emotion Search
Do you ever feel like you can’t keep up with all the new social media websites? Each year the Pew Research Center puts out a report on social media usage. This report provides us with the most popular sites that we often use, with Facebook being the most favored of the social media platforms. Most of the names often come as no surprise and might be ones you use as well!
Can you tell how someone feels just by looking at them? If you said yes, you are using non-verbal communication. That is when we express thoughts or emotions by not saying anything at all. If you said no, good news! It is a skill that can be learned.
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