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...every five sensitive kids (who tend to be smart and artistic), three won't develop problems with anxiety. Their secret, explains Barrett, is certain "protective factors." Top of these is parenting style: the sensitive child whose parents are encouraging and optimistic generally rises above his predisposition toward anxiety. On the other hand, a child with the double whammy of physiological sensitivity and negative parents whose favored approach to problems is to avoid them "is going to be a bit of a mess," says Barrett. Sensitive kids "desperately need the parent who says, ?Yes, there are some dangerous things...
...factor for suicide. Living with fear wears down the will to live, and constantly avoiding unpleasant things - while it offers short-term relief - eventually makes the sufferer feel isolated and useless. Katherine, 18, of Brisbane, recalls a childhood spent in her "own little world," not feeling close to either parent, hung up on doing everything perfectly and racked by the fear of getting into trouble. By her final year of high school, she was so filled with despair that she resolved to kill herself. "I had it all planned out," she says. But with just days to spare, Katherine...
...Caroline could now handle ?Big Thunder.? I am pleased that ?Splash Mountain? is still too much, and that Jack and Mary Grace are still too little to reach the 40 inches required for either ride, never mind ?Space Mountain.? Jack and Mary Grace loved ?Dumbo,? and I, an adult parent in a dicey world, want to freeze them in their ?Dumbo? age. It?s a nice, little, 1950s kind of ride, and it?s got a line around the block. That?s because there are a lot of Jacks and Mary Graces in the world, and a lot of other...
Trying another tactic, Freud delves into our inner psyche in an attempt to answer these elusive questions. He suggests that when searching for their mates, humans look for qualities that are most reminiscent and characteristic of the parent of the opposite sex. But to be blunt, I still can’t stomach the idea of Oedipus and his mother, let alone think of my father as a sexual being. And if I were ever to come into contact with the pickup line “you remind me of my mother,” I would choke...
...Family Vacations, a new company that caters to the untapped gay-parent travel niche, will offer a seven-day luxury cruise from New York City to Florida and the Bahamas in July. Prices start at $1,000 a person, and the emphasis is on crafts and sing-alongs rather than after-dark gallivanting. The venture, which targets the estimated 3 million U.S. families headed by gay parents, is being launched and funded by Rosie O'Donnell and her partner Kelli O'Donnell, along with travel entrepreneur Gregg Kaminsky. R Family's mission, says Kelli, is to offer getaways where "everyone...