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Warum sind Kinder gelangweilt, verwöhnt & haben keine Freunde?

September 4, 2018 By Jacqueline

Translated by Anne Schweda for Deep Roots at Home.

„Der Gefühlszustand von Kindern ist heutzutage katastrophal! Wenn sie zur Schule kommen, sind die meisten emotional gar nicht dazu in der Lage, etwas zu lernen. Dazu tragen viele Faktoren bei, die von unserem modernen Lebensstil herrühren.“ ~ V.P.

Das, was meine Freundin Victoria Prooday (Ergotherapeutin) in ihrer beruflichen Praxis erlebt, ist so weit verbreitet und alarmierend, dass ich sie darum gebeten habe, ihre Gedanken dazu mit anderen teilen zu dürfen. Da dieses Thema auf ein so überwältigendes Interesse gestoßen ist und sich daraus auch viele Gespräche ergeben haben, veröffentliche ich ihren Artikel in etwas gekürzter Form an dieser Stelle erneut….

Too Much Skin, Girl. Too Much Skin: A Talk On Modesty by Rick Thomas

June 23, 2018 By Jacqueline

Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

By Rick Thomas.

While summer is an appreciated and welcomed relief from the blustery cold of winter, it does bring a different kind of difficulty. The summer months draw attention to our universal struggle with biblical sexuality, and the modesty debates take a prominent role in our conversations.

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Screen Time, Digital Drug: Brain Images Show It’s As Addictive As Opioids

May 28, 2018 By Jacqueline

Screen time, in its multiple forms, will be part of your children’s lives at some point. But parents must ask themselves how early and to what extent?

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15 Proven Ways To Increase The Attention Span Of Boys

December 16, 2017 By Jacqueline

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As a general rule, the attention span of boys tends to be shorter than that of girls. Obviously, this varies with each child. Depending on personality, boys are usually downright full of energy and constant motion unless they are ill. It helps to understand that this is not abnormal, most of the time.

Even boys who have wonderful powers of focus still have a tendency to bounce, fiddle with objects, look around, and generally want to be on the move. Sadly, boys are often ‘diagnosed’ with ADHD when they are just being boys.

Fortunately, it is possible to promote a healthy environment for your boys which will be more conducive for learning, if you are homeschooling (or not) and can control some of these lifestyle choices.

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It’s Not Dangerous For Kids To Be Bored Sometimes.

December 15, 2017 By Jacqueline

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Most children today find it very difficult to be bored. There constantly needs to be something happening. We all really need to stop keeping our children entertained.

It’s truly not dangerous for them to be bored sometimes.

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Aluminum: Record Levels Found In Brain Tissue of Susceptible Children

December 3, 2017 By Jacqueline

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Aluminum. We keep reading and hearing that it isn’t a problem in vaccines, right?

A new paper just came out that (for the first time ever) measured the amount and location of aluminum in the brain tissue of donors who had been diagnosed with autism.

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