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Are You Too Happy?
By
Linda Mintle
Happiness is a good thing, right? Sometimes, not so much! A Yale researcher compares too much happiness to too much food. When you overdo it, problems erupt! Too much happiness makes you a high risk taker. And with high risk can come excessive alcohol and drug use, binge eating and ignoring threats. Happiness researcher Edward…
Depression Is Not Just in Your Head!
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Linda Mintle
Could it be that depression is an obvious symptom of deeper problems within the physical body? Researchers are asking this question as they look at stress and depression in new ways. Long-term depression, it appears, changes chromosomes the same way that aging does! So researchers are study the cellular changes of people who have suffered…
Is It Normal for Children to Lie?
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Linda Mintle
I write for a parenting magazine and this is a question I frequently get asked, “Is it normal for children to lie?” While the answer is YES, that doesn’t mean it’s OK to lie. It is not, and parents have to deal with this behavior. Proverbs 6:16-19 says, Here are six things God hates, and one…
Are Bullies and Victims the Same?
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Linda Mintle
Alex’s mom is tired of Alex being bullied on the playground. One way to help Alex is to understand the profiles associated with bullies and victims. In 2010, the *APA published a study where researchers reviewed 153 studies on bullying over the past 30 years. What they found was that bullies and victims share similar…
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