My daughter Kristin will be receiving her second Masters next month and here she is enjoying her first sushi. I really don't think this was but a few days ago.
Here is what I am reading today:
“Family life remains highly satisfying for most Americans. Three-quarters are very satisfied with their family life, and 19% are somewhat satisfied. Fewer than one-in-ten (6%) are dissatisfied with this aspect of their life. In general, family life is considered more satisfying than social life, community life or career. And there doesn’t seem to be much yearning for the good ol’ days. Survey respondents say their families today are at least as close as the families in which they grew up. When asked to make this comparison, 40% say their family today is closer, 45% say it’s about the same and 14% say their family is less close now than when they were growing up. Similarly, among respondents who are married or living with a partner, half (51%) say they have a closer relationship with their spouse or partner than their parents had with each other. An additional 43% say their relationship is about the same as their parents’ relationship. Only 5% describe their relationship with their spouse or partner as less close.”
“The battle of the sexes has just heated up—in dogs. A new study finds that when a ball appears to magically change size in front of their eyes, female dogs notice but males don’t. The researchers aren’t sure what’s behind the disparity, but experts say the finding supports the idea that—in some situations—male dogs trust their noses, whereas females trust their eyes.”
“Right-handedness reaches back a half million years in the human evolutionary family, at least if scratched-up fossil teeth have anything to say about it.”
“Recovering addicts are often told to avoid the people, places, and things connected with their addiction—tried-and-true advice that may be gaining support from neuroscience. A view widely accepted among addiction researchers is that drug abuse can cause the brain to form persistent, enduring associations between a drug and the environment in which it is purchased and consumed. These mental ties represent a subconscious form of learning and contribute to the tenacious grip of addictions.”
3 Comments
corrieesmon · April 28, 2011 at 11:44 am
So far as the families are about the same as when we were growing up I honestly believe the the era you grew up plays a big role in that. I know that being the age I am I grew up in a much different household styled compared to the 20’s year old. My husband and I strive to have a different atmosphere for our son then what we had.
I for my own personal reasons do my best so my son does not have live his live like I lived mine when I was growing up.
corrieesmon · April 28, 2011 at 11:53 am
I hold hardly agree with the study on addiction and staying away from the people and places. I am an addict but I have been clean going on 7 years in November. But for me to be 7 years clean I had to get away from the area and my using buddies to do it. I know if i were to go back up north it would be just a matter of time before I gave in.
Matter of fact when I first moved down here I had to go back up there for some reason and before I could leave from up there I was getting high again.
So for me to stay clean I just started a new life with new true friends and refuse to go back up north.
Robert Landon · May 1, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Regarding the article on family life, I’m pleasantly schocked at the results. Being a college student, I feel that many of my peers do not view their family lives as more satisfying than their social lives. Further, due to separation of family I know that many friends who are separated by location from their family as a significant barrier to a positive family life. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any statistics on the age of the respondents in this survey. I wonder how the results would change for over various age groups.
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