When you win you hear from everyone. When you lose you hear from your friends! – Richard Nixon

Unhappy? Try some dirt. Victims of depression could benefit from a down-to-earth approach … getting dirty. Apparently the ‘friendly’ bacteria in soil can be as uplifting as anti-depressant drugs. Mice treated with the bacteria appeared more relaxed. It stimulated the immune system and activated brain neurons producing the mood-enhancing chemical seratonin, a study has shown…. Read more »

To help a distracted child remain in a line you can place a bib over the back of the student in front of them with a happy face on it, and have the child follow the face. – Gene Bedley

Whining is a habit your child developed over time, and it will take a little time to break it. But, don’t despair; you can stop your child’s whining habit. Here’s how. Notice when she whines and choose your response. Changing the pattern of whining begins when you change how you respond to it. When you… Read more »

“Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find that you have crossed the mountain.” – Author Unknown

Students who bully others tend to have difficulties with other relationships, such as those with friends and parents. Targeting those relationships, as well as the problems children who bully have with aggression and morality, may offer ideas for intervention and prevention. Those are the findings of a new study that was conducted by scientists at… Read more »

Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done. — Russell W. Davenport – Russell W. Davenport

“When I was fourteen my father was so ignorant, I could scarcely stand to have him around; but when I turned twenty-one, I was amazed at how much he has learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain

Integrity; How to Get It, How to Keep It by Jim Ca Integrity; How to Get It, How to Keep It by Jim Carroll, addresses many issues of integrity and ethics: Here are a few. How did we get here – what went wrong? Where did the moral compass disappear? An overview of the workplace… Read more »

Song Sung to: “London Bridge” Let us quiet down again, down again, down again. Let us quiet down again, That’s much better. – Author Unknown