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The Self-Control Expenditure

A 4-year-old girl stares at the marshmallow. It looks really good. But the man who is in charge told her that if she waits until he returns, she can have […]

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Parenting

The Most Important Skill Parents Can Teach

A four year old boy sits alone at the table. On it sits a large marshmallow. Minutes earlier, the experimenter told the boy that he had to leave the room. […]

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Parenting

Having It All Without Having It All: Five Part Series on Self-Control

Having It All Without Having it All, Part I: The Remarkable Science behind Self-Control. In the early 1960’s, Walter Mischel and his colleagues began with a simple idea. They developed […]

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CommunityHealthRelationships

America the Beautiful: Reconsidering the American Dream

Every so often I hear a song that I have heard countless times before only to suddenly realize that the familiar words have new meaning. It happened the other day […]

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Parenting

Someday When You Are An Adult

At one point or another, most of us heard it when we were a kid. Probably more than we wanted. Whether our parents decided that our requests were too far-fetched […]

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ParentingRelationships

Grrrrrit: The Art of Persistence

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a […]

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Why Do We Reject Our Health & Well-Being?

Why Do We Reject Our Health & Well-Being? A little ways back, I was at a gathering of friends and family and was in the kitchen setting out a dish […]

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