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Study: Music Can Reduce Child’s Stress and Pain During Doctor Visits
Any parent who has held their screaming child down to get a shot or during a check-up knows how nerve-wracking a visit to the doctor can be. It’s agonizing to watch your baby feel pain – even when it’s for their own good. But what if there was a simple way to ease that pain? Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have found that listening to music effectively reduces the amount of pain children perceive when they’re in the emergency room.
Tax Tips for Gifts to Charity
Although you donate gifts to a charity as an act of kindness, your charitable generosity may give you some much needed tax relief. Each time you make a donation, regardless if it is monetary, a service rendered or material items, make sure you obtain some type of record for your donation. When it comes time to file your tax return, pull out those records for the gifts you gave to charity throughout the year, and you could possibly decrease the amount of taxes you owe. Monetary Donations
A Simple Act That Will Increase Joy in Your Life
If I told you there was something you could do that would take no more than 5 minutes per day, but would have a tremendous impact on the amount of joy and satisfaction you experience in life, would you be interested? Something that has worked not only for me, but for others too, do you want to know more? Watch this video to find out!
How Your Dinner Plate Can Affect Your Diet
Did you know that your dinner plates can actually affect the amount of food you andyour children consume? As a mom and dietitian, I understand the need for parents to feed their kids well while fostering a positive relationship with food. This relationship is more complicated than the nutritional value of what you serve, however; in fact, it actually begins with your servingware.
Why I Caved on Facebook
When my son, who is now 15, was in 7th grade, I became appalled by the amount of time he and his friends spent online. None of them had Facebook pages. All the timesink occurred via gateway drugs like Google Buzz and iChatting and other communication vehicles I had never heard of.