Childhood
Rethinking Resilience in Kids: Nurturing vs. Toughening
While chatting with my besties today over coffee, a topic emerged. A recurring question we get in our community: why do we want to shield our children from everything?
Gabriela Trofin-TatárPublished about an hour ago in ConfessionsGils and Fur
Mermaids and werewolves. What do these two things have in common? Nothing much, really. They’re both popular in fantasy genre. Though werewolves have been more heavily featured in horror movies. Thanks to the various stories that have featured them killing and eating human beings. Our innate fear of what we do not understand.
Raphael FontenellePublished about 20 hours ago in ConfessionsThe Old Sheeps' Farm
My earliest memories are always filled with sheep. My father had sheep, and so did a lot of the neighbours. They had been crucial to the island economy for generations, providing both meat and the wool for our traditional fabric, Harris Tweed, which was spun at home by women and sold to bolster families' income.
TheSpinstressPublished 3 days ago in ConfessionsBreaking the Cycle: Overcoming Avoidant Attachment in Relationships
What is the most obvious trait of avoidant attachment personality in intimate relationships? It must always give people the feeling of rejecting others from afar, and the more they are moved, the more they want to escape.
Beck_MoultonPublished 5 days ago in ConfessionsThe price to pay for our ignorance
In the age of technology, education has never been more accessible, and I think it’s only going to become more so and possibly get to the point where we get injected knowledge directly into our brains. That will be an interesting outcome actually, less work for us knowing things and more time to apply that knowledge to do the things we like, but we are not there yet, so I’ll talk about the reality as it stands.
real JemaPublished 5 days ago in ConfessionsWarmth in the Soup: The Academic Journeys and Dreams of Three Generations of Women
I remember when I was in my third year of high school, my homeroom teacher always looked at me with worry and said, "Others become thin as soon as they read the third year of high school. Why do you have a rounder face as you read more? Did you really put effort into reading ?" It was really unfair. I thought I read seriously. Every night when I returned home from self-study, there was always a bowl of soup simmering on the small coal stove waiting for me. Unable to resist my grandmother's supervision, I drank it and went to sleep. How could I not get fat?
Beck_MoultonPublished 6 days ago in ConfessionsEmbracing Self-Love: A Journey of Personal Growth and Rediscovery
Actually, I didn't miss you that much. Why did you appear in my sight again? Can you please stop caring about me? Can you please stop reminiscing about me? Looking back now, I was really foolish.
Beck_MoultonPublished 6 days ago in ConfessionsCreepy Stories From Different Cultures
Belgium: Serreputmonster (greenhouse pit monsters) - A monster that lives under the cover of greenhouse pits and pulls children into it, then drowns and swallows them
Trung PhúPublished 8 days ago in ConfessionsWhy things aren’t changing (for you)
The sad reality is that for a lot of us, our lives have been pretty much the same. We do the same things, we get the same results, and we constantly wish for a change, we want the world to change, for it to become a better place, a nicer place and everything we imagine. In the same way we want our lives to become better, maybe earn more or even just to do better the things we already do.
real JemaPublished 10 days ago in ConfessionsThe easy way out
One fact I wish more people knew about is just how lazy their brains are, especially when it comes to analyzing events and drawing conclusions. Our brains will always seek the easiest solution to avoid having to do a lot of work purposefully so to save on energy, time and resources. What this means is that in every occasion we have to make use of our willpower to push our brains not to limit itself to the basic conclusion but to go beyond.
real JemaPublished 10 days ago in ConfessionsVisiting Some Old Ghost
In the story It by Stephen King there is a part where the character Ben Hanscomb returns to the area where he first encountered the antagonist of the story as a child and when his cab driver makes note of this visit he says he was just “visiting some old ghost”. Just over a week ago I had my own visit with some old ghost when I went back to the city of Chapel Hill, which is where I used to live as a kid.
Joe PattersonPublished 10 days ago in ConfessionsGrowing Up with My Twin
Being a maze-like journey of life, we often find ourselves faced with tests of spirit, relationships and one’s perception of the world around us. One such time came at a friend’s birthday party in which I witnessed the bond between my sister whom I would refer to as “4 minutes early” in this piece, because she always teased me about her being older than me, even though we’re twins, now it’s not my fault the doctor accidentally hit ‘fast forward’ on her birth certificate!
Kageno HoshinoPublished 11 days ago in Confessions