My little boy doesn’t speak while his sister at the same age was chatting away. My child has a problem with words that begin with ‘r’. We have a Chinese babysitter who only speaks Chinese to the kids. Why hasn’t my child yet said ‘mama’? I’m afraid my little girl’s pacifier prevents her from saying...
The parent, sibling, spouse, employer, manager who ‘look after’ a matter because ‘they know’. The one who calls the other ‘a disaster in the kitchen’ or ‘a public danger at the wheel’. These comments are not to be taken too seriously and may even be signs of affection, often said with the victim’s consent. However,...
It was thought that the general increase in people’s average income, with the consequent increase in financial resources to spend on one’s health, explained improvements in health and longevity seen in many countries. A huge international study that lasted 10 years establishes that, all factors equal, the single most important determinant for health and longevity...
However much we wash ourselves with soap, shampoo and various products, our skin remains covered with germs, virus and fungi. Beginning from the mouth and going south we notice armies of micro-organisms the concentration of which increases as we go down. Of all the cells in our body, 43% are human and the rest are...
Our surprise in front of something unexpected has consequences that are rather surprising. Surprise is an emotional response, but also something that reduces our mental defenses and leads us to investigate the surprising event. We then speak about the surprising circumstance with our friends and they will do the same with their friends. Surprise so...
