The Secret for Solving Time Management Problems
I don’t know about you, but I was the kind of person that normally put so much work on my plate that I couldn’t figure out how to handle it all which made it feel as if I was too busy to tend to other things, events, and even other people in my life sometimes. …
Our Society’s Trend Toward Forming Families At Older Age: Effects On Mental Health
Since the 1950’s to present day, some of the main trends and consistent changes in family structure over the decades we’ve seen include: the delay in forming marriages, increase in cohabitation, growth in single parenting, a dramatic increase in women’s labor force participation, and delayed and declining fertility. But how do these profound changes actually …
The Effects of Social Media Use on Adolescent Development: Do the Pro’s Outweigh the Con’s?
What are the pro’s and con’s of social media use on adolescent’s development today? Since it is a relatively recent phenomenon, it is an understudied topic. Platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter have the potential to reshape the lives and experiences of contemporary adolescence in a variety of ways. Let’s explore some of these impacts …
Our Current Education System: What Works and What Doesn’t?
Although most secondary schools don’t prioritize this, one of the most important functions of schools beyond promoting learning is to facilitate adolescent development. In taking a closer look at the nature of our education system in the United States, research and data on this topic has revealed what truly has been working and what hasn’t …
Parenting 101: How to Handle Your Teenager’s Increasing Demands for Independence
This is an example letter I have prepared on the topic of parent-child relationships during adolescents in response to the following inquiry: Dear Expert, My spouse and I cannot agree on how to handle our teenager’s increasing demands for independence. My spouse says we should keep our teen on a “tight rein,” but I think …
Resume Writing: Q’s and A’s
I offer professional resume writing services. Feel free to check it out: https://www.fiverr.com/share/8yYrL4 Work Experience Section: Include job title, company name, employment dates (month & year started – month & year ended), and a description of your most essential job duties. List positions in chronological order with your most recent job position first. Use bullets …
The Key to #Winning at Work
Are you wondering whether you should keep your job, or leave it for a potentially better career option? If you feel stuck and confused, or have a gut feeling that something is missing and that you are not where you belong in the career department, it would be a good idea to read through this …
Tips for Success in College
Here are some great habits to develop and implement that will help you achieve your academic goals whether you are in High School, College, or University: Organization & Planning – Buy a weekly planner (there’s some really good ones in CVS & Office Depot) to write down daily assignments for each class as well as …
Shyness & Unsociability: the result of childhood developmental issues
This was inspired by a study conducted on socially withdrawn children: What I found most interesting in the article, “”Shyness, Unsociability, and Socio-Economic Functioning at Preschool: The Protective Role of Peer Acceptance” was that although both children who are shy and unsocial fall into the socially withdrawn category, there was a clear distinction between the …