Benjamin Spock was an authority on parenting to a generation of North American parents. A current authority is T. Berry Brazelton, the founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital, Boston, and Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus at Harvard Medical School. Also see James Dobson ...

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Parenting, Parenting - Aspects of parenting, Parenting - Parenting Methods and Practices, Parenting - Pregnancy and the early years, Parenting - During infancy, Parenting - Common areas many parents look to address during infancy, Parenting - School years, Parenting - Assistance, Parenting - Observers, Parenting - Parenting assessment

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Parenting, Parenting - Aspects of parenting, Parenting - Parenting Methods and Practices, Parenting - Pregnancy and the early years, Parenting - During infancy, Parenting - Common areas many parents look to address during infancy, Parenting - School years, Parenting - Assistance, Parenting - Observers, Parenting - Parenting assessment

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Parenting - Parenting Methods and Practices. Parenting may involve praise, but it also involves punishment. Some parents no longer consider spanking a necessary punishment. The term "child training" implies a specific type of parenting that focuses on holistic understanding of the child. The "Taking Children Seriously" philosophy sees both praise and punishment as manipulative and harmful to the child and seeks other way to reach agreement with them. The term "attachment parenting" seeks to create strong emotiona ...

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Parenting, Parenting - Aspects of parenting, Parenting - Parenting Methods and Practices, Parenting - Pregnancy and the early years, Parenting - During infancy, Parenting - Common areas many parents look to address during infancy, Parenting - School years, Parenting - Assistance, Parenting - Observers, Parenting - Parenting assessment

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Parenting is the process of raising a child from birth until they reach adulthood. This task is usually done by the biological parents, but if the parents are unable or unwilling to provide care, the task is usually deferred to adoptive parents, foster parents, close relatives (including older siblings), godparents, or institutions (such as group homes or orphanages). An integral part of parenting is education of the child. (For further details on the education of children, see Education) Parenting - Aspects of pa ...

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• Parenting - Aspects of parenting
• Parenting - Parenting Methods and Practices
• Parenting - Pregnancy and the early years
• Parenting - During infancy
• Parenting - Common areas many parents look to address during infancy
• Parenting - School years
• Parenting - Assistance
• Parenting - Observers
• Parenting - Parenting assessment

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As you begin to read this, you might be thinking, "What now, another 'doom and gloom' book about how society is changing our kids?" No. This is perhaps the most exciting, albeit odd, change in basic human nature that has ever been observed and documented in a society which has the tools to do so. We ask you to discern for yourselves as you read on.

(See also: Indigo Children, What is Indigo Children, Parenting Indigo Children, Adult Indigo, Indigo Children Channeling)

I have a seven-year-old Indigo son. I've been working as a teacher's aide in his classrooms through preschool, kindergarten, and now first grade, and I've observed his interactions with Indigos and non-Indigos of all ages. It's been interesting! In fact, trying to put it all down in writing has been a challenge because the children do so many subtle things.

Indigos process their emotions differently than non Indigos because they have high self-esteem and strong integrity. They can read you like an open book and quickly notice and neutralize any hidden agendas or attempts to manipulate them, however subtly. In fact, they can see your hidden agendas even if you can't! They have inherently strong determination to work things through for themselves and only want outside guidance if it's presented to them with respect and within a format of true choice. They prefer to work situations out for themselves.

(See also: Indigo Children, What is Indigo Children, Parenting Indigo Children, Adult Indigo, Indigo Children Channeling)

A Bayesian network or Bayesian belief network or just belief network is a directed graph of nodes representing variables and arcs representing dependence relations among the variables. If there is an arc from node A to another node B, then we say that A is a parent of B. If a node has a known value, it is said to be an evidence node. A node can represent any kind of variable, be it an observed measurement, a parameter, a latent variable, or a hypothesis. Nodes are not restricted to representing random variable ...

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Breath-holding spells, a form of syncope, are alarming-appearing but benign phenomena seen in early childhood. A child may hold his breath or stop breathing, become cyanotic, pass out, and become limp. The eyes may roll up and a few convulsive movements may or may not be seen. To the parent or other frightened observer the child appears dead. After a few moments, the child will begin breathing again, usually with an inspiratory gasp; shortly thereafter the child regains consciousness and begins to behave normally. The spells are often provoked by strong emotion. This diagnosis is occasionally confuse ...

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Waldorf Education, sometimes called Steiner education, is a world-wide movement based on an educational philosophy first formulated by Austrian Rudolf Steiner in 1907 in his short book, The Education of the Child in the Light of Spiritual Science. The first school actually implementing this pedagogical approach was founded just after World War I. With a goal of educating the "whole child", Waldorf educators place a strong emphasis on balancing the child's natural stages of development with creativity and academic excellence. There is a strong e ...

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• Waldorf Education - Description
• Waldorf Education - Pedagogy
• Waldorf Education - Teacher training
• Waldorf Education - Wider Social Purpose
• Waldorf Education - History
• Waldorf Education - Criticism
• Waldorf Education - Replies to criticism
• Waldorf Education - See Also
• Waldorf Education - List of Waldorf Schools
• Waldorf Education - Sources
• Waldorf Education - Primary sources
• Waldorf Education - Secondary sources

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Spectroscopic observations of HH objects show that they are moving away from the source stars at speeds of 100 to 1000 km/s. In recent years, the high optical resolution of Hubble Space Telescope observations has revealed the proper motion of many HH objects in observations spaced several years apart. These observations have also allowed estimates of the distances of some HH objects via the expansion parallax method. As they move away from the parent star, HH objects evolve significantly, varying in brightness on timescales of a ...

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Herbig-Haro object, Herbig-Haro object - Discovery and history of observations, Herbig-Haro object - Physical characteristics, Herbig-Haro object - Numbers and distribution, Herbig-Haro object - Proper motions and variability, Herbig-Haro object - Source stars

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Perhaps the most famous and typical example of the paradox is the first Back to the Future film: Marty McFly travels to 1955 and accidentally prevents the first meeting of his parents. While trying to find out a way to return to his own year, he observes that his siblings begin to fade out from a picture he was carrying with him since he averted their own birth. Towards the end of the film, he started to fade from reality as well, unless he manages to make his parents fall in love 'again'. See also:

Grandfather paradox, Grandfather paradox - Scientific theories, Grandfather paradox - Complementary time travel, Grandfather paradox - Novikov self-consistency principle, Grandfather paradox - Theories in science fiction, Grandfather paradox - Parallel universes resolution, Grandfather paradox - Relative timelines resolution, Grandfather paradox - Restricted action resolution, Grandfather paradox - Destruction resolution, Grandfather paradox - Other considerations

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Irving Langmuir was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 31, 1881. He was the third child (out of four) of Charles Langmuir and Sadie, née Comings. During his childhood, Langmuir's parents actively encouraged him to carefully observe nature and to keep a detailed record of his various observations. When Irving was eleven, it was discovered that he had rather poor eyesight. When this problem was corrected, details and observations that had previously eluded him were revealed. Because of this, his interest in nature and the ...

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Irving Langmuir, Irving Langmuir - Early years, Irving Langmuir - Later years, Irving Langmuir - Patents

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Humans usually interpret the purring of a domestic cat as an expression of some type of friendliness or contentment. This assumption is based on the observation that cats often (though not always) purr when being stroked by humans, combined with the experience that human children tend to enjoy stroking by their parents and interpret it as a gesture of affection. Consequently, most humans enjoy listening to or holding a purring cat. It is, however, not entirely clear to scientists whether this really is one of the cat's reasons for mak ...

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Purr, Purr - How felines purr, Purr - Historical theories, Purr - Why felines purr, Purr - Other examples of purring

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The comics depict the childhood antics of Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J., fictionalized versions of the author's own children (and now, grandchildren). Their parents Bill and Thel are based on Keane and his wife Thelma. The family has two dogs, Barfy and Sam, and a cat, Kittykat. Grandma makes frequent appearances. Regular conceits include the spirits of deceased relatives observing the family (Grandpa being the most common), ghostly imps named "Not Me" and "Ida Know" watching while the children try to claim the person who committed a ...

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The Family Circus, The Family Circus - Description, The Family Circus - Parody

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Both of Kinsey's parents were extremely conservative Christians; this left a powerful imprint on Kinsey for the rest of his life. His father was known as one of the most devout members of the local Methodist church and as a result most of Kinsey's social interactions were with other members of the church, often merely as a silent observer while his parents discussed religion with other similarly devout adults. Kinsey's father imposed strict rules on the household including mandating Sunday as a day of prayer (and little else), outlawing soci ...

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Alfred Kinsey, Alfred Kinsey - Birth, Alfred Kinsey - Early years, Alfred Kinsey - Love of nature, Alfred Kinsey - High School, Alfred Kinsey - College, Alfred Kinsey - Marriage, Alfred Kinsey - Career, Alfred Kinsey - Entomology, Alfred Kinsey - Professor, Alfred Kinsey - Human sexual behavior and the Kinsey Reports, Alfred Kinsey - Significant publications, Alfred Kinsey - Death, Alfred Kinsey - Controversy, Alfred Kinsey - Kinsey in fiction

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Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1538), considered to be the founder of Sikhism, was born in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore. His father, Mehta Kalu was a Patwari- an accountant of land revenue in the government. Guru's mother was Mata Tripta and he had one older sister, Bibi Nanki. His parents, Kalu Mehta and Matta Tripat, were Hindus of the Khatri caste. From the very childhood, Bibi Nanki saw in him the Light of God but she did not reveal this secret to anyone. She is known as the first disciple of Guru Nanak. Even as a ...

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Sikhism, Sikhism - History of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Gurus of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Ten Gurus of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Guru Granth Sahib, Sikhism - Sikh religious philosophy, Sikhism - Primary beliefs and principles, Sikhism - Underlying values, Sikhism - Prohibited behavior, Sikhism - Technique and methods, Sikhism - Other observations, Sikhism - Observations, Sikhism - All welcomed, Sikhism - Followers of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Five Ks, Sikhism - Sikhs around the world, Sikhism - Sikhs and Punjabis, Sikhism - The Khalsa, Sikhism - Khalistan

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Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1538), considered to be the founder of Sikhism, was born in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore (in what is present day Pakistan). His father, Mehta Kalu was a Patwari- an accountant of land revenue in the government. Nanak's mother was Mata Tripta and he had one older sister, Bibi Nanki. His parents, Kalu Mehta and Matta Tripat, were Hindus of the Khatri caste. From the very childhood, Bibi Nanki saw in him the Light of God but she did not reveal this secret to anyone. She is known as the firs ...

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Sikhism, Sikhism - History of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Gurus of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Ten Gurus of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Guru Granth Sahib, Sikhism - Sikh religious philosophy, Sikhism - Primary beliefs and principles, Sikhism - Underlying values, Sikhism - Prohibited behavior, Sikhism - Technique and methods, Sikhism - Other observations, Sikhism - Observations, Sikhism - All welcomed, Sikhism - Followers of Sikhism, Sikhism - The Five Ks, Sikhism - Sikhs around the world, Sikhism - Sikhs and Punjabis, Sikhism - The Khalsa, Sikhism - Khalistan

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Over 400 individual HH objects or groups are now known. They are ubiquitous in star-forming H II regions, and are often found in large groups. They are typically observed near Bok globules (dark nebulae which contain very young stars) and often emanate from them. Frequently, several HH objects are seen near a single energy source, forming a string of objects along the line of the polar axis of the parent star. The number of known HH objects has increased rapidly over the last few years, but is still thought to be a very small proporti ...

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Herbig-Haro object, Herbig-Haro object - Discovery and history of observations, Herbig-Haro object - Physical characteristics, Herbig-Haro object - Numbers and distribution, Herbig-Haro object - Proper motions and variability, Herbig-Haro object - Source stars

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Medved is notable as the best-known socially conservative film critic. He has been an outspoken critic of how religion is portrayed by mainstream Hollywood. He was one of the Jewish voices in America that praised Mel Gibson's controversial movie, The Passion of the Christ (2004). Medved was also a historical consultant on the movie Luther (2004), about the life of Martin Luther. As an observant Jew, Medved has said he has more in common with observant Christians than he does with some secular Jews in Hollywood who he has stated ...

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Michael Medved, Michael Medved - Early Life, Michael Medved - Movie reviews, Michael Medved - Pro– and anti–Judeo-Christian films, Michael Medved - Talk radio and political commentary, Michael Medved - Non-fiction author, Michael Medved - Celebrity bastard parents, Michael Medved - Trivia

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There are 2.18 billion people (est. UNICEF, 2004) aged 18 or under in the world, for a total of more than one billion living girls. From birth, girls are a slight minority due to both natural factors (the human sex ratio has been observed since the 1700s as approximately 1,050 boys for every 1,000 girls) and due to sex selection on the part of parents. Although the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights specifies that "primary education shall be compulsory and available free to all", girls are slightly less lik ...

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Girl, Girl - Demographics, Girl - Gender roles, Girl - Etymology, Girl - Usage, Girl - Art and literature, Girl - Popular culture

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