Family Tips

First-formers feel stress 3-6 months prior to school

September 12th, 2007

Economic and Social Research Council has published the report which proves that first-formers start to feel stress for 3-6 months before school.

This conclusion has appeared as a result of numerous analyses. Analyses allowed to determine the level of “hormone of stress” (cortisol) in blood. Analyses were taken half-year before visiting the first school lesson, in two weeks and in six months after the beginning. It has appeared that level of cortisol was inexplicable higher 6 months prior to going to school.

Authors of the research consider that there are several explanations. On the one hand, school is rather mysterious thing for the child. On the other, parents experience anxiety about the future study of their offsprings and transfer stress to children, writes Washington ProFile.

At the majority of surveyed children the level of cortisol in blood has essentially reduced in half-year of training. Exception was the reserved, unsociable pupils.

Research has shown that small children are cleverer than monkeys

September 11th, 2007

The research conducted by scientists from anthropological institute of Leipzig has shown, that by 2 years children have better social skills in comparison with primates.
For 2 weeks scientists have observed 105 children, 106 chimpanzee-cubs and 32 orangutangs.
In the course of tests children have shown propensity to learning and faster mastered the actions shown to them.
In one of experiments it has been shown, how to open a plastic box with a delicacy or a toy.
Children quickly mastered a way as against to the monkeys which either broke the box, or tried to get up to contents with the help of teeth.
Scientists consider that conclusions of the research will throw the light on the evolution of human thinking.
It is necessary to note that the size of a human brain 3 times exceeds size of a primacy brain.

Marriage up in the clouds

September 10th, 2007

It is possible to risk and put the newly-married couple in a balloon (600-800 dollars). By the way, weddings in extreme conditions every day become more popular. If the groom with the bride are not that happy with that extreme, they can arrange extreme for their visitors. Then they will for sure remember this wedding.
From unusual services today marriage agencies offer wedding corteges not only by balloons, but also by helicopter, plane. The most courageous go further and to enter into a marriage literally in heavens, having jumped with a parachute-tandem. To tell the truth, photographer will the only witness of their marriage, provided that he will agree to jump together with newly married. And “heavenly” photos will cost more expensive.
“All depends on the weatherâ€?, - has complained the employee of one of the agencies, which arrange flights for newly-married couples and their visitors. – “We can not to put other’s lives at riskâ€?. If you want, we can bring stuntmen with fiery show (1200 dollars) and fireworks (300 dollars) and can steal the bride. Also an extreme”.

Exotic Marriage

September 7th, 2007

Wedding is not the most often holiday in our life. Therefore it is necessary to make it so that you have something to recollect: with horse carriages, fountains from chocolate or at least on a balloon!
The saying “any whim for your moneyâ€? is actual as never during preparation for wedding. At corresponding financing wedding can be celebrated, for example, in the House of Butterflies in Vienna. The holiday will cost 3700 euros. For this sum you will get organized ceremony and registration in a registry office, rent of the apartment, translator and flowers. Everything else (flight, residing, supper, visa, and way) is paid separately.
Additionally you may order many various services: for example, the white wedding carriage, horsed with a pair of horses (400 euros for one and a half hour), solo on a violin (485 euros), a string quartet (1445 euros) or video filming (910 euros for two hours). Such holiday will be remembered for a long time. But only to newly married and most close relatives. In fact its very difficult to take all welcome guests to Vienna!

The right to know the truth

September 6th, 2007

The information about biological origin of children, conceived by artificial fertilization, will be specified in birth-certificates.
At least there is an idea of influential group from ministers and members of parliament who have recently offered revolutionary amendments to the laws regulating artificial fertilization. 
This step is called to expand rights of children to know the truth about their biological origin.
These proposals were introduced by the British parliament commission from representatives of the both chambers. 
According to the current legislation parents are not obliged to inform children that they are given birth from donor ovules or sperms. The commission has come to a conclusion: though the law which would oblige parents to act this way cannot be put into practice, it is necessary to make so that children could find this information - in their birth certificates. 
“If parents want to deceive children, this is their choice, but we believe that the state should not be the accomplice of such deceit”, - declared the head of the Commission Phil Willis. Having learned about the biological origin, children will get adequate access to donors databases and can learn about their genetic parents, has added Willis.

Syndrome of the run away bride

September 5th, 2007

The wedding dress is bought, cars are ordered, and guests have already received invitations. However you are worried. Literally some days prior to the solemn ceremony you are a prey to doubts - whether you have made the right choice?

“I have suddenly understood, that was mistaken, that, probably, he is not that person, whom I searched. Certainly, it is sad, but it is better to leave now, than in some months after wedding to say to all friends and relatives about  the divorce “.
To keep tender relations, it would be better before the wedding to discuss all possible problems and doubts.

Financial difficulties are the serious reason to reconsider once again your relations. Many psychologists agree that the marriage will be obviously unsuccessful in case of the financial inconsistency of the head of the family, and also if spouses have different interests or sexual incompatibility.
First of all, an excitement before wedding is quite common phenomenon, the natural fear before a new independent life. However this fear should be overcome.
To break off relations before wedding is a drastic step, but nevertheless it is necessary to think before making it. To find the person who will be ideal is almost impossible task, and to destroy already settled relations is much easier, than to begin all anew.

Vacation - the true test for family relations

September 4th, 2007

If you want to test your family relations – go on holiday! As it was found out, it is the big test for them.
To such conclusion came German psychologists, basing on the information of the lawyers, which says that each third application for divorce is handed after a joint summer vacation.
The explanation of this situation is banal: for long years of wedding, spouses have almost nothing to speak about and spending time together for modern married couples becomes somehow unusual.
If to believe statistics, dialogue between spouses is limited to only 10 minutes in a day – so it turns out, that all “chronic� family disagreements start to emerge during the vacation. First of all it concerns those couples with long family experience: their relations have already turned to routine, and vacation only aggravates this state of affairs.
By the way, researchers pay general attention that initiators of after holiday divorce are more often women. The reason is banal as well as divorces – women don’t like when husbands start to give orders, while women to mature age have already found sufficient financial independence.

Scientists: Family quarrels are useful

September 3rd, 2007

Research has shown that the marriage positively influences man’s health - almost half of bachelors died before married men. At the same time concealing of family problems can be unhealthy.
According to Eaker Epidemiology Enterprises research, suppression of emotions twice raises risk of depression, illnesses and death rates at married women.
During a ten years’ period experts supervised a state of health and development of illnesses in 3,682 thousand men and women.
Results have shown that the marriage positively influences man’s health - almost half of bachelors died before married men.
And for married women who have got used to suffer alone and have not discussed problems in relations with the husband, such behavior inevitably leads to development of heart diseases and other illnesses and forms risk factors for death.
According to the psychologists, the received data bring to the forefront importance of the healthy communications in family and discussions of conflicts both for own health, and for health of the family relations.

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