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Parenting Pointers: Self-Regulation

Motherhood Moments

And that through parenting, we could change that “character” to be the sort of individual that the Victorians prized: a child who was disciplined, hard-working, had self-control and grit. Stuart Shanker is a distinguished research professor emeritus of philosophy and psychology at York University, and founder of the MEHRIT Centre, Ltd.

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Fall Reading List

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

Robert Langdon, of The DaVinci Code, attends a presentation by one of his first students at Harvard about a discovery that will “change the face of science forever.” Morrison discusses the psychology of “othering” and uses examples from novels like Uncle Tom’s Cabin to show the disturbing romanticism of slavery in American literature.

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