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The Marshmallow Test: Can Children be “better at life” than others? Children can be difficult to understand, whether it’s trying to understand why they did something they knew they were not supposed to, or trying to know what they are … Continue reading →

PTSD is a psychological disorder that is neurologically centered, meaning the brain is affected, specifically in the amygdala.  Experiencing or seeing a traumatic event, which usually occurs for war veterans after they return from their stationed unit, causes this disorder.  … Continue reading →

Sometimes it is difficult to “read” children, but parents can learn a lot about a child based on an experiment.  The Marshmallow Test was a study during the 1960s by a professor named Walter Mischel.  This study put nursery students … Continue reading →

“Women’s Heart Disease” Women’s Heart Disease The message of this short video delivers has an amazing impact on many.  We see a woman of color standing before a clothesline from the ceiling, in an old-fashioned kitchen suggesting a time women … Continue reading →

The Marshmallow Test It seems counterintuitive how a marshmallow can base off how if you were better at life than others.  In the 1960’s Marshmallow test was instructed but Walter Mischel who was then a professor at Stanford.  He put … Continue reading →

Money seems to have a big role in our society; you can’t do much or get far if you don’t have any.  Money is valuable in different ways, even when you don’t see it physically.  In today’s society you must … Continue reading →

Women’s Heart Disease  The ad starts out by showing a woman of color standing in an old fashioned kitchen with clothes lined up hanging to dry from the ceiling.  This suggests that this specific part of the scene is held … Continue reading →

First looking at the graphic of the famous cartoon character, Charlie Brown, I thought it was somehow ironic in a way.  Charlie Brown is usually known as being a bystander in his daily life who would get excluded, forcing him … Continue reading →