Relationships

The Special Bond Between Parents and Children Begins Early

With double income families a standard in the modern age, parents are spending less time with their children. And if childcare experts are to be believed, this separation of parents and children is harming children in many ways. Psychological and biological effects It has been observed that children who receive love grow up to be ...

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Hu Shih’s Son and His Bitter Choice

Hu Shih, a famous diplomat and educator, had the wisdom to choose freedom and abandon communist ideology. Hu Shih’s son, Hu Sidu, however, was not so lucky. In 1948, the 27-years-old Hu Sidu returned to Beijing from the U.S. In December of that year, due to the failure of the civil war in the north, ...

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A Son Teaches His Father to Be a Good Role Model

There is a Chinese saying: Among all good deeds, filial piety comes first. History is filled with stories of people from every background adhering to this virtue throughout their lives. The following is one example of being a good role model. Sun Yuan-jiao was a boy who obeyed his elders and treated them with respect ...

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Honesty Is Always the Best Policy

Honesty is its own reward. Dishonesty brings bad karmic results while honesty brings good results in one’s life. Stories about how honesty led to positive outcomes Runner at the crossroad A soldier who was not used to running long distances was lagging behind and running alone in a cross-country race during training exercises. He ran ...

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Traits of a Good Upbringing

Wondering how to be successful, charming, or popular? The best qualities in a person will vary, based on the person assessing or being assessed, but there’s no denying there are certain qualities to look for in a person that are common across the board. Most people would agree that the best traits of a person ...

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How Can Strategies Foster or Destroy Cooperation?

If you’re an optimist, you probably believe that humanity is inherently into cooperation and willing to sacrifice for the greater good of all. If you’re a pessimist, on the other hand, chances are you believe that, in the end, people will always do what is in their own self-interest. But if you’re Martin Nowak, you ...

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A Mother’s Day Message From a Filial Son

There is a Chinese proverb that says: “Filial duty is the most respectable virtue of all.” 19-year-old Liu Xinhong, who had just started his first year’s studies in Yulin County, Taiwan, dropped out of college to take care of his mother, who was diagnosed with parotid cancer. The cancer was in its final stage and ...

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China’s Infidelity Problem

Professor Pan Suiming, from the Institute for Research on Sexuality and Gender at Renmin University of China in Beijing, specializes in sexual research. Recently, he made a remark that the infidelity in China is the highest in the world, which was alarming given his expertise on the subject. He said that the infidelity rate of ...

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Taoist Wisdom: 4 Types of Parents

As parents, we naturally love our kids, but how many of us nowadays actually feel confident about knowing the right way to show our love? What’s the best way to care for our kids? What’re the best qualities we can help our kids learn for them to thrive in this chaotic world? As parents, we ...

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Effective Strategies to Reduce Disruptive Behavior in Children

Most parenting programs aim to teach parents how to reduce their children’s disruptive behavior. New research looked at more than 150 studies of these programs, finding differences in what works best according to whether or not children already showed behavior problems. The work was conducted by researchers at the University of Amsterdam, Cardiff University, University ...

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