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Water Movie: Culture vs. Conscience

Does it ever happen to you that a movie you have seen keeps occupying your mind long after you have watched it? It happened to me last week after I watched Water, a movie about widows in India. It was such a hard movie to watch. Hard but real. So real it was painful. In […]

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Published: December 4, 2007 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Did You Know?, Parenting, Opinion Tags: women, gender, social skills, self confidence / self esteem / self worth

Music For The Mind

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Did you know?

Children studying music from as early as grade 4 get to their first year of high school with an average academic score that is 11% higher than kids who did not study music.

If they continue their music studies into high school, by the time they graduate, their average academic score is 23% higher than kids who did not study music.

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Published: November 22, 2007 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Emotional Intelligence, Did You Know?, Parenting, Education / Learning, Teens / Teenagers Tags: success, communication styles, learning styles, teen books, k-12 education, academic performance, education / learning, school, music

Suicide Rate Is Rising. Time To Wake Up!

Teen girl's hand limp with pills spread around it

Although suicide is not a topic many people talk about, I believe it is important to discuss it BEFORE it is too late. Whereas in the past suicide was an adult concern, the trends in the last 50 years have changed and more and more teens (aged 15 and above) are at risk.

There are many reasons for suicide, some of which are related to crisis and mental breakdowns due to the loss of loved ones and others events that cannot be prevented. However, the major reason for suicide is depression. Yet unlike losing someone you love, depression can be prevented!

Suicide is one of those things that when it happens, it is already too late. Therefore, we, as parents and educators (and government), must take responsibility and dedicate ourselves to preventing suicide.

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Published: November 20, 2007 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: October 18, 2021In: Emotional Intelligence, Did You Know?, Parenting, Education / Learning, Teens / Teenagers, Opinion Tags: suicide, teen books, teens / teenagers, health / wellbeing, depression

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