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The parenting conversation many dads feel unprepared for

The parenting conversation many dads feel unprepared for

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore For many dads, talking with their teenager about sex and relationships can feel like a minefield. Popular culture doesn’t provide many good examples of how to have these conversations, and many fathers didn’t have these conversations at all with their own fathers. For instance, in a 2021 study from Australia, 65% of fathers reported inviting their children to talk with them about sexuality, while less than 30% reported that their own fathers talked with them about it – a jump of 35% in one generation. This finding aligns with my own U.S.-based work, which finds a similar generational discrepancy. In recent years I have delved into the role that fathers play, why that’s important and what fathers need to support their teens’ sexual health (Getty Images) This huge cultural shift is fascinating to me as a research scientist who studies adolescent …

If Your Love Language Is Sarcasm And Being Way Too Honest, You Probably Say These 11 Phrases In Casual Conversation

If Your Love Language Is Sarcasm And Being Way Too Honest, You Probably Say These 11 Phrases In Casual Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Sarcasm is a seriously underrated sixth love language. It’s social bonding, with a requirement of empathy to be deeply understood. While it can come across wrong depending on the person, for most people, it’s a sign of endearment when used with intention and care. If your love language is sarcasm and being way too honest, you probably use specific phrases in casual conversations all the time. And while it’s very important to balance directness and clarity with this kind of humor, your preference for sarcasm may also bring some levity and fun to your relationships. If your love language is sarcasm and being way too honest, you probably say these 11 phrases in casual conversation 1. ‘You’ll do’ Branislav Nenin | Shutterstock When hugging a partner or speaking kindly about a friend to other people, sometimes it can actually feel more intimate when you’re sarcastic with each other in the moment. As long as you’re not intentionally sidestepping vulnerability for something that feels more passive, sarcasm and a phrase like “you’ll do” can bring about …

You Can Usually Tell Someone Is A Huge Complainer By 10 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

You Can Usually Tell Someone Is A Huge Complainer By 10 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

We all know someone who sees the worst in everything. Always unhappy and never satisfied, you can’t have even the most casual conversation without them complaining about something. As they go on and on about their family or their frustrating job, being around these people can be utterly exhausting. Without realizing it, their negative energy rubs off on everyone around them, causing even simple conversations to turn sour. Utterly self-centered and oblivious, they push boundaries until even their closest friends have no more energy left to give. You can usually tell someone is a huge complainer by 10 phrases they say in casual conversation 1. ‘Why does this always happen to me?’ VH-studio | Shutterstock Life won’t always work out as you expect. One minute you can be flying high, and the next it feels like everything is crashing and burning. This natural cycle doesn’t spare anyone. However, while most people realize this, a huge complainer always thinks they’re the exception. Entirely self-centered and negative, those who chronically complain will almost always say, “Why does …

You Can Usually Tell How Needy Someone Is By The 11 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

You Can Usually Tell How Needy Someone Is By The 11 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Being a needy person doesn’t make you inherently bad as a partner. Especially considering it’s often deep-rooted insecurity and childhood trauma that predicts codependency in relationships, it’s usually more nuanced than we realize. However, it can sabotage relationship satisfaction and connection when it’s not mediated with growth and emotional intelligence over time. While subtle, you can usually tell how needy someone is by the phrases they say in casual conversation. Whether that’s overapologizing or asking “Are you mad at me?” when it’s clear that there’s no hostility, they need reassurance from others to feel secure. You can usually tell how needy someone is by the 11 phrases they say in casual conversation 1. ‘Are you mad at me?’ Premreuthai | Shutterstock While we often think of attention-seeking people as egotistical, sometimes, it’s the most insecure, uncertain people who need the most external praise and encouragement. It’s not to feed their ego, but to craft personal comfort, because they don’t have the regulation skills to do it themselves. They’re constantly checking and double-checking that their relationship …

You Can Usually Tell Someone’s Nervous Around You By 11 Phrases They Say In Causal Conversation

You Can Usually Tell Someone’s Nervous Around You By 11 Phrases They Say In Causal Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Not everyone is going to feel comfortable around you. Whether it’s because they’re nervous by nature or have issues with you personally, most insecure people don’t speak their mind. Even if they try to keep it under wraps and you have no idea why they might feel that way, you can usually tell when someone is nervous around you by listening to what they say during casual conversations. They may quietly scold themselves or question their own actions, quickly revealing their underlying tension. Once you become aware of how uncomfortable someone is, you can do your best to set them at ease, keeping things light and offering reassuring smiles. You can usually tell someone’s nervous around you by 11 phrases they say in casual conversation 1. ‘Sorry, I’m talking too much’ MAYA LAB | Shutterstock When someone is nervous around you, they can’t help but be a blubbering mess. Not knowing how to control their nervousness, they say whatever they think will make the conversation flow better. Bringing up random topics and comments can make …

You Can Usually Tell How Stressed Someone Is By These 11 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

You Can Usually Tell How Stressed Someone Is By These 11 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Whether it’s daily responsibilities, financial worries, or helplessness at the current state of the world, it’s no wonder 49% of Americans say they experience significant stress on a daily basis. Between rising costs across the board and a slowing of job growth, anxiety and stress seem to just be part of the normal experience nowadays. Not everyone wears their emotions on their sleeve, but you can usually tell how stressed someone is by certain phrases they say in casual conversation. From faking smiles to reassuring others they’re okay, it’s hard to tell how tense a person really feels, despite what they’re showing on the outside. You can usually tell how stressed someone is by these 11 phrases they say in casual conversation 1. ‘I can’t think straight’ Bits And Splits | Shutterstock When someone is stressed out, it can be difficult to function. So consumed by their own thoughts and anxieties, they may unintentionally let it slip during a casual conversation that they can’t quite think straight. And while everyone has their moments of uncertainty, …

Thinking Machines shows off preview of near-realtime AI voice and video conversation with new ‘interaction models’

Thinking Machines shows off preview of near-realtime AI voice and video conversation with new ‘interaction models’

Published by skeptic

Is AI leaving the era of “turn-based” chat? Right now, all of us who use AI models regularly for work or in our personal lives know that the basic interaction mode across text, imagery, audio, and video remains the same: the human user provides an input, waits anywhere between milliseconds to minutes (or in some cases, for particularly tough queries, hours and days), and the AI model provides an output. But if AI is to really take on the load of jobs requiring natural interaction, it will need to do more than provide this kind of “turn-based” interactivity — it will ultimately need to respond more fluidly and naturally to human inputs, even responding while also processing the next human input, be it text or another format. That at least seems to be the contention of Thinking Machines, the well-funded AI startup founded last year by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati and former OpenAI researcher and co-founder John Schulman, among others. Today, the firm announced a research preview of what it deems to …

Want your kids to keep their faith? New research says it’s about conversation, not just church attendance

Want your kids to keep their faith? New research says it’s about conversation, not just church attendance

Published by José Betancourt

An analysis of Communio data found that more frequent religious engagement in childhood and better family experiences were associated with greater religious participation in adulthood. Children who frequently talked about faith with their parents tended to attend religious services more frequently as adults and were more likely to transmit their faith to their own children. The paper was published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Religiosity and spirituality are central parts of many people’s lives. They shape people’s moral frameworks, inform commitments, and guide behaviors, while also supporting many aspects of their health and well-being. As concepts, religiosity and spirituality are related, but not identical. Religiosity is the degree to which a person believes in, practices, and identifies with an organized religion. Spirituality is broader and usually refers to a person’s search for meaning, connection, transcendence, inner peace, or relationship with something larger than the self. Both religiosity and spirituality can help people make sense of suffering, uncertainty, loss, and major life transitions. They can provide comfort, hope, emotional regulation, and a …

Survey and Community Conversation about APA Online Programming

Survey and Community Conversation about APA Online Programming

Published by Jenni Sidey

Inside the APA As announced earlier this year, the APA’s three divisions collectively decided to suspend the  2+1 experiment, returning to hosting only in-person divisional meetings beginning in 2027. In making this difficult decision, the divisional executive committees recognized the importance of values underlying the 2+1 experiment, especially accessibility, inclusion, and sustainability. We are now organizing a community conversation about actions the APA can take to honor these values through other forms of online programming. Before turning to that conversation, we would like to share with our members some of the data that contributed to the decision the end the experiment: Fewer paper submissions. For the online meetings, there were more than 30–40% fewer papers submitted than for recent in-person meetings. Lower registration. For the Central Division, the online meeting registration was 14% lower than the 10-year average. For the Pacific Division, the online meeting registration was 28% lower than the 10-year average. Declines in APA membership due to lower participation. Many people join the APA or renew their membership to submit papers or get …

You Can Usually Tell How Unintelligent Someone Is By These 11 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

You Can Usually Tell How Unintelligent Someone Is By These 11 Phrases They Say In Casual Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Most of us want to think we’re intelligent people, possibly even smarter than most. But if we’re honest about it, it isn’t possible for every single person in the world to be smart, so there have to be plenty of people we meet who are below average when it comes to their cognitive abilities. You can usually tell just how unintelligent someone is by listening to the phrases they say in casual conversations. There’s nothing inherently wrong with being less intelligent, of course, but knowing who and what you’re dealing with can help you better evaluate who to trust for advice or collaborate with. You can usually tell how unintelligent someone is by these 11 phrases they say in casual conversation 1. ‘I saw it on social media’ PeopleImages | Shutterstock Let’s face it, people can’t always trust normal news outlets. From misinformation being spread to biased opinions taking over facts, trusting news outlets has been harder to come by. However, this drastic shift isn’t just in people’s imaginations.  According to a Gallup survey, “Thirty-two …