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People Who Blame Their Parents For Everything Usually Say 9 Phrases In Casual Conversation

People Who Blame Their Parents For Everything Usually Say 9 Phrases In Casual Conversation

Published by Jenni Sidey

Some people can’t help but blame their parents for everything wrong in their lives. Of course, there are situations where this can be true.  How we are raised directly impacts how we view life as adults and a traumatic childhood leaves a wound that can be difficult to heal. If someone feels their parents failed them, they may use it as an excuse for every bad thing that happens. The phrases people say when they blame their parents for everything wrong in their lives:  1. ‘My parents made me this way’ yacobchuk from Getty Images via Canva I’m sure you’ve met someone who has a consistently bad attitude. It doesn’t matter what’s going on in their lives. They see everything as negative. They struggle to take accountability for their actions and instead blame everyone else. Someone like this is difficult to be around, and they may never admit they are responsible for their actions. If someone feels like their parents set them up for failure, they may use them as an excuse for their bad behavior. …

The cubs from Katmai’s ‘Brady Bunch’ blended family are all grown up

The cubs from Katmai’s ‘Brady Bunch’ blended family are all grown up

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. To the untrained eye, two female brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve look like any other bears. But Bear #609 (Bean) and Bear #620 were raised in Katmai’s historic Brady Bunch-esque blended family. Between mid-August and October 2022, Bear #910 blended her family with her sister Bear #909’s family. In the process, she adopted her sister’s 2.5-year-old female yearling cub (a one- to two-year-old cub still with its mother), while she herself had a spring cub (a first-year cub that was born over the winter and emerges in the spring). Adoptions like these are exceptionally rare in the wild, and it is believed to be only the second such adoption at Katmai. The behavior has also been observed …

Politics Home | Effective obesity strategies must harness the power of family influence

Politics Home | Effective obesity strategies must harness the power of family influence

Published by Sam Flores

As the challenge of childhood obesity persists, Dr Sarah-Elizabeth Bennett, Senior Nutritionist at Slimming World examines the vital role of families and communities in obesity care and prevention The recent publication of the Health and Social Care Committee’s report, Food and Weight Management: Fixing the Food Environment1 and the findings from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Obesity policy paper on Childhood Food Environment, Planning and School Food2 has brought renewed focus to childhood health, children’s food environments and the urgent need to support families to live healthier lives. With obesity among reception-aged children at its highest recorded level, there’s a very clear message: tackling obesity is not simply about individual choices but about creating environments that help whole families thrive. And while the systemic changes recommended by the Committee and APPG, such as restrictions on advertising of high fat, salt and sugar products and mandatory healthy food sales reporting, are vital, sitting them alongside measures that recognise and harness the influence parents can have on children’s health behaviours could have the potential for further widespread benefits. …

Why divorce isn’t the end of my family story

Why divorce isn’t the end of my family story

Published by Daniella Wilson

When A Place in The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton’s 10-year marriage ended in divorce, she made a vow that her happy ever after wouldn’t stop there – it was the start of a new chapter. And that didn’t just mean moving on with a new relationship – it meant re-evaluating her old one to fit into the new reality of co-parenting their two young children Rocco and Tahlia. While Laura and her ex have met new partners, she says that their children are the centre of their worlds, so focusing on them helps leave any bitterness at the door. By building on their relationship with their children, they have formed a new version of their family. “Without their father in my life, I wouldn’t have had one of my greatest achievements, which is Rocco and Tahlia and I’m exceptionally proud of that,’ she tells Ateh Jewel on this week’s Second Act Podcast. “I definitely don’t feel like that’s the end of that chapter, it’s a continual thing. We’re part of each other’s lives forever – …

6 Specific Habits Kids Raised By Anxious Parents Carry Into Adulthood

6 Specific Habits Kids Raised By Anxious Parents Carry Into Adulthood

Published by Jenni Sidey

A parent’s personality traits have a huge impact on their kids, and that’s especially true when it comes to anxiety. Anxious parents raise anxious kids who become anxious adults.  Kids reflect the behavior they see growing up, and if the default is nervous and stressed out, they’ll turn to that emotion instead of learning to mitigate their anxiety. They’ll develop coping mechanisms for their uneasy emotions that become habits that follow them as they grow up. Habits kids develop when raised by anxious parents that follow them into adulthood: 1. They overthink everything Andrii Zastrozhnov | Shutterstock Kids with anxious parents don’t learn emotional stability. They don’t have an example to teach them. Their parents are too anxious to show them what being calm and stable looks like. They’ll think anxiety is the norm and won’t try to manage it. It’ll cause them to constantly stress over every decision or difficult experience. Even as adults, they’ll keep up their habit of overthinking. They’ll be anxious about how they acted throughout the day and replay their memories …

10 Phrases Parents Who Prioritize Confidence & Self Esteem Say Regularly To Their Children In Their Homes | Mia Von Scha

10 Phrases Parents Who Prioritize Confidence & Self Esteem Say Regularly To Their Children In Their Homes | Mia Von Scha

Published by Jenni Sidey

As my adult children arrive back home to visit, I wanted to share with them some of the most important things about becoming a well-adjusted adult that I have learned in life. It took me almost 40 years to learn these lessons and I hope they help people in my parenting stage and new parents alike. I know that a list will never take the place of our kids learning their strenths and their inherent value via own experiences, but I’m hoping these phrases have guided them in the right direction to becoming well-adjusted and emotionally healthy. Hopefully other parents might benefit, too. Kids raised by parents who prioritized confidence and self-esteem usually heard these 10 phrases in their homes: 1. ‘You are worthy of love’ Prostock-studio / Shutterstock Regardless of what you do or don’t do, you are always loved and worthy of love. Nothing can change that. 2. ‘You have a purpose’ Jacob Lund / Shutterstock You arrived on this planet with something unique that only you can bring to this life. This …

90s Kids Grew Up Totally Believing 10 Lies Their Parents Swore Were True

90s Kids Grew Up Totally Believing 10 Lies Their Parents Swore Were True

Published by Jenni Sidey

The 1990s were a drastically different era. Kids roamed free and our moms only knew where we were if we called from our bestie’s landline or the payphone on the corner.  Growing up in the 90s also meant that we believed whatever our parents told us because we didn’t have the internet to fact-check, and those Encyclopedia Britannica CD-ROMS only went so far. Now, 90s kids are adults with instant access to all the information in the world, which means we can find out the truth. The lies almost all 90s kids grew up believing because their parents told them so: 1. ‘Drinking coffee stunts your growth’ 90s parents told their kids that we couldn’t drink coffee because it would stunt our growth, which turns out to be a medical myth. According to Harvard Medical School, there’s no proven link between coffee consumption and height.  How tall we are depends mostly on genetics and our overall health while we’re growing, not whether we enjoy a delicious cup of coffee in the morning. Most people reach …

Family of Celeste Rivas Hernandez calls for singer to face death penalty

Family of Celeste Rivas Hernandez calls for singer to face death penalty

Published by Sam Flores

The family of Celeste Rivas Hernandez is calling for the singer D4vd to face the death penalty after a Los Angeles judge ordered him to stand trial in the killing of the 14-year-old, whose dismembered remains were found in the trunk of his Tesla last year. “If the death penalty were activated, it would be perfect for this kind of human being, devoid of feelings and emptiness inside, and without conscience, who only caused pain to our daughter, our family, and the world that supports our precious daughter,” the teen’s parents said in a statement Monday via their attorney. They released the statement on what would have been her 16th birthday. An attorney for the singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a separate statement, the family said they were “experiencing so many emotions” and “reliving unforgettable moments even though she is no longer here.” “These are feelings that only a father and mother and her siblings can share, with a heavy heart. We …

This family of four put 1,000 km on a cargo e-bike instead of buying a second car

This family of four put 1,000 km on a cargo e-bike instead of buying a second car

Published by skeptic

I’ve been working in the electric bike industry for nearly two decades, and publicly reviewing e-bikes for around half of that. I used to say I’ve touched hundreds of e-bikes, but now that I’ve lost count, I wouldn’t be surprised to find I need to add a digit to that. With so many saddles that I have to sit on, I get to ride a lot of e-bikes for a few weeks, but I rarely get to spend months on any one bike. So when I finished my one-month review of the Xtracycle Hopper electric cargo bike and had a unique opportunity for a longer-term project, I jumped on it. My best friend and his wife have a couple of kids and are a bike-friendly family, so I made him an offer: take this bike and ride it as much as you guys can. Now, having just hit 1,000 km (620 miles) on the thing, he’s back to share his experiences with me. And by extension, with you all. At this point, the bike is …