Tagged: childcare

How compassion can triumph over toxic childhood trauma - Guest Work

Guest Author • Apr 09, 2018 •

• abuse,
• adversity,
• child psychology,
• Childbirth,
• childcare,
• compassion,
• developmental delays,
• gestational diabetes,
• hypersensitive,
• Hypertension,
• motherhood,
• premature childbirth,
• resilience,
• stress,
• toxic stress,
• trauma

Sheri Madigan, University of Calgary; Nicole Racine, University of Calgary, and Suzanne Tough, University of Calgary This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. In a recent piece on the television show 60 Minutes, Oprah Winfrey discussed childhood trauma — shining a public spotlight on the lasting … Read More

Book Review: The Tale of Mrs Possum – A Reflection on NZ Society - Scibooks

Jean Balchin • Mar 20, 2018 •

• biology,
• book review,
• chapter,
• childcare,
• epigenetics,
• Euthanasia,
• fashion,
• genetics,
• healthcare,
• history agriculture,
• human body,
• neuroscience,
• New Zealand,
• possum,
• Science Literacy

When I was a child, I was rather prone to misbehaving. On occasions when I was particularly naughty, my father would sit me down with a copy of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and would order me to rewrite four of my favourite entries. It wasn’t actually that bad a punishment; being rather childish and petulant, … Read More