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Deborah K. Hanula has a year of Journalism training from Humber College, a Political Science degree from the University of Waterloo, and a Law degree from the University of British Columbia. In addition, she has Diplomas in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Child Psychology, and Psychotherapy and Counselling as well as a Family Life Educator and Coach Certificate and Certificates in Reflexology, Assertiveness Training, and Mindfulness Meditation. She is the author of five cookbooks, primarily concerned with gluten-free and dairy-free diets, although one pertains to chocolate. As an adult, in the past she worked primarily as a lawyer, but also as a university and college lecturer, a tutor, editor, writer, counsellor, researcher and piano teacher. She enjoys a multi-faceted approach when it comes to life, work and study, in order to keep things fresh and interesting. Check out her new book: A Murder of Crows & Other Poems (2023).

Friday, April 12, 2013

Children and Our Values

Even though our children will take on our values as their own while they are young, there is no guarantee that they will keep them. As they mature, they will constantly look at, assess and reassess the rules and values they inherited from us.  This is growth: growth towards becoming separate, complete and whole individuals.

D.

From the book, "It's not fair, Jeremy Spencer's parents let him stay up all night!", by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D., HarperCollinsCanadaLtd., 1995.

(As an aside, I get a real kick out of the title of another book by Anthony Wolf: "Get out of my life, but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall?")



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Belonging


A sense of belonging can be an important source of happiness and life satisfaction.  Social identity theory hypothesizes that fitting in with a group is integral to an individual's identity, influencing his or her feelings of self-worth and life satisfaction.

D.

Scientific American Mind, September/October 2011, "The Many Faces of Happiness", Suzann Pileggi Pawelski, p. 53.
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