Is your child getting the appropriate amount of education with you playing teacher during Covid?  Odds say yes you are. / Tips and resources you can use to teach your child.

Returning to school as a teacher in a Covid Hot zone. / Barb's boss is asking her to do his personal errands in addition to her actual job duties.  How should Barb deal with this?  Should she go to HR or deal directly with her boss?

Andre's son is becoming a police officer and was sharing this with his grocery store cashier friend.  The lady behind him in line railed against him for allowing his son to be another "murderer". Andre wants to know what happened to the lady behind him in line and how should have dealed with this?

Allison's 24 yr old daughter works at a law firm and is having an affair with married man partner of the law firm that is 20 years older than her.  He has a family with kids.  How does Allison talk to her daughter about this to help her daughter?

Heart attacks are a greater threat for women than men

The medical world seems to focus on heart attack risk for men, but we girls, we’ve got our own serious issues with cardiac disease.  Once we have a heart attack, we’re 150% more likely to die less than a year after it.  We survive the cardiac event and then suffer an early death because we’re so demanding of ourselves.  In daily life, we have different expectations than men and we start right back up taking care of everybody and everything.  It’s the mental strain, especially, depression, which compromises our recovery.  Ladies, get checked for coronary artery disease such as clogged arteries from high cholesterol before it’s too late.  While you’re at it, get checked for high blood pressure and diabetes which trigger cardiac problems.  Check your mental health, too.  And, if you have a heart attack, stay close to your doctor to improve your chances of long-term survival.

Siblings of kids with autism aren’t fully vaccinated

The war against vaccinations continues, placing children and all of us at risk for getting dangerous diseases that were once conquered.  The total lack of evidence that vaccines are related to autism can’t stop the fear.  When emotions are in play, the reasoning part of the brain gets hijacked.  It also gets hijacked by timing.  Because many kids are diagnosed with autism when they’re getting the most shots, the brain says the two events are connected, even when they’re not.  Children with autism and their siblings are less likely to be vaccinated.  Several partially or completely unvaccinated children living together greatly raises the risk of disease outbreaks.  If your child’s autism was caused by a genetic disorder, birth trauma, IVF or prematurity, vaccines weren’t the tipping point.  Get the kids vaccinated!  You can’t live with the consequences.

High blood pressure and overtime

Thinking of staying an extra hour at the office twice a week?  Think again.  All those extra hours help the company, but you’re playing fast and loose with your blood pressure.  If you’re working 49 hours a week, you’re 70% more likely to develop masked hypertension which is a hidden form of high blood pressure that’s really hard to diagnose.  It doesn’t show up on typical blood pressure tests.  If you’re at work 49 hours a week, you’re also likely to have the more regular, sustained high blood pressure than those who work less.  Who cares?  You will when you develop heart disease and kidney failure, but then, you’ll be in treatment mode which is painful and expensive.  Talk with your doctor about getting your blood pressure checked over longer periods of time by wearing a monitor.  Don’t wait until it’s too late.  Stay healthy for yourself and your family.

Struggles with masculinity and school shootings

Could struggling with masculinity be the cause of school shootings?  Yes, it is.  A 20-year study of 31 boys involved in 29 school shootings proved it.  Their motives were related to a lack of acceptance from their peers which led to grudges against classmates and teachers, ending in anger, depression and violence.  At the bottom of this were their reputations for not being masculine enough.  All of these boys were bullied for not being masculine or were rejected by female classmates which added to their distress.  They were taunted with labels such as “homo” and “cry baby” which further damaged them.  Many of the shooters had serious mental health diagnoses and many others came from abusive homes.  About a third of the boys reacted with explosive outbursts to stress.  Students need to be taught about the unintended consequences of bullying.

Oops!  She did it again!

Think your parents and grandparents are trying to embarrass you in front of everyone?  Think they’re insensitive and careless?  It might be or it might not be.  Here’s the story.  Older folks share details that they consider to be relevant to the conversation.  The problem here is that there’s a glitch in attention-switching skills which keeps them from taking into account who is around them when they’re talking.  As a result, they share private information which should remain private.  Want to know who else understand this?  Criminals.  Criminals take advantage of older folks who spill all of the beans to anyone on the phone if the criminal is kindly.  Oh sure, the criminals don’t understand the “why” behind the “what”, they only know the older folks tell it all.  Grandma’s not trying to embarrass you, she’s just getting older.  Be kind to her.  It’ll be your turn soon enough.

Bridget's daughter's boyfriend is leaving to go to college.  Daughter is going to different school.  They've been together for 2 years.  The relationship will probably end.  How can Bridget help her daughter through this?

Baby was born with the coronavirus after mother had contracted the virus

Lonnie's wife laughed and told their friends that he wet the bed until he was 15 after his mother shared this information to his wife.  Lonnie is upset and embarassed that she told their friends.  What should Lonnie do?

Sharon dated a guy who she found out was married.  Her initial instincts said he was married, but she didn't listen and went forward. She found out by calling the man's wife, when he lied and sad his wife was his cousin.

Reducing your news intake during Covid can make you feel better. / More people are drinking and looking for affairs during Covid

Kanye West's bipolar episode / Andrew smokes just a few cigarettes every once in awhile, but thinks he's a non-smoker and says so on dating websites.  He's doesn't understand why women he dates get upset when he lights up because he said he's a non smoker on the site

Be aware of your surroundings while out during Covid- people are on edge / Graduations during Covid

Keith's brother in law works in ER Room, and brings up stories that are considered gross at dinners and social events, and he won't stop telling these stories when we've asked.  Guests are upset about this too.  How can Keith get through to him?

Even jellyfish sleep at night!

Jellyfish don’t have brains.  They sleep upside down, deep on the ocean floor.  They don’t do much during the day, except to gently pulsate, but this is still enough for them to want a good night’s sleep.  They don’t have eyes, so they can’t get any “shut eye” and they don’t have a brain, so why do they sleep?  They need to sleep like other brainless animals such as worms and fruit flies because they just get sleepy.  Even plants sleep.  When jellyfish are disturbed at night, they take naps during the day.  We’re talking brainless jellyfish with no eyes taking naps.  If they were moved while they slept, they woke up and went right back to the ocean floor.  Scientists proved that sleep developed hundreds of millions of years ago before brains evolved.  Be as smart as jellyfish.  Get yourself in bed and go to sleep.

An operating room cap could save your life

Medical staff in operating rooms wear the same clothes and frankly, most of them look the same.  How do they know who’s who?  They don’t.  An Australian doctor began the “cap challenge” in order to reduce medical mistakes.  It’s also fun and easy.  Everyone in the operating room writes their name and job on their surgical caps.  Since many doctors work in multiple hospitals, they’re not always sure who’s on their team which can lead to problems.  In the US, there are a quarter million deaths related to medical errors which is the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.  Dr. Rob took a lot of teasing at first such as being asked if he had forgotten his own name.  But then, he started buying coffee for those who played along.  Everyone saw how a simple solution could be so time-saving and life-saving.  Now, medical students won’t be mistaken for seasoned surgeons.