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Telling tales can be a good thing: Personal stories help children develop emotional skills
Mar. 27, 2013 ? A new study finds that mothers tell better, more emotional stories about past experiences which help children develop their emotional skills.
The act of talking is not an area where ability is usually considered along gender lines. However, a new study published in Springer's journal Sex Roles has found subtle differences between the sexes in their story-relating ability and specifically the act of reminiscing. The research by Widaad Zaman from the University of Central Florida and her colleague Robyn Fivush from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, discusses how these gender differences in parents can affect children's emotional development.
Previous research in this area has concluded that the act of parents reminiscing with their children enables children to interpret experiences and weave together the past, present and future. There is also evidence that parents elaborate less when talking to sons than daughters.
The primary objective of Zaman's study was to compare the reminiscing styles of mothers and fathers with their pre-school daughters and sons. This included how they elaborated on the story and the extent to which their children engaged with the story while it was being told.
The researchers studied 42 families where the participating children were between four and five years old. Parents were asked to reminisce about four past emotional experiences of the child (happy, sad, a conflict with a peer and a conflict with a parent) and two past play interactions they experienced together. The parents took turns talking to the child on separate visits.
The researchers found that mothers elaborated more when reminiscing with their children than fathers. Contrary to previous research, however, Zaman's study found no differences in the extent to which either parent elaborated on a story depending on the sex of the child. Mothers tended to include more emotional terms in the story than fathers, which they then discussed and explained to the child. This increased maternal engagement has the effect of communicating to the child the importance of their own version, perspective and feelings about the experience.
The authors contend that through their increased interaction with the child, mothers are helping their children work through and talk about their experiences more than fathers, regardless of the type of experience. This may reflect the mother's efforts to try and help her child deal with difficult emotions, especially about negative experiences, all of which is related to better emotional well-being.
The authors conclude that "these results are intriguing, and a necessary first step to better understanding how parents socialize gender roles to girls and boys through narratives about the past, and how girls and boys may then incorporate these roles into their own narratives and their own lives."
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- Widaad Zaman, Robyn Fivush. Gender Differences in Elaborative Parent?Child Emotion and Play Narratives. Sex Roles, 2013; DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0270-7
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Rihanna drops in on Chicago-area high school
BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) ? Pop star Rihanna has dropped in on high school students in a northwestern Chicago suburb.
Barrington High School earned Friday's visit as a reward for winning the singer's "Shine Bright Like a Diamond" video contest.
The five-minute, student-produced video highlighted the school's volunteer and community service programs.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/10wxpTC ) that the singer told students she admired their passion and volunteerism.
Rihanna showed up more than five hours late, but some in the crowd said she was worth the wait.
She also posed for photos before heading off to her Friday night concert at Chicago's United Center.
Barrington freshman Nisha Ali says "the fact that she came here and thanked us was a huge deal."
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Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, http://www.suntimes.com/index
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Apple executive talks about renewable energy and environmental goals
It's no secret that Apple strives to be as environmentally friendly as they can, and that includes renewable energy. At this time, about 75% of Apple's corporate headquarters are sustained on renewable energy sources. The Maiden, NC data center and their facilities in Cork, Ireland are some of the largest privately held installations for renewable energy in the world. Jim Dalrymple, from Loop Insight had a chance to speak with Apple executive Scott Brodrick on Apple's latest environmental impact report, which they issue every year, and where Apple is going when it comes to renewable energy and environmental goals.
Apple isn?t just looking at ways to save energy in its existing facilities, they are looking at starting off future facilities by taking advantage of renewable energy from the beginning.
?We are going to continue this strategy in other facilities in Oregon and Nevada,? said Broderick. ?Overall, 75% of the power to Apple?s corporate facilities worldwide are met with renewable energy.?
Apple's current energy strategy that they already have in place is the equivalent of taking 24,000 cars off the road, according to Brodrick. The entire article is an interesting read and a great insight into where Apple is going with renewable energy. Hit the link below to read it in its entirety.
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Abramson: The lease agreement requires Children's to reopen NOAH
Posted by Charles Maldonado on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:38 PM
In an interview this afternoon, State Rep. Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, told Gambit that he did not inform Children's Hospital of his plan to announce the reopening of New Orleans Adolescent Hospital (NOAH) before he appeared before the New Orleans City Council this morning. Children's disputed the announcement this afternoon in a statement.
But Abramson pointed out that the lease agreement for the NOAH property, signed by Children's, requires that the portion formerly housing the hospital "shall be administered, managed and operated so as to provide mental health care, including inpatient and outpatient services" consistent with the services provided before the hospital was closed by the Jindal Administration in 2009.
Representatives from Children's Hospital did not immediately return requests for comment.
?It specifically details how this property?s going to be handled, and part of that had to be was the piece about how the property?s going to be used," he said, adding that the law allowing for the lease also provided the same stipulations. ?Act 867 of state law particularly requires that the property be used for mental health services.?
Children's signed the agreement in January. Asked why he didn't announce it until today, Abramson the State Division of Administration was in possession of the contract, and he wasn't aware of it until earlier this month.
Act 867 gave Children's the right of first refusal to the lease, a provision Abramson wanted.
?I?m the one that made it happen that Children?s hospital got the exclusive right of first refusal," he said. ?There are others out there, but Children?s is the best partner.?
If Children's did not sign the lease by Feb. 1, 2013, the state would be allowed to offer the property to the highest bidder, which would also have to use the NOAH portion for mental health services, Abramson said. However, once it signed, the lease gives Children's two years to bring NOAH up to code. Children's signed just one week before the deadline. Asked if he thought the hospital signed merely to buy time to negotiate a sale or some other agreement, Abramson said he didn't know because he wasn't involved in negotiations.
He said that he is open to plans other than reopening NOAH, from Children's or another entity, but only if they involve the expansion of mental health services in New Orleans or the immediate area.
However, as of today, ?the only concrete proposal on the table was NOAH," he said.
Read the lease agreement: Executed_Lease_Agreement_1-25-13.pdf
Read Abramson's press release:
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NEW ORLEANS, LA. ? In an address to the New Orleans City Council today, State Representative Neil Abramson (D ? New Orleans) announced a long term lease agreement between Children?s Hospital and the State of Louisiana allowing Children?s to re-open the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital (NOAH) and provide mental health care for children and adolescents. Even though Abramson and his colleagues in the legislature funded NOAH, the Jindal administration closed NOAH in 2009 citing economic reasons and sent more than thirty patients to facilities as far away as the Northshore?s Southeast Louisiana Hospital. Last month, the Jindal administration agreed to allow a private company to operate the Northshore hospital and offer psychiatric care to patients. Abramson was an outspoken critic of sending our New Orleans children and adolescents far from home for mental health care. He advocated strongly for a partnership between NOAH and Children?s Hospital to find a solution to the challenge of protecting our youth and providing mental health services for children and adolescents.Abramson told the council, ?I have been through four years of detailed and tough negotiations to find a solution to the closing of NOAH. Louisiana and Children?s Hospital, with my legislative assistance and that of my colleagues, came together and reached an agreement. As part of that signed Agreement, Children?s Hospital is to re-open NOAH and provide out-patient services and in-patient care for our children and adolescents who are suffering from some form of mental health illness. I am very proud of the work done by the great doctors, administrators and staff at Children?s Hospital. It is an honor to represent the facility in my district. Like many, I treasure the expertise of the medical team at Children?s. I am here today to publicly thank Children?s Hospital for recognizing the need for mental health services for our youth and for caring enough to be a part of healing that will make our city stronger. I can?t imagine a better partner for our State than Children?s to address such a meaningful and monumental issue.? Pat Roy, former President of Friends of NOAH and a mental health community participant said, ?It is so uplifting to have Representative Abramson as an advocate for providing mental health care for our youth. It is critical to our community to supply mental health services to our children.?
The details of the negotiation and timeline for re-opening the NOAH facility were not released at the council meeting, but will be soon. Cecile Tebo, former head of the New Orleans Police Department's Mobile Crisis Unit and a mental health expert said, ?It is essential to diagnose and treat mental health issues at an early age. Representative Abramson has brought this issue to the forefront and it is great to have him as a progressive leader for this important issue.? Over 5 million American children now suffer some form of mental illness. Abramson represents District 98 in Uptown New Orleans.
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