Author: Sonia M. Rompoti
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Plants are the new pets!
They say plants are the new pets, and pets are the new children. But how far down the rabbit hole do you want to go? Well, the shocking news are: your flowers can hear and interact with the environment, just like your pets can. They can’t talk back, but in a way, they respond. Tel…
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Too bad you can’t photoshop an ugly personality!
As schools start, new kids join classes and old classmates meet again. But what happens when your child starts hanging out with the wrong crowd? You may experience everything from slight annoyance to strong dislike for their new friends. Perhaps it is the little things: they are noisy, use foul language or destroy things. Maybe…
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Επιστροφή στα θρανία…
Τα παιδιά τα καταφέρνουν καλύτερα ακαδημαϊκά και έχουν πιο θετική στάση απέναντι στο σχολείο όταν η οικογένειά τους συμμετέχει ενεργά στην εκπαίδευσή τους. Η ενασχόληση της οικογένειας έχει αποδειχθεί ότι έχει μεγαλύτερο αντίκτυπο στην ακαδημαϊκή επίδοση, σε σχέση με το εισόδημα ή την εκπαίδευση των γονέων. Οι γονείς μπορούν να κάνουν πολλά για να βοηθήσουν…
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How did the first day of school get here so quickly?
A parent is their child’s first and most influential instructor. Children do better academically and have more positive attitudes toward school when their family are actively involved in their education. The actions of the family have been shown to have a greater impact on academic achievement than either parental income or parental education. Parents may…
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You managed to forgive them. But you are still stuck.. why?
You have forgiven them. You thought this would be the end of your misery. Still, you are stuck in that one moment when things went wrong. Why can’t you get past it? Mistakes do happen. Throughout your life, things will go wrong, and it doesn’t always matter who is to blame. Even Queens or Pharaohs…
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Lunar Calendar, explained.
In the past, gauging time determined if you would survive through the winter or not. For example, if you planted a crop at the incorrect time of year, you wouldn’t have enough food to eat. So as timekeeping was a matter of life and death, humans looked to a dependable source: the moon. And people…
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Jumpstart your relationship with your kids
You finally finished all your work and chores ahead of time and have some time to spend with your kids without worrying about the clock. You go to talk with them, but that ship seems to have sailed on their part. What to do? How do you jump start the conversation? A lot of people…
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Sunday Mornings, with a Toddler
Lighthouses have always felt like a safe haven, for me. Experiencing the panorama from the top offers me tranquility, introspection, and nostalgia for a life not lived. Lighthouses positioned on a ‘dramatic’ border between land and ocean, let one synchronize with the tides of the waves. They offer us peace, as they offer us rhythm. …
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Democracy for the World
Politics is not a topic I often explore in my works, as the only images that spring to mind are old, drab buildings, ballot boxes, and overdone slogans. Is this, however, the end of the story? We now have the chance for the future to be more inventive than we previously imagined… Watching the news,…
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What is a moon Calendar
Measuring time is important in our era, maybe more than ever! In the past, gauging time used to mean determining whether or not you would survive. For example, if you planted a crop at the incorrect time of year, you wouldn’t have enough food to eat over winter. As timekeeping was a matter of life…
Sonia M. Rompoti, MSc, Bsc 