Slow Cow

and those who live on it could use any help they can get. The main question most people take into consideration when purchasing an energy drink is: does it work? Both companies claim their respective drinks do. BuzzFeed, an internet media company, put three popular energy drinks to the test. BuzzFeed tested Monster, Red Bull, and 5 Hour Energy to see which one performs the best. They tested their test subjects’ reaction time and working memory beforehand. Twenty minutes after drinking 5 Hour Energy, they reported feeling more energetic, actually feeling better than when they tested Monster beforehand. On average, after two hours, their reaction time and memory had increased 8%. After five hours, they reported not tired, but not wired, a slow buildup of energy. After five hours, memory and reaction time were still 5% above normal. The last drink they tested was Red Bull. Twenty minutes after consuming it, they expressed feeling jittery with a crash. Their scores had increased an average of 8% after two hours and after five hours, scoring 4% lower than normal. The testers felt lethargic and scattered brained (Sueper). Different drinks react differently to different people, though. According to these results, 5 Hour Energy provides the energy without the jitters or the crash, whereas Red Bull’s energy is too much too fast. 5 Hour Energy truly is the best choice when considering energy drinks. Out of all of the criteria, 5 Hour Energy has scored better than Red Bull. 5 Hour…

Have you ever marveled over why dogs wag their tails? We've always heard, through videos, movies, and books, that dogs wag their tails out of happiness. Yet, is that all there is to it? Dogs also seem to show other emotions than happiness, too! Even when they appear angry, afraid, or annoyed, they still wag their tails. If you're angry, it seems unlikely to represent happiness at the same time. How do domesticated dogs portray their emotions; to humans, and other dogs? Do dogs wag their tails…

I have two parents, a mom and a dad who are married. Still married. They work regular 9-5 jobs and lead a very stable lifestyle. I have one sister and it’s just the four of us living together. All my grandparents (7) got divorced and remarried. My childhood was pretty normal, soccer games, school plays, dance practice, family dinners. My mom was raised with no-rescue parenting then did a 180 degree turn and became the world 's best helicopter parent ever. Both my parents would be…

How does a person grow up to be who they are? Most people would say it’s the way one’s parent raises them. “A helicopter parent is a term used to describe an overprotective mother or father that discourages a child’s independence by being too involved in their life” (dictionary). Basically, it sounds like a child’s worst nightmare. We live in a society today where we feel the need to constantly protect our children. But a line is drawn when overprotection occurs. There are parents that give…

Parenting is a very crucial and important part of human development. There are different approaches to parenting, and one of the approaches is called helicopter parenting (Cline & Fay, 1990). This approach is when the parent hovers over their children watching their every move. Kelly G. Odenweller, Melanie Booth-Butterfield, and Keith Weber (2015) wrote an article on helicopter parenting and the effects it has on the children titled, “Investigating helicopter parenting, family environments, and…

Protecting you from things that you believe to not be a threat, reading your texts, tracking your location, not allowing you to do something purely because you got a low grade on an assignment, and taking your phone to look through everything. I’m sure your parents have done at least one of these things in recent years. You probably see them as annoyances— as did I— but there is a bigger picture behind this. All of the things I just listed are what can classify your parent as a helicopter…

Both articles “for some, Helicopter Parenting Delivers Benefit” by Don Aucoin and “Bubble-Wrapping our children” by Michael Ungar. Some helicopter parenting knows how to involve their children’s lives by “Aucoin” and some helicopter parenting don’t know how to involve their children’s lives by “Ungar”. Helicopter parenting is a necessary and justified response to a changing world because helicopter parenting is can be benefitted the life of their child and Helicopter parenting is can be harmful…

Parenting is defined as “the process of taking care of children until they are old enough to take care of themselves” (“Parenting” 1). The world today is full of helicopter parents, overprotective parents who hover over their child’s every move. Helicopter parents make sure their child can get to dance class, violin lessons, the art show, and make it home in time to study for the math exam, which they will get a perfect score on, in one night. These parents strive to create the child who has it…

The Overparenting Epidemic Most adults remember being a kid and wanting to have the freedom to live life, but not being able to have that freedom due to their own parents’ fears of the world. It is a parent’s job to use their past to reflect on their own child's’ future, which involves knowing their boundaries and not becoming what is known as a “helicopter parent.” The idea of helicopter parents is a topic discussed and debated for years. It is believed by some that parents should linger over…

The Harms of Helicopter Parenting There comes a point in many people’s lives where they have the joy of becoming a parent. A parent has a chance to create new life. However, creating new life has its advantages and disadvantages. Parents are in charge of directing and controlling a human being. But, what if there is such a thing of too much direction. A parent can endlessly hover over their child. That would be a helicopter parent. Nonetheless, there is a difference in healthy parenting and…