Slow parenting

Yi-Chieh Wang ALS162.661 Reading Journal Entry 1 Reading Journal Entry 1 Fast, convenient, finger licking good - this is the image of American fast food, but behind the scenes of joy and delicacy, what shadows are hidden? When I studied in college, I had a part-time job at Subway for a long time. We all think that subway is health and low card food. Eating it can help you losing weight. But, if you know the environment was dirty in my working place, mice dug into the hole, cockroaches were…

The slow food movement implies a mindset of living to eat rather than eating to live. The slow food movement began in 1989 as a protest against McDonald's and stands for the same. This movement signifies a push against fast food and strives to reconnect people to what they are eating. Michael Pollan writes about the slow food movement in The Omnivore's Dilemma. Pollan wishes to reform the lost connection that humans once had with their food in the aspect of farmers, crops, plants, and animals.…

5 Hour Energy versus RedBull With a fast-paced world, many people are struggling to keep up. Some people have trouble getting through the last bit of their day. Remedies to these problems would normally be solved by more sleep, healthier foods, and better exercise. Although all of those activities are important, they are not attainable at any given moment of the day. Energy drinks and shots are becoming more prevalent in pop culture as people are realizing their quick fix. Energy drinks are…

Parent-baby bonding is by far one of the most important actions needed in order for newborns to develop a trusting relationship and lifelong attachment to their parents. Babies who are given a significant amount of attention to within the first four to six months of their life are guaranteed to be more confident and ensured as toddlers and older children. For some parents, this bonding event takes place within the first few days of birth; it’s proven to be easier for moms to form this connection…

regulations. We have received historical evidence about the foods we consume and encouraging information to promote the importance of preparation and how it affects our wellbeing. Food preparation and the way it is served has quickly transitioned from slow farm cooking, to industrialized fast food. Originally, food was valued amongst many families and cultures across the globe. It was prepared and grown by hand in a timely matter, as many families had to farm and grow their own crops. Women…

story forms the backbone of the film, around the other stories. Richardson manages to present extremely intimate picture that will allow many people to confront and deal with this immensely difficult issue. The daily scenes, seem as if they are in slow motion as the director follows the patient as she walks with her sister and a close friend. Richardson, leaves these scenes as open as possible, not using cut scenes, to illustrate the raw behavior, of what will eventually happen death. The last…

completing the app. As the sole developer of Wonder Rush, I was in charge of everything from programming to marketing. Fortunately, through the stress of deadlines and bugs, YouTube was also there to help me relax with videos of water melons exploding in slow motion and goats singing along to…

daydreamin”. People think a child is older than it is, that it should be able to do more and be better than all the other children. Alan Kazdin is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Yale University. He has written 49 books including some about parenting and child…

Learning How To Drown, a musical written by Patricia Noonan and Amanda Jacobs in 2007, revolves around a the love story of a young couple, Emma and John, and their parallel to Emma’s grandparents, Aidan and Clare. The play illustrates the importance of fables and the balance between the themes of love and freedom. Emma, portrayed by Caroline Portu, is a young woman who is questioning the proposal of her long time boyfriend, John, while stranded in their house due to a hurricane. Paired with the…

The movie commences with upside down images and faces imprinted on its memory. We observe yellow fog and trees which precede a napalm air strike. We find a soldier face which is pained and disillusioned. This depicts war everywhere. The soldiers merge with another soldier and disappear into the forest. The soldier is tormented and possessed; he looks at his image in the mirror and grins to destroy it. He wraps himself in his blood, and this reminds us of his face painted with mad. In this scene,…