Slow

“In fact, we often try to do everything we possibly can to guarantee that our children will have every chance to attain every level of success. That means that we want to provide them with the means to match or surpass us--their parents--and the lifestyle they have experienced growing up with” (Glass 1). According to Peter N. Stearns, in the past 20 years parental over-involvement has increased markedly (Are You Too 1). The question is why is parental involvement increasing? Helicopter parenting…

Interviewee’s present life circumstances James E. was born Feb. 24, 1936, which has him at the time tested age of 81. James is an African American male and is married to his lovely wife Margret. He has 4 children of his own and with that comes 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. James currently resides in a single family home located in laurel, MD. Nearby family members come by to visit nearly every week for dinner and quality time. James keeps himself busy by running his nonprofit…

Protecting a Child From Overprotection As kids grow up, most of the behaviors they develop and learn come from their family members, friends, but also parents. The way that the child is treated by his/her parents usually has a correlation with the child’s behaviors. Some kids happen to have a very distant relationship with their parent(s), as their parent(s) might not choose to be involved in the child’s life. On the completely other side of the spectrum, lay kids with parents who stick around…

Tiger parenting is a term which refers to strict or demanding parenting that pushes children to be successful academically by attaining high levels of scholastic and academic achievement, using methods regarded as typical of childrearing in areas of East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Children are punished for failure (especially in the academic world) and for not meeting up to the parents' expectations. Most people do not even know what tiger parenting is and for those who understand what…

In today’s America, millions of the young and old hop into their cars and head out to work, school, or to meet up with their friends. Because of this, Americans see driving as one of the ultimate expressions of personal freedom. You can drive wherever you want, as long as nobody else gets in your way. Accordingly, therein lies the problem with driving, the age of distracted and entitled drivers is upon us. Few drivers on the road properly prepare themselves for the dangers of operating a…

What comes out of paranoia and fear? A desire for control. This simplified concept applies when considering the gradual and predictable rise of authoritarianism in the United States. The past decade has brought on events which have generated chaos and uncertainty in particular groups of American people. Great social and cultural change has seen white and traditionally Republican voters feel the threat of outside intervention. This subtle but overwhelming emotion has created the demand for an…

According to Sweet’s God’s Hotel, slow-medicine is a continuum of treatment from medical cure to post-treatment management through which both a doctor and a patient actively cooperate. It aims to provide the patient with a complete cure that not only involves medical recovery but also psychosocial rehabilitation to the utmost degree possible. For such a holistic cure to be obtainable, a doctor’s understanding of both medical condition and psychosocial status of a patient is essential. Therefore,…

short film project Hong Kong Slow Food explores the meaning and impact of slow food development in Hong Kong environment. What we found out in the course of making the film is how much the locally emerged movement such as Slow Food can reach different parts of the globe and transform the food industry globally. The movement that emerged in Italy was originally aimed to resist the growing influence of fast food chains in the country, specifically, McDonald's. Nevertheless, Slow Food Manifesto,…

reflex which allows you to breathe automatically so you will not suffocate during sleep. Dolphins aren't equipped with that breathing reflex, so their way of sleeping is very different and is important to their survival. Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep Unihemispheric slow-wave sleep, or USWS, is a sleep phenomenon that exists when one hemisphere of the brain is asleep and the other hemisphere remains…

movement to learn about for me is the Slow Movement. I choose this movement because I believe that everything in society should be done at a certain pace. If everything was done at a certain pace and not rushed by anyone or anything I believe there would be a wonderful change in today’s world. A lot of things have changed over the years on this earth and it’s society. For instance, in Piazza di Spagna, Rome in 1986 a man named Carlo Petrini began a movement called the slow movement due to the…