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Did Childhood Tv shows like Tom & Jerry encourage children to act aggressively?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 14 Oct 24

Growing up, my favourite childhood cartoon show was Tom & Jerry. I loved both characters although most cartoons depicted Jerry to be the more sympathetic one. However, recently I read an article stating that Tv shows including...

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Reading too fast

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 24 Jun 24

Ever since I have known Bob he has commented from time to time that he has read something too fast. I do it too. Sometimes it is hilarious. I was just reading a post on social media where the person referred to the tax...

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When Standing Up To The Bully Backfires

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Jul 23

When friends seem to stick up more for the bully than for the victim of the bully. I often find my bully is a good friend to my other friends, which makes it hard to the point of impossible for me to deal with the bully without...

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More Neighbour From Hell Bad Behaviour

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Mar 21

Tangled with my deranged neighbour again on Monday. His latest outburst was really nasty and dangerous. I was just returning from my latest clinic treatment room visit in the NHS provided taxi. As I put my key in the front door...

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Would you bite a horse?

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 14 Jan 20

A handful of times in my life, I've had a horse reach around and try to bite me when I was saddling or bridling them up. For the most part, they've never "gotten me," and I don't beleve they were trying to. They were just letting...

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Why the blue jays were going crazy!

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 1 Jul 19

I forgot to mention something interesting that happened the other day at the preschool. I was walking through the parking lot (break time) when I noticed two blue jays squawking frantically and encircling a certain point high in a...

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Body armour likely for Australian emergency services staff

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Dec 18

It has been suggested that doctors, nurses and security guards at West Australian (WA) hospitals could soon be wearing body armour. A tender for the custom manufacture of up to 250 body armour vests has been put up. Over 11,000...

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The Horse goes into a rage. Who'd a thunk it?

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 10 Mar 18

Today, on a hike with a friend in Tilden Park, we encountered some incredible wildlife. I'm not talking abut the pelican that appeared to be carrying a squirrel off to dinner. I'm talking about the banana slug (or maybe he's not a...

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The Horse involved in brutal street fight on Friday

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 22 Jan 18

I was hesitant to write about this, but I new I ultimately had to. I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, and knew early that when people started talking or acting "crazy," you give them space. If two people start fighting,...

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Is the human race becoming more aggressive and intolerant?

HOLY COW @amal06 (250) 14 Aug 17

Nowdays I notice people get offended very easily. Throwing out profanities is like breathing oxygen. Have we become closed to criticism and moving towards intolerance? This seems to affect everyone irrespective of religion, creed,...

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How assertive are you?

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 24 Jun 17

Assertion is generally defined as "standing up for your own rights without infringing on the rights of others." By definition, it is supposed to empower both the person doing it, and the person who is on the receiving end of...

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come back, doris!

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 18 Mar 17

We had the police round tonight. It began with a thud! thud! thud! and ended in a statement. It was seven o'clock-ish and I was about to start cooking our tea. thud! thud! thud! Remember our next door neighbour,...

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Trying to get eaten by turkey vultures

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 29 Sep 16

Today's kid client and I have a running joke. When we hike, and there are turkey vultures circling over us, we play dead to see if they'll come down and eat us. Of course, we always fail, but we then laugh and consider how...

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A Soft Answer Calms Emotional Outbursts

Diana Abrahamson @dianadee (1778) • South Africa 25 Oct 15

Not so easy to not enter into an argument and have an all out verbal battle. A soft answer is the opposite to what someone really wants. In the movies they end up coming to blows. The soft answer is like water on flames..it soon...

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Parkinson's Disease can make you lose your faith.

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 24 Oct 15

What a statement huh? Drugs for Parkinson's could make you become a gambler. Wow! This disease attacks the brain tissue. Located in the temporal lobes is in the amygdala area of the brain. It is a small, almond shaped mass. It...

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Getting paid for taking kids hiking?

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 7 Oct 15

In one of my (real) jobs, I work with kids who have gotten in trouble at school. Some are aggressive, and some just don't concentrate well in school and are disruptive in class. One of my main activities with these kids (my...

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Channeling Agression, an Evolution

Morgan @OneOfMany (12150) • United States 26 Sep 15

When I was in my kid days, my aggression was pretty scattered at best. It was there, but innocence of youth helped negate it, so there's not much to talk about there. When I was getting ready to enter my teens it changed, but I...

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China's development- Entering the dragon!!

MANISH K RAO @mkrnex (785) • Bangalore, India 21 Sep 15

China is superpower of Asia with a huge GDP. Currently even threatening USA's supremacy.How did they do it.I believe it is because of their self sufficiency. China has everything you name it.It has Baidu a google equivalent and...

when has a child crossed the threshold of receiving aggression

Nnaemeka @mydanods (6513) • Nigeria 31 Oct 12

if i can get 50 responses on this i will be very happy. when children disagree amongst themselves, usually, the one who is in the right is the first person to call the attention of an older person to an aggressive child. i...

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children who do poorly in school exhibit more aggression towards peers

Nnaemeka @mydanods (6513) • Nigeria 31 Oct 12

i love watching children at play. one particular observation i have been, which i am afraid must be biased, is that children who do poorly at school tend to show more aggressive behavior than their mates who perform better. i wish...

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