12 Rules for Life (Full) ENGLISH

did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided, deeply ideological theory. Even more problematic is the in ...

The Ignoble Savage It has been said that every individual is the conscious or unconscious follower of some influential philosoph ...

It soon became obvious, however, that what she observed was by no means rare. Bluntly put: chimpanzees conduct inter-tribal warf ...

more than 30% once they became subject to state authority.^93 This is a very instructive example of complex social structures se ...

they will deny it desperately when pressed). When I worked in daycare centres, early in my career, the comparatively neglected c ...

other people will be able to interact meaningfully and productively with them. It is an act of responsibility to discipline a ch ...

I remember taking my daughter to the playground once when she was about two. She was playing on the monkey bars, hanging in mid- ...

to express outrage and frustration, and to gratify their impulsive desires. More importantly, for our purposes, they do so to di ...

knew it, and I knew it. He picked up the spoon. I took it from him, and spooned up a delicious mouthful of mush. I moved it deli ...

Two hours later, we put the kids to bed. Four of the five went promptly to sleep—but not the Muppet aficionado. I had placed him ...

“Did he get up?” said his father. “No,” I said. “He slept the whole time.” Dad looked at me. He wanted to know. But he didn’t as ...

few months. He’s still wobbly and unreliable. So, you start his training by handing him a plate and having him hand it back. A p ...

Emotions, positive and negative, come in two usefully differentiated variants. Satisfaction (technically, satiation) tells us th ...

Maleficent curses the princess, sentencing her to death at the age of sixteen, caused by the prick of a spinning wheel’s needle. ...

will produce anxiety, depression and resentment. That will produce the turning from life that is equivalent to the wish for unco ...

not been taught to behave properly by the age of four, it will forever be difficult for him or her to make friends. The research ...

challenging, non-compliant and stubborn. Some children are desperate for rules and structure, and are content even in rigid envi ...

About the first principle, you might ask, “Limit the rules to what, exactly?” Here are some suggestions. Do not bite, kick or hi ...

They could see that people liked them. This also reinforced their good behaviour. That was the reward. People will really like y ...

That’s pretty obvious, in the case of parking lot or outlet. But the same thing applies in the social realm, and that brings us ...