WALK!! A study found that walking isn't just great for weight loss or for just plain old exercise – it's great for your memory too! …researchers randomly assigned 120 healthy but sedentary men and women (average age mid-60s) to one of two exercise groups. One group walked around a track three times a week, building…
When people say, "You don't look your age" – or “I’d never have guessed you were that old,” we are supposed to think of it as a complement. But to me, the developmental psychologist, it means that they have a preconceived idea of what "my age" should look like: a preconceived notion or bias about…
In my book, You Can Totally Screw Up As A Mom And Still Raise Great Kids, I say this: I had a conversation one day with the mother of a one-year-old who was saying that her daughter's language development had seemed to stall – but that she was running all over the place. That happens…
On January 1, 2011 the first wave of baby boomers started turning 65 and are now eligible for Medicare… Some worry there won't be sufficient funds in either Medicare or Social Security to last for the rest of their lives. Many boomers will not yet retire as they can not yet afford to do so!…
A friend sent this to me for posting [thank you Britt] It plays on osme of the steretyopes I have written about but even so I laughed a lot watching it!