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CBD: The Cannabis Compound That Really is as Good as it Sounds

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Cannabis activists have come to expect not getting a fair hearing when discussing the medicinal benefits of the herb, which has been accused of causing mental health issues, reducing motivation and being a gateway to hard, addictive drugs. While no one can deny that abusing cannabis rich in psychoactive THC is likely to bring about problems, the same applies to any substance.

Thankfully, the therapeutic properties of cannabidiol (CBD), another important cannabinoid found in cannabis, cannot be shunned by the naysayers so easily. Since the early 1960s when CBD was isolated from the rest of the plant and had its chemical structure defined by Israeli researchers, a number of potential uses have emerged. As have safer ways of using cannabis – instead of damaging the lungs by smoking, near-instant relief is now possible with CBD vape oil and e-liquid.

But firstly, let’s look at why CBD does not have the drawbacks which have prevented THC’s progression as a mainstream medicine. [Read more…]

Keeping the Line of Communication Open between Parents and Adolescents

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By Laurie Hollman, Ph.D. 

When children reach their teen years, they’d like to believe that they no longer need any instruction or advice from their parents. Yet they continue to need the same loving care, but in new ways that respect their growing autonomy. 

Central to teenagers’ needs is the ability of their parents to listen to them and to respect their ideas, points of view, feelings and intentions. This requires that parents learn to listen nonjudgmentally without interrupting, correcting or blaming. When a teen feels heard, she feels respected and forms a good relationship with her parents.

How do parents effectively listen to their teens? 

It’s important that parents take the time needed to have both casual and serious discussions with their teens. Beginning with casual discussions opens the door to conversations about more serious issues. Hanging out with your teen, talking together in the car, doing chores together and setting rules and boundaries together all allow teens to feel confident that their parents care and respect them. Respect is key to having your adolescent want to talk with you often and openly.  [Read more…]

Day Trading Simplified

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What is Day Trading?

Day trading is a special kind of trading where securities or other financial instruments are held for just a single day. This means that a day trader buys stocks today and sells off the stock by the end of the trading day. It could also mean buying and selling multiple times during a trading day. All transactions are initiated and concluded within that day.

This is different from swing trading in which securities can be held for weeks and even months or investment type trading where securities can be held for years. Learn more about day trading here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRNy7rTJK-A

Advantages of Day Trading

There are distinct advantages to day trading and we will look at these. [Read more…]

The Top Causes of Exhaustion and How to Fix Them

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Nobody loves being exhausted. It slows life down, makes you dejected, and sometimes makes life boring that you may feel it is not worth living anymore. However, every exhaustion has a course, and the best way to avoid getting exhausted is to understand why you are exhausted and avoid all the causes. Some people are usually conscious when they get exhausted, but others just find themselves tired and unhappy without knowing why.

If you fall in the latter category, we have some good news for you. We have listed the top causes of exhaustion and what you can do for each instance to ensure you avoid the exhaustion or recover from it. Check them out, but if nothing works for you and the feeling of exhaustion persists, be sure to seek medical advice.

You are out of alignment spiritually, emotionally or mentally

When you are not in alignment with your physical, mental or spiritual self, exhaustion is bound to be experienced. You feel stressed, unfulfilled, and unhappy or you are just bored with your whole life or certain areas of your life. The reason for such a feeling may be deep-seated and you may have to embark on a journey to discover yourself.

Of course, there are a lot of books and materials to guide you on such, but the major thing would be to take a step back in your life and try to identify what it is you are pleased with or the specific area in your life where things may seem to not be alright. It will be important for you to try and find out the things that made you feel happy, strong and energetic in the past, and see if there is anything you can do to try and reclaim such passing moments in your life. If you manage to do that, the exhaustion will simply disappear. [Read more…]

The Advantages of Life Insurance

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Life is unpredictable. There is not much that you can do to save it from draining to the worst scenario. Well, that the situation is inevitable but you can always take steps to avoid it from happening. Hence it is called precaution. One should always take precautionary measure to avoid certain circumstances. Maybe the incident cannot be reflected at the fullest but they can be to a certain extent.

Same goes for life, one has no say over when one is going to die or live. It is all the game of unrecognizable power. However, the power that you hold is to make that when you are in a hospital bed you could make all the attempts to save your life.

The thing that would make that possible is through a life insurance. Life insurance saves one for the risk of not been able to cure themselves and well as to look after your family when you are no more alive. Here are some of the advantages of life insurance and visit True Local to know more about this. [Read more…]

Landscaping in Reno Helps You Get the Garden of Your Dreams

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The garden is the place where you can turn it into a place of story, with a bold and practical design. Do you want to know how to put into practice your garden design project? Find out from the article below what you need to know before you get started and the steps you need to follow.

How to decorate the garden according to the desired functionality

Planting the garden begins with setting the way you want to later use that space as a place to relax or as a place to plant and grow fresh and delicious vegetables. Here are some ideas! [Read more…]

Young Rembrandts Illustrates New Picturesque Franchising Strategy for Pittsburgh

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Illustrious childhood art education program draws on mid-year success and outlines new expansion plans to bring specialized curriculum to Pittsburgh

Building on the momentum of a sensational national campaign celebrating the brand’s 30th anniversary in 2018, Young Rembrandts has announced a new expansion plan to bring its proprietary art education curriculum to more kids in Pittsburgh.

With more than 100 existing franchise partners already in place in the United States and across the globe, Young Rembrandts has identified Pittsburgh as one of the specific priority target markets for expansion, as part of the brand’s strategic effort to provide its cognitive development-centric art curriculum programs into the second half of 2018 and onward into 2019.

“Even as we celebrate our 30th anniversary this year, we’re never content to rest on our laurels and we’re ready to bring art education to as a many children as possible for years to come, beginning with a strategic plan to expand in Pittsburgh,” said Kim Swanson, director of franchise development for Young Rembrandts. “We want to build a legacy in this community, and the first step is finding the right partner who believes in our mission and understands Pittsburgh, and what parents and kids here want in afterschool enrichment.” [Read more…]

Balancing Your Child’s Screen Time

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Your child is growing and learning. This growth involves more than just their bodily size. Their brain function, their understanding and their physical traits are growing too. Everything in their lives can impact how they grow.

Your child learns through interaction He or she knows hot from cold through experience, and develops an understanding of good and bad from your guidance. They are constantly picking off and absorbing information from all sides and learning. Psychologists say that this period, particularly below five years old, is where they are at their most impressionable. [Read more…]

Spotting and Nurturing Your Child’s Talent

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Over the decade’s talents in children have come into focus, but new parents may have a hard time going about finding it and encouraging the same. Before dismissing your child as void of talent because they don’t do anything you deem special, some talents include critical thinking and listening. Don’t assume that being an athlete or a musician is all there is when talking about talent. Educate yourself on the types of talents that there are to be able to spot them.

Parents and those around the child, including teachers, should have the ability to nurture talents. Even if you’re unsure, there are specific skills children have that make them stand out. Once you notice those, place them in contexts where they can sharpen those skills. Doing so at an early age makes them equipped to carry forward those abilities into their future careers. It also makes the selection process of their career path more natural as they will likely gravitate to those jobs where they can utilize their strong suits. It opens their minds their minds to aspire to be SABS Ontario professions or working to be in a state university school board. [Read more…]

Broadening Your Child’s Emotional Understanding

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Emotional intelligence has been and will be around for years. The importance of the same is increasingly coming into public awareness. The narrative insists on how crucial it is to teach a child the same at a young age if they are to become emotionally healthy. Babies in their early stages of life learn through observation, but there are things that, when they are much older, parents can do to further their children’s emotional vocabulary. While these ideas are not exhaustive, it sets the foundation for further reading.

Reading emotions

Our faces tend to react in the same way across the ranges of human emotions. The way then is to show children various facial expressions and ask them to guess the feeling. There are materials, and yourself too, that display the range. You can also use different shows on television. It does not have to be cartoons, even a men’s barber shop Toronto show will work. When done enough times, they will be able to read other people’s emotions better. [Read more…]