... academic subjects, thus allowing students the opportunity to discover interests they might only skim over in a traditional school setting. In can be argued that many potential scientists have never been granted the opportunity to discover their love of science because they never had a chance to explore it thoroughly according to their own interests. Unschooling allows children the unique opportunity to expand upon subjects they might not initially ... is nothing new at all. During the early days of our country, Thomas Paine sold 900,000 copies of his pamphlet "Common Sense" to a populat...

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... the opposite is usually true. Dual relationships are more likely to prevent exploitation and sex rather than lead to it. The prohibition of dual relationships may actually be unconstitutional, as it may infringe on people's constitutional rights of freedom of association. Also, not all therapeutic approaches disparage dual relationships. The most practiced and ... setting an example. Practitioners should be models of civility, integrity, emotionality, humanity, courage, and, when appropriate, duality. As a role model, telling personal stories can be an important part of therapy. Practiti...

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... 's (1985) Life Orientation Test which measures dispositional optimism. All of these tests have produced impressive results with respect to their relation to coping with stress and to psychological and physical well-being. However, none of these instruments is based on a survey of the domain of constructive and destructive thinking in every-day life. All of them sample limited, albeit important, aspects of this domain. The present article is the first in ... coping strategies. A problem that has complicated this research is that a particular mode of coping that is effective for a particul...

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