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I couldn't agree more. Let our kids get dirty. Stop with the over washing of our hands. We all turned out just fine. I think too many people are so "germaphobic". We have to let kids be kids.

You can break up your workouts throughout the day. It is just important that you get 60 minutes of physical activity in each day. I try to exercise for 15 minutes before work. I also get my kids involved after work/school each day.

I agree that we cannot really define reality. I also agree that we have emotions because otherwise we would be robotic. We were created to have emotions. I don't know a single person that has learned the first time and did not let something similar bother them.

I bet it is because prunes help you stay regular. I bet they speed up your metabolism too. I would buy into this study. I don't like prunes but I love raisins. I wonder if a study was done on raisins too? I mean after all they are just a dried up prune.

This is news to me as well. I have worked in a state home for years with these individuals. I did not notice that they ages any quicker. I actually noticed the exact opposite. They seemed to be very young for their age. I do not know about dementia though. I hope someone can shed some light on this.

Is this Commom Core just a New York state thing? I am lucky in that my daughter is graduating school this year. She was already past all of the grades that switched to this common core way of teaching. I keep hearing horror stories about it though. Do any other states have this? What are your thoughts on this?

I too live in New York and I don't know if I agree with this. Do you have facts to support this? Are you looking at the state as a whole or Upstate versus NYC? To answer this question, I too do think that our kids should be taught cursive. I remember doing worksheet after worksheet when I was a kid. My daughter is now a senior in high school. She knows cursive, through no help of the school. I taught her.

I have a few places that I like to just sit and think. I try to head up to bed about 30 minutes prior to my husband. I lay in bed and think. I also like to do my thinking in the shower or in a hot bubble bath.

Excellent tips Racoon! I have found that when I repeat something to myself when I first think about it, it helps me to remember. I have never tried meditation but I am certainly going to. I take a lot of exercise classes - ones that keep me up and moving. Maybe I need to try a yoga class. I think they really help you relax.

Can someone explain to me why the price of some products constantly rises? It isn't always about supply versus demand. I thought this was the basic theory behind the science of economics.

I do think that people that are always on the go or always running could have memory problems. I know that when I have too much to do, my body gets spazzy. I feel like I am losing my mind. I bet it has something to do with how busy we are. Our minds never rest.

Nicely put Buffy. I do think that children should get immunizations. I was hesitant in letting my child get the chicken pox vaccine. I put it off and put it off. All of the kids that we associated with had gotten the immunization. I finally decided that I would go ahead and let my child. Studies show that getting chicken pox as an adult can be horrible.