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Messing up and moving on

Article Abstract:

A woman relates one of her unforgettable childhood experiences which taught her the lesson of dealing with failure. She points out that failure should be seen as a chance to assess one's self and to bravely face the disappointment with honesty, courage and determination to succeed.

Author: Maynard, Rona
Publisher: Maclean Hunter Canadian Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Chatelaine
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0009-1995
Year: 1998
Personal narratives, Column, Women, Failure (Psychology)

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Starving for love

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Parental abandonment is one of the things children fear the most. The parents of three-year-old John Turner were convicted of manslaughter for allowing him starve to death. John had stopped eating as a desperate plea for his parents' love.

Author: Maynard, Rona
Publisher: Maclean Hunter Canadian Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Chatelaine
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0009-1995
Year: 1995
Cases, Child abuse, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Parental deprivation

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Getting physical

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Girls tend to be less interested in exercise than boys because they feel that athletics is a male activity. This belief shortchanges girls and deprives them of the physical benefits of exercise.

Author: Maynard, Rona
Publisher: Maclean Hunter Canadian Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Chatelaine
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0009-1995
Year: 1996
Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Editorial, Children, Teenage girls, Exercise, Exercise for children, Girls

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