The name game

Article Abstract:

Given names were found to have an effect on the bearers' personalities and what they do in life. They may also influence others' perception about the bearers. However, anyone with a bad-sounding name can rise above it since it is the person inside, and not what the person is named, that really matters.

Analysis, Names, Personal, Personal names

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"I was fat." (story of a formerly fat teenage girl)

Article Abstract:

A teenage girl talks about the difficulties of being fat. She recalls how kids at school used to tease and ostracize her. She has now lost 60 lbs. and learned to forgive the very people who used to pick on her.

Personal narratives, Overweight persons, Teenagers, Youth

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Mothers, daughters & dieting

Article Abstract:

Some mothers can be obsessed with forcing their teenage daughters to go on a diet. This is because they want their daughters to look beautiful or they simply project their weight problems onto their daughters.

Psychological aspects, Health aspects, Reducing diets, Mothers and daughters, Mother-daughter relations, Mothers

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