Changing lives: one inflatable turkey at a time
NCFR has a Book Club twice a year. In the fall of 2010, we read Robert Milardo's book, Forgotten Kin: Aunts and Uncles. One of the Book Club participants has a story to tell about it, and I have permission to tell it here. A few identifying factors will be changed for privacy, but the essential story remains. Our participant--let's call her Mary--read the book and soon applied the content with wonderful results.
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
February 23, 2012
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Contagion: art meets science
The new film Contagion is catching and scary. Fortunately real life scientists are weighing in.
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
September 19, 2011
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Crocodile what?!
What my little parable reveals are a couple of things related to family studies. Even when families "hear" a message under the best of circumstancesin their native language, with no hearing impairmentsometimes they have no idea what's being said. What our job is, if we are to be the multidisciplinary source of information about the understanding of families, is to be the connection between what is said and what is heard.
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
May 25, 2010
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A Day in a Jack London Story
Make safe winter travel a priority-- assemble a winter survival kit for your car.
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
November 23, 2010
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Donny was my Technicolor Dreamboat
Ask any woman, "did you have a teenage crush on a celebrity?" Among my girlfriends of my age cohort, if you ask who their teen dream was, you'll probably hear "David Cassidy", "Bobby Sherman" or a few others; my teen idol was Donny.
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
December 08, 2008
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Eric's off to College---Do I Hear a Helicopter?
There's been a lot written about "helicopter" parents. Are parents really hovering over their kids too much? Maybe. Maybe not. Is it just the times? The economy? What do kids need as we parents "launch" the young adult?
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
August 30, 2010
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Ethics: the problem with putting people on pedestals
I have this tendency to create heroes for myself and, occasionally, I end up with regret. A few of my people have fallen off their pedestals.
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
February 09, 2011
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Everything I wanted to know about true love I learned in my bathroom
Last September, my husband and I celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. I thought that when we hit this milestone, I would reach some epiphany or acquire some sage insights as to why we made it but half of couples do not. The truth is I am no expert and have only speculation.
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
November 17, 2010
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Extraordinarily Popular YouTube Videos and the Madness of Crowds
By now, everyone who is not on life support knows the name Susan Boyle. Until she "gobsmacked" the world on Britains Got Talent just 10 days ago, this 47 year old Scottish woman was an undiscovered fabulous singer and unemployed church volunteer. By her own admission in interviews, she has struggled with learning disabilities and was bullied as a child. If you were not one who placed one of the over 31 million hits on this YouTube video, here is the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
April 20, 2009
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A fabulous new recipe for family policy and sausage: a book review
<p>A book review of <em><strong>Evidence-based Policymaking</strong></em> by Karen Bogenschneider and Tom Corbett</p>
Nancy Gonzalez, CFLE
May 17, 2011
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