Consumerism among children

The current model of consumerism forces one to think about the audience targeted by advertisements, and their consequential effect on the psychological, social and physiological development of human beings, children in particular. The consumer ideology robs a child of a fundamental part of personal development. Children exposed to unbridled consumerism stop playing and start behaving like adults. They are often immature and their development may be retarded. According to eminent psychologists Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky, the school is the fundamental institution for a child's development. It helps him develop communication skills and contributes to his intellectual, emotional and social development. However, there is also a sense of competition and social inequality in the school environment. Those that do not fit in are excluded.
A child exposed to the consumer model unconsciously believes that he needs a particular game, toy or another possession to fit into a group. Paradoxically, this same object is also used as a differentiator between people, thus causing the exclusion of those who have no coveted object to compete with.
According to the North American Dietetic Association's Borzekowiski Robinson, it only takes 30 seconds for a brand to influence a child. In Brazil for example, unlike other countries such as Sweden, England, Belgium, the USA, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, The Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Norway, there is no regulation to limit advertising aimed at children.
There is no control, and advertisers are free to pursue profits unethically and without sparing a thought for children's well-being. The scenario in Oman is a complete reversal of roles. Children are routinely exposed to reality, and may resort to stealing to fulfil their wishes. They may experience a difficult adolescence and be prone to childhood obesity, early sexualisation, and premature use of tobacco and alcohol due to family stress. They may even become violent if their wishes are not fulfilled and if they feel they are socially unequal.
According to the socio-historical perspective of Vygotsky, man is a product of social interaction. It is therefore necessary to restructure the social scene in Oman, as well as and in the world, so that children do not fall victim to consumerism and other ills.

School inclusion and mental deficiency

The concept of integration is a fundamental principle of the consequences of standardisation. So, it is the key to the whole educational process. Taking the positive results achieved by the practice of educational inclusion in developed countries in the last two decades as its starting point, the Brazilian educational system has experienced a moment of transition in the care of pupils with special educational needs. Leaving a model of special education it embraced the idea of special classes and building a model for integration of special children in regular education classrooms as it is deduced from studies that the process of inclusion/integration of children with disabilities in regular education allows them to interact spontaneously in different situations, while helping them gain knowledge and develop.
This integration, however, should not be easily solved from a resolution of a nature legal or theoretical, since variables related to group processes and reactions of prejudice can influence it, either facilitating or hindering the integration of people with those called 'normal.'
The proposed school inclusion of children with special educational needs seeks to avoid the deleterious effects of social isolation these children face, create opportunities for interaction among children and reducing prejudice.
By the end of 80 years of the 20th century, the term integration began to wane, being replaced by the idea of inclusion, as the goal is to include, without distinction, all children, regardless of their abilities.
In addition, it favours the integration of special needs students while sharing their responsibility, while inclusion tries to advance, also requiring the society in general to do so. Inclusion in practice, however, realises that even those students who are included in the regular school system are still isolated from their classmates who are not disabled. There is physical inclusion, but not social and emotional.
The result is that students with severe disabilities have little opportunity to practice, refine and expand their repertoire of cognitive and social skills that will be useful in the course of their lives. These skills, if not learned in time, may cause social maladjustment, thus reaffirming the poor condition, while maintaining reduced likelihood of developing friendships. The rejection is closely linked to the perception that students will special needs have behaviors considered inadequate by their colleagues.
Students with special needs also have difficulty with their peers. According to Turner (1984), a failure to meet these students with their peers are both in acceptance and identification with the group. It's not just proximity that makes one think that he belongs to a group. He has to identify with the group because it is the basic process of group formation. Having a partner in development and acceptance in a group reduces prejudice and raises self-esteem.
Another aspect that may explain lack of relationship with colleagues is the time factor of exposure of special needs students to broader social situations; their low frequency ends up making them act stereotypically and reinforces the differences between them.
It was evident to all that there is a need for curriculum changes, an approximation of the parents to this 'new' school environment and then help children to adapt to this new reality in a healthy way where they have to learn and teach, in addition to a special student to student contact since the early school years to avoid a clash of reality, thoughts, and prejudiced attitude.

Alzheimer's and Families

Alzheimer's disease is most prevalent among those over the age of 65. With the diagnosis, families are faced with issues that undermine self-esteem, security and hope. In addition to medical facilities for diagnosis and treatment, the family may also require members of the community to help the patient in times of difficulty.
In the initial phase of the disease, the patient is able to venture out alone, but at some point, he will cease to recognise a well-known street and other landmarks. So it is necessary that the news of the diagnosis is shared with others outside the home, such as the doorman, the mailman or even the owner of the neighbourhood newsstand. Any of these people may be in a position to assist the patient to return home in case he gets lost.
Reaching out beyond the nuclear family also reduces feelings of loneliness and isolation. It may help if the patient and his family have some kind of support system during the process of developing the disease. Many families give some kind of identification documents to the patient in terms of personal data and diagnosis, so he can get help if needed.
As this form of dementia progresses, patients are more at risk when they leave home by themselves. The house will now require structural changes such as grills on windows, handrails on the stairs and other measures to help prevent potential accidents.
As far as family relationships go, I find that all the family members are affected by the presence of the disease. The patient needs a great deal of restructuring and care during the development of the disease. The caregiver often has to deal with fear, insecurity, rejection and interference from other family members, who are in one way or another involved with the affected person.
The marital relationship hangs in the balance. The patient's relationship with children and grandchildren becomes more vulnerable to arguments.
Impatience and intolerance in the face of the patient's inconsistent attitudes are some of the most common difficulties we see in the dynamics of these families. When a spouse is the affected party, the situation becomes more complex because caregivers have to deal with their own ageing and health problems, and their own problems may be heightened due to stress.
Unresolved issues may resurface between the couple in times of conflict and disappointment. Feelings of resentment, frustration and guilt that were not addressed in the past come to the fore. The patient now requires more attention and care, since these feelings need an outlet for expression.
Among the patient's children, the first impasse is in deciding whether to institutionalise the patient or keep him/her at home, and deciding who will be responsible for his/her care. Some people believe they will be punishing or even abandoning the patient if they choose to hospitalise him/her.
Choosing to put the patient in a clinic means that constant supervision and care are needed. In many cases, a particular caregiver's presence may make a bigger difference to the development of symptoms associated with Alzheimer's.
On the other hand, keeping the person at home demands that one takes care of one's children as well as the patient. With increasing complications as the disease develops, the caregiver is likely to be in constant conflict with other family members' welfare, and may not be able to bear the fatigue and suffering. Life expectancy and fear of developing the disease themselves are the most frequent concerns aired by family members.
The caregiver's anguish over the continued suffering and loss of a loved one's cognitive abilities can lead to intense feelings that must be shared, else they can lead to illness. Role reversal can also be noticed in the speech of caregivers.
At some point of time, the person with Alzheimer's will be totally dependent on the care of another person. The person who was once a provider and caregiver will need someone to take care of him/her.

HEADACHE & MIGRAINE

Headache is one of the most common symptoms in medicine, is one of the most frequent complaints of consultations with clinicians, pediatricians and neurologists, physical therapists specializing in osteopathy, chiropractic and acupuncture specialists and dentists in Temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain and one of the most common reasons absence from work.


Headache is a universal symptom in humans. It is estimated that 90 to 100% of people will have some type of headache throughout life.

The headaches are divided into primary and secondary schools.

The most common primary headaches are migraine, tension-type headache, and cluster headache.

Other less common forms of primary headache include migraine continues, new daily persistent headache, stress headache, cough headache, cold stimulus headache, chronic paroxysmal hemicranianic.

Headache experts also generally treat facial pain, such as trigeminal neuralgia, atypical facial pain.

Secondary headaches are those caused by some other disease, such as brain tumors, head trauma, meningitis, stroke, hydrocephalus, and aneurysms.

Headaches can be divided into primary or idiopathic are those that have a cause or origin of its own.

The headaches that stem from other causes or diseases are called secondary headaches. These may have to do with problems with the nervous system, the level of the cranial sacral system (meninges, etc.). Or have to do with problems in some part of the body.

A secondary headache is such that you acquire when you have the flu, this being the cause of the headache.

The tension headaches are the most frequent and are felt as a heaviness, tightness, or mill, either at the front or in the neck or even on top of the head. The headache is often associated with fatigue, nervous system disorders, restlessness, depression, awkward postures, stress, too much noise, etc.. Sometimes there are too muscular tension level of the shoulders and neck, and can last hours or days.

A migraine headache is a strong or very strong that normally appears periodically and is normally pulsating or throbbing. Any movement of the head usually worsens as the physical or mental efforts. Often find only one side of the head and are usually accompanied by intolerance to light and noise and are often accompanied by vomiting.

The people suffering from this problem seek a dark, quiet place where they can rest or sleep. Migraines are usually a crisis that may last hours or days during which the person is completely to the ground and unable to function normally.

Sometimes there are so-called migraine with aura in which the person has impaired vision, as loss of vision on one side, blurring of images, sensations of bright lines, luminous dots or figures or even numbness or tingling in the face or the hand.

Unfortunately there is no medical examination to determine the causes of migraines.

The medical solutions are usually the same analgesic or anti-inflammatory.

However, the only medication used to control seizures and not to address the causes as they still do not know what they are.

However, and by observation of some people who suffer from these problems, to detect problems with the body and cranial sacral system that once corrected, substantially improve the crises and frequency of migraines and headaches.

A menstrual migraine is one that significantly decreases or disappears when correcting problems in body and cranial sacral system.

The other headaches, they disappear when it is correct because the causes giving rise to them.

But sometimes correct the body and cranial sacral system is not enough because sometimes there is also work those emotional factors that sometimes lie behind these problems.

This is often the reason for many failures in addressing the causes behind headaches and migraines. Is that there are few professionals who have training and sensitivity to detect and correct problems with the body and cranial sacral system and even less those who work together emotional factors that often exist behind these problems.

No diapers

Respecting the pace and progress of the child, parental help is essential to be able to overcome this additional step.
Respect the rhythms
Children are all different and their biological rhythms have no fixed scale to meet. Some children drop out of diapers sooner than others because it depends on the ability to control the sphincters.
When children reach two years it is natural to have, from time to time, a dry diaper in the morning - a sign that during the night did not pee and the bladder and bowel control is well underway. However, the early learning should begin during the day. Without forcing the child, now that the weather starts to be hotter, is the perfect time to start this new learning. For that, parents must have time and be patience.

A beginning full of expectations
The first thing to do is get a pot. Have your child help in the selection since it will have to please you. There are different shapes and colors and some with music - added bonus - when a child makes their needs.
After buying the potty for him to explain what it does. The best way is to tell you that parents will make their needs the toilet but, as he still has a little potty to your needs to begin training. Then, after the meals, the child should sit on potty to do their needs. Generally, it is normal that the child begins to make poop because children are usually in the diaper poop after meals. If the child does not do after about ten minutes to be seated, it is better to remove it and put it back within an hour.
Don’t force the child to stay longer than she needs, so she doesn’t stay tiered of the potty-weary.
It is natural that during the first experiments do pee in shorts, parents should not scold you, but explain to him that is now grown and should behave like a big boy. It is necessary to maintain the care of the child to sit on the potty every hour.

Warning signs
Children when they begin this new stage, often when they do not fully control the sphincters are not yet aware of its possibilities, and they are playing, even if they feel the need, are able to stand up to the last moment without going to the potty. However, if parents are aware of some signs may occur, for example, the child begins to tremble, her knees together as if pressed, shrinks ...
At such times should put it in her potty and explain that whenever you feel like it should sit.

Assistance procedures
If the child is walking normally without a diaper and has to leave before you leave home, sit on the potty and explain that you will not because it will put the diaper more beautiful without it, but you have to pee before starting so that you can handle until, for example grandmother's house.
At bedtime, before placing the child in bed, sit on the potty for a few minutes. If you wake up at night, and take advantage to put the potty - sometimes they pee means asleep.
Many children take some time to get used to ask to go to the potty quickly while others sit in it alone. Whatever the attitude of your child, not scold you when you have a leak. Throughout the day, ask him if he has no desire to go to the potty, but it is important that you put him periodically.
And don’t forget when the child is able to do his needs in the potty, the parents should always praise her.

Holiday’s

We are in the high season when many people take vacations. It is natural then to imagine that those who are away from the office of the studies or are already "upside down", replacing the stolen energy from day to day by stress. But this is no absolute truth, some people feel more tired than when on vacation is working.
The difficulty in relaxation is a problem that has been worsening. On the one hand, during the holidays because the family relationships end tapering naturally and bringing up again, some unresolved conflicts. On the other hand, some use vacation time at work or college to take courses. That is, if not shuts down or allows the body to be refreshed.

There are also those who decide to embark on tour wearing. Who has invested in those package tours that promise to meet all of Europe in ten days or total fun in five days at Disney knows how to take these walks throughout the person's physical energy. Conclusion: In return, the tourist is a true human rag, in need of holidays.

As the holidays are a necessary period in human life, which should seek to enjoy it as best as possible, the ideal is to plan how the weather will be employed. If the person has only ten days of rest, but using it to actually rest your head, have fun, laugh and meet new people with totally different discourses of the routine.

It is important to understand that the holidays are not healing or salvation for people who are lonely or with relationship problems. But it is worth reserving a little time to "turn off" the tribulations that cause more stress. For those who can not relax and begin to feel that constant tension is affecting their health, the expert says that the healing process can happen in several ways:

Tips for those who are in the limit and can not relax:

Exercise - Release of endorphins, which is essential for physical and emotional balance;

Proper nutrition - Agitated People should avoid excessive consumption of food and beverage stimulants (spicy food, alcohol and coffee, for example);

The Development of spirituality - it is important to take care of his 'divine side', ie take readings of specific texts, moments of meditation and prayer;

Psychotherapy - Seek help from a psychologist. A serious professional can help find and fix this mental programming that prevents him from being at peace;

Keep your expectations in check - Do not try to do these holidays 'best of all time;

Do not consume too much alcohol - Drinks in excess can make you more tired and depressed;

Be ready for the unexpected - Remember that not everything can be under your control and relax;

Take these tips all year - whenever you feel 'on the edge' book a weekend just to unwind. These breaks are a holy medicine.

How to Choose Toys for Your Children

As everyone knows, the work that children have is to play, and the tools they use to play are the toys. The question that arises is what kind of toys do they have?

Which are the most and least appropriate? For whom should we decide every day children are "bombarded" in television ads for the most varied, and if they are available in great cartoon on top, most of the time are perfect copies of dolls which can wear , going to parties, characters are fantastic, each marry and have children, others are galactic invaders, etc.. There is therefore a huge competition in terms of entertainment and games.
Ideally, the toys they should buy are those that are appropriate to their ages. For example, although a microscope can be very stimulating and useful for a child of 11 years, it is very likely to remain on a shelf, untouched, if offered to a child of preschool age. Already on the other hand, if you buy a doll for his daughter, who has come up with a dress, for example, medieval and some historical significance, it is very likely that your imagination fly quickly over time. Today, many companies have already indicated in the boxes of toys ages themselves, which helps a lot in both the choice and the effect it will raise, putting aside the feelings of frustration and failure which could inflict.
When choosing toys for your child, be sure also to take into account the different areas of expertise that help to develop some toys.
For example, develop the fine motor skills is essential in a child who is learning to write his name. Toys that enhance and develop this competence are the best toy cars, building materials, yo-yos, magnets, video games, the handling of computer mice or write with computer keyboards.
Already with regard to coordinating and developing the capacity to develop muscle strength of a child is given a jump rope, roller skating, playing with rackets and began to walk on roller skates, or even begin cycling. The toys can help develop children's imagination. Children in their early school years, they love to play make-believe. For example love to play pretend that you are the post office, or pretend to be teachers and who are teaching their students the ABC.
Try giving a medical kit to your child and you will see that soon begins to simulate operations in their favorite dolls. Children of primary love playing with dolls and animals.
Therefore, at this age, do not deprive a boy playing with dolls, not discourage the girls playing with cars or toys that are traditionally for boys. If you prefer, in addition to dolls or stuffed animals, puppets are a good alternative, because they are great to give life and recreate voices and stories through the imagination. Do not forget that a child's imagination, the box that comes with the refrigerator or the microwave there new home can be quickly transformed into a space station or a puppet theater. The children basically love is to do things and play. Encourage your kids to work on creativity, always ensuring that they have on hand paper, pencils, markers, pens, paints, brushes, pencil-of-wax, etc..
Toys docking, the Lego, the etc.., Are great for architectural projects. The kits, jewelry, musical instruments, etc.. are great for developing their creativity. Another type of toys that help children develop their thinking capacity are precisely those board games. In the case of younger children is the best simple games, but in the older puzzles, books, science kits and are most suitable. Besides the children, virtually every board game has a very positive because they can always be made with the family.