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Coronavirus Crisis: Reasons for Hope During These Dark Times

The Practical Leader

Many jurisdictions around the world are declaring states of emergency, closing their borders, and restricting travel. They’ve set up a Covid-19 platform to share information with and among research institutes to develop better testing kits, drugs, and a vaccine. Global banks are much stronger and less leveraged than in 2008.

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How Books about the Teen Brain Fall Short

Building Personal Strength

They need to know about their child's brain, because there are sensitive windows of development with outcomes that last a lifetime. For example, the development of the prefrontal cortex happens during adolescence and is hugely important to the development of the basic structure of a child's intellect. and Sam Wang, Ph.D.

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The Ripple Effects of Parents Not Using Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business Review

So while America has long been the only developed nation to not guarantee workers any paid time off, our elective status as No-Vacation Nation has been a relatively recent phenomenon. Travel Association, which is naturally concerned about what all this overwork is doing to the travel industry.). So what’s the problem?

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