The care of a house, the conduct of a home, the management of children, the instruction and government of servants, are as deservi...ng of scientific treatment and scientific professors and lectureships as are the care of farms, the management of manure and crops, and the raising and care of stock.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a small child deals with a n...ew challenge (for instance, learning to walk) has certain predictable stages: regression, anxiety, mastery, new energy, growth, and feedback for future achievement. These stages can also be seen in adults coping with new life events, whether positive or negative.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulne...ss, by making use of those religious and literary privileges and advantages that are within their reach, if they will only stretch out their hands and possess them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision--whether to... fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down, that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the servic...e of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NO...W deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But to consider this Subject in its most ridiculous Lights, Advertisements are of great Use to the Vulgar: First of all, as they a...re Instruments of Ambition. A Man that is by no Means big enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the Advertisements.... A Second Use which this Sort of Writings have been turned to of late Years, has been the Management of Controversy, insomuch that above half the Advertisements one meets with now-a-Days are purely Polemical.... The Third and last Use of these Writings is, to inform the World where they may be furnished with almost every Thing that is necessary for Life. If a Man has Pains in his Head, Cholicks in his Bowels, or Spots in his Clothes, he may here meet with proper Cures and Remedies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Pessimists say that the family is eroding. Optimists say the family is diversifying. Both points of view are right. Families are m...ore diverse and they are more in trouble--but not because of their diversity. The families of today--whatever their size or shape--are in crisis because our economy is failing, our national resources are shrinking, and our governmental policies to support them are inadequate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and sudden...ly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »