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The tragedy is that homework has caused good parents to force children to stop activities that are evidence-based, like time playing, outside, time talking, interacting with people, and a bedtime. The academic benefits come when we eat dinner with the family, maintain a bedtime routine, engage in music training, or read a book by choice.

Music not only excites and electrifies, but it produces and orchestrates neural functionality. Just listening synchronizes brainwaves, the nervous system, pain tolerance, mood, and your immune system. Musicians have sophisticated neural networks like tracks of the railroads. It grows more mass in the brain (especially the hippocampus), boosts cognition, linguistics, spatial rotation, social interaction, and empathy.

After losing her husband suddenly, pregnant Ava is struggling to survive in Boston. While she vows never to fall in love again, she knows a marriage of convenience is her only hope for a secure life for her and her unborn child. Rancher Ross is seeking a woman to help him on his ranch in Wyoming. Ava seems a perfect match for him. In his excitement to impress her, Ross embellishes a very important aspect of his life.

With tips and tools for both students and parents, this book is designed to help secure a bright future in college sports. You need the advice in this book, from creating an athletic resume to evaluating scholarship offers, you’ll learn the ins and outs of this complex process.

Empty Nest is hard enough to go through, but when there is no one who understands what you feel, it is harder. When everyone around you is either negative about the experience or tells you that you are being silly or you should be happy, they don't understand. It is especially hard when no one has been "Mom," but you. Great Grandma understands. This book was created out of a need for an older, more experienced woman to share her viewpoint of this pivotal transition in life.

Knowing the three types that improve life, fuel learning, and even allow the brain to wire new neurons. It is like magic. Poor attention, damage from injury, bad moods, anxiety, and trouble in school could vanish with some exercise, fun play, or balance activities and obstacle courses.