|
|
Home & Family |
|
 |
|
How a girl’s name can determine what her career will be
But research has revealed that this decision could have far greater consequences than simply exposing youngsters to years of playground ribbing. Scientists have discovered that the 'femininity' of the names given to daughters could decide what career she does in future life and heavily influence what sort of person she eventually becomes.
|
|
Seeing family and friends daily is worth the equivalent of an £85,000 pay rise
Economists asked 10,000 people to rate the happiness changes in their life would bring - from pay rises to spending time with family and friends. They found that face-to-face time with loved ones every day is worth the equivalent of an £85,000 pay rise, while meeting with friends or relatives once or twice a week was worth £69,500.
|
Danger on the airwaves: Is the Wi-Fi revolution a health time bomb?
The technological explosion (wireless) is even bigger than the mobile phone explosion that preceded it. And, as with mobiles, it is being followed by fears about its effect on health - particularly the health of children. Recent research, which suggests that the worst fears about mobiles are proving to be justified, only heightens concern about the electronic soup in which we are increasingly spending our lives.
|
|
Every mother’s nightmare
And what couple, preparing for a holiday, hasn’t had the conversation about how old children need to be before you can leave them sleeping for a couple of hours? It’s a parental rite of passage: we’ve all done it. We all need to do it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
