Wellness Tip for Peace: Regulate a Child's Emotion & Contribute to a Mentally Healthy & Peaceful Future

"It helps with the brain development that we need in order to have that stable foundation for going into adulthood, and dealing with the challenges that we face in adulthood. Being able to regulate our emotions, being able to know how to trust people, and how to develop relationships. All of those are skills that we need to negotiate adulthood," Copenhaver said."

'via Blog this'Healthy relationships help shape infant mental helath : News : UpperMichigansSource.com: "They can't talk back yet, but parental communication and nurturing is key to healthy baby. That's according to Melissa Copenhaver, a nurse who was at Peter White Public Library Thursday. She explained how early healthy relationships between caregivers and babies pave the way for a mentally-sound future.

Wellness Tip for Peace: Beyond material gains, it is knowing our Purpose in Life that can make us truly Happy

What We Know Now About How to Be Happy - Alice G. Walton - Health - The Atlantic: "People whose goals involved personal growth and the community were much happier than people who sought money or fame. This sounds a lot like the hedonic/ eudaimonic divide.

"By attaining the 'American Dream goals,' [big house, fancy car, designer clothes]" said the study's author Edward Deci, "you are actually feeling less satisfied in the need for autonomy and feeling effective in the world [because you are dependent on external measures outside your direct control], and that leads to more ill−being." So it seems like going after the material goods that are so appealing - a nice house, car, or bottle of wine - may actually make us more psychologically impoverished than the "larger" goals, like personal growth and self-satisfaction. This study underlines the divide between what we may think makes us happy and what actually makes us happy - and, by extension, healthy. "

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