Little heroes in distress

How does a child grow up to be a "real boy" and which messages does he receive from his parents and other adults to become a young man? Focus is on information concerning the physical and mental health of an adolescent male and his desires, fears and sexual experiences. Last but by no means least spotlight is on how adults appreciate and deal with the needs and anxieties of a youngster or "little hero". Particular attention centers on the problem of forcing youngsters into a malehood characterised by fearlessness and an intrepid attitude, by banking on their sex-specific fears of not being rated as "real young boys" because they may be losers in some instances where they are expected to be aggressive or where they experience sorrow and a desire for tenderness. Such demands made on adolescent boys by an inconsiderate environment can have incalculable consequences on their psychosocial potentials and on their physical and mental health and well-being.     

10个节俭小习惯

1.随身携带杯子喝水。口渴时去超市买瓶饮料,这是大多数人的惯性思维。但这样不仅容易导致摄入过多糖分和香精,塑料瓶子还会给环境带来贻害万年的污染。随身携带水杯,就可以轻松节省下买饮料的开支,经济又环保。     

小麻省的爱心粮食

小麻雀在一处黄土崖面南的陡坡上,啄了一个洞做窝。 距离小麻雀家不远的地方,住着小老鼠一家。两只大老鼠,带着一窝小老鼠生活。大老鼠很辛苦,每天进进出出忙着给小老鼠找食物。有时,小麻雀看见大老鼠拖着一枝谷子回来了,小老鼠们就吱吱地抢了起来。很快,大老鼠没有休息就又出去了。就这样,转眼到了冬季。     

小小实践家

0～3岁的宝宝始终对周围世界充满着好奇心和尝试探索的兴趣,这是他适应外部世界的必经过程。在这一关键阶段,让宝宝有安全感的前提下,使他从中更好地学习与人建立联系很重要。也许在实践的过程中会有受挫折的时刻,但不管如何,爸爸妈妈都应该在保障安全的情况下放手让宝宝去尝试。     

Perfect Little Feminists?

Girls' studies has emerged as a dynamic area of scholarship that examines the cultural construction of girlhood, the role that girls play in society, their identity formation, and their representation in media. This paper extends previous research by interviewing young girls aged 6 to 12 years old about their interactions with each other as they view animated cartoons. Expanding claims that Girl Power media empower young viewers, I showed clips from The Powerpuff Girls and other cartoons during the interviews to elicit girls' interpretations of popular culture, explore their views on gender equity, and examine the role of female friendships in their lives. Results from my interviews suggest that the middle-class girls I talked with simultaneously embrace both gender-role differences and gender equality.     

From Shakespeare to Defoe: malaria in England in the Little Ice Age

Present global temperatures are in a warming phase that began 200 to 300 years ago. Some climate models suggest that human activities may have exacerbated this phase by raising the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Discussions of the potential effects of the weather include predictions that malaria will emerge from the tropics and become established in Europe and North America. The complex ecology and transmission dynamics of the disease, as well as accounts of its early history, refute such predictions. Until the second half of the 20th century, malaria was endemic and widespread in many temperate regions, with major epidemics as far north as the Arctic Circle. From 1564 to the 1730s the coldest period of the Little Ice Age malaria was an important cause of illness and death in several parts of England. Transmission began to decline only in the 19th century, when the present warming trend was well under way. The history of the disease in England underscores the role of factors other than temperature in malaria transmission.