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Here's an interesting piece on keeping your used textbooks. In some cases I think this is a good idea, for example, keeping the texts in your major or perhaps texts for courses you really enjoyed and want to refer to at a later time. In some cases, however, it probably would just add to clutter. http://www.onlinedegreeprograms.com/blog/2012/7-good-reasons-to-keep-your-old-textbooks/

Here is a good list of things to know about bullying--something we've just started to include in our textbooks probably because of cyberbullying, tho' bullying has been around a lot longer than computers. http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/10-telling-psychology-studies-on-the-nature-of-bullying

http://www.babysitting.net/blog/10-ways-to-get-your-teens-to-talk-to-you/ Here's an interesting little piece on getting your teenager to talk to you but actually the suggestions can be used in a variety of situations.

http://www.bestdatingsites.org/blog/2012/10-signs-of-a-fake-gentleman/ Here’s an article from Best Dating Sites that I was asked to consider mentioning. This one is a great classroom discussion generator and concerns the signs of a “fake gentleman”. Here are the signs—see the original article for more on these signs: He always knows exactly what to say He’s never ruffled or agitated He always has an excuse He’s evasive about his past You’ve caught him in a few lies He’s surgically attached to his cellphone He steers the subject away from commitment You’ve never met his friends He’s a little bit too smooth He assumes that you’ll be available on very short notice Some of these are no doubt accurate as the guests on Maury and the Jerry Springer Show regularly demonstrate.   One problem with lists like this, as I see it, is that it’s often male bashing. I don’t notice a comparable post on the “fake woman”. And, again, if Maury’s and Jerry’s guests are any indication there are fake...

I was asked to participate in a “blog tour” of the book, Changing Behavior: Immediately Transform Your Relationships with Easy to Learn, Proven Communication Skills , by Georgianna Donadio and published by SoulWork Press of Boston. I was asked to do whatever I wished—which is always nice. So, I thought I would simply mention the book and its connection with communication. The book ranges widely in its coverage of various suggestions “to enhance and enrich your own personal relationships”—the book’s overarching aim. Not surprisingly, there’s a great deal that focuses on communication skills (as its subtitle notes). And, again not surprisingly, the skills are similar to those we teach in interpersonal communication—listening, emotional expression, mindfulness, equality, self-awareness and self-assessment (with lots of personal reflection questions), and relationship improvement (as its subtitle also notes). This book is a not a textbook (it’s 8 ½ x 11, 142 pages, and larger type than w...

http://www.babysitting.net/blog/10-ideas-to-help-your-child-become-more-confident/ Here's a neat little list of suggesstions for building confidence in children. As you'll see there is much here on communication, probably the single most important ingredient in any confidence building program.

http://www.becomeananny.com/blog/10-tips-for-children-of-gay-couples-that-get-teased/ Here's a brief list of suggestions for the child who gets teased by other children for having gay parents, probably because they have homophobic parents or teachers. The suggestions are, however, useful for any type of teasing. Interestingly enough, we don't talk about teasing in our communication texts and yet it's an extremely important and often hurtful form of communication.