Carbless Happiness

If you haven't tried Google Reader, and you want a never ending supply of updated news, try it out; it appears to be an excellent source for our search for happiness. Here are some recent finds such as longer life for some short people. Hey Babe, you might have a longer time to search for happiness, doesn't that make you happy?

Check this one out - All I can say is what the fat? I'm happy for this article, because I have a hard time getting people to believe me, even after they have read the hundred plus pages of my book. I'm happy that individuals are studying the cold, fat facts. Although, I wouldn't mind getting published before these damn articles I read about my Fatties make my conclusions less pertinent. Fatties out there, I feel your love handles.

And how about this - I would imagine I know some girls that would disagree with this article.

Compared with sexually harassed workers, employees on the receiving end of raging-boss behaviors and other forms of workplace aggression reported lower overall well-being, less job satisfaction and less satisfaction with their bosses; they were also more likely to quit their jobs.

While some might point to this as another sign of the emasculation of American culture, I'm pleased with the recognition that the workplace should no longer be a haven for the Alpha-holes among us.

As a parent that once proclaimed to all that would listen, that he was going to attempt to raise responsible, well-adjusted kids without using physically, initimidating punishments such as spanking, this article/study is priceless.

The analysis of four studies by Murray Straus, co-director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire-Durham, suggests that children whose parents spanked, slapped, hit or threw objects at them may have a greater chance of physically or verbally coercing a sexual partner, engaging in risky sexual behavior or engaging in masochistic sex, including sexual arousal by spanking.

Wow. Heh. I bet no one thought this could be true. It's fun to watch people get so upset when the use of spanking is assailed. "I was spanked and I learned real quick, not like these kids today that don't respect their parents" Blah. Blah. Blah. I've always felt spanking, unless it was a matter of life and death, was a weak, selfish means of achieving instant compliance. However, I didn't imagine that making the choice not to use spanking, slapping, or hitting, may lessen the chance that my children would have sexual problems.

Straus found that those who had experienced corporal punishment had increased probability of coercing sex, risky sex or masochistic sex.

Then, are children that have experienced corporal punishment, more likely to associate Happiness with aggressive, dominating actions? Is the way we think of Happiness a factor of choices made by our parents, and their parents and their parents?

I guess it isn't odd to consider that our parenting decisions will affect the quality, quantity, and type of Happiness that our children seek out. I'm glad I didn't give in to the natural urges that Man feels that leads to corporal punishment. I'm pleased that I have been firm in my desire to treat my children as I would have them treat me, and everyone else they meet. When I see the bullies around our neighborhood, and listen and watch the way my son acts and speaks, I'm tickled that all of the skeptics (parents, friends, and other family) have been wrong.

I made it Doug!