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Teens: do you need from your parents?

2010-07-17T00:17:00.000-07:00

How to live with his parents when the gulf of misunderstanding is widening every day? Or suffer from: that is the question ...

As a teenager, you know that you exist for yourself and not to satisfy the desires of your parents. But the intoxication of freedom - to have sex, go out, choose your future - plus the awareness that without financial independence, you are under guardianship, a prisoner of the family, like a bird to whom the it would cut the wings.

Parents who are not letting go

More question, then let your parents dictate your life! Only your mother blames you confuse the home with a hotel and turn your bedroom into a dumping ground ... Your parents deem irresponsible, control your output, limit spending money or comment on your associates, regardless of your opinion, under because they do not want to spoil your life. In short, no shortage of reasons to revolt. So, you argue constantly with the ones you expect the most support.

An unwinnable conflict

Before the accumulation of what they deem as provocations, parents often avoid the conflict. Disappointed at having failed to inform you of their own values and is sometimes accused of seeing errors of education, they react aggressively or, conversely, are lax, which does little more.

False starts

Door slammed in your abilities noisy declarations of independence, you will soon see one solution: leave the sometimes stuffy world of the family. That means facing the real world, earning a living to feed themselves, find shelter ... Although few adolescents are able to cope with difficulties that arise then. After a departure announced loudly, it reappears in his parents a few hours or days later, low profile, but with the same dreams of freedom.

Escapes and evasions

It is often difficult to console himself for the loss of childhood, and with it the warm complicity with the family. At school and at home, sometimes you feel undervalued, unloved. The discovery of freedom that ultimately suffer. This often demonstrates the failure of a dialogue between parents and children. First try to resume that dialogue. Warning not to resort to extreme gestures to express your emotions. This is certainly not the right solution.

Just drink alcohol or take drugs to try to escape a merciless adult world is a cure worse than the disease! In addition to the illegal nature of many practices, you may destroy your health ... and life.

Excess and realism

Parents often worry about not enough to preserve their children the dangers of life. Yet, you feel invulnerable! Avoid, however risky behavior (unprotected sex, driving a motorcycle without a helmet ...), which may bring back sharply on earth. Do not blame your parents for their timidity: to find a balance. Listen and respect each other will change the course of aggressive social interaction. But for this, everyone must put his own! In attempting to acquire, gradually, a new place in the family, you will live in harmony at last, until the day you can fly on your own ...

The "yo-yo" dangerous for the heart

2010-07-10T23:23:00.000-07:00

The succession of phases of loss and weight gain can sometimes be associated with depressive disorders. It now appears that this syndrome "yoyo" also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

The "yo-yo" weight is a common phenomenon among women still in search of a thin ideal. But generally, the successive periods of diets are less effective and at each stop of the plan, weight regain is increasingly important. A recent U.S. study * shows that also leads to lower "good" cholesterol, which is opposed to the fatty deposits in the arteries and protects against cardiovascular disease.
The consequence of a succession of restrictive diets are too strict

If you "starve" the body adapts by reducing energy expenditure metabolism. Somehow, he learned to operate in "economic". Where the body is again sufficiently powered, there is no immediate resumption of energy expenditure but some careful storage reserves in preparation for further periods "lean". Hence the inevitable weight gain immediately after cessation of the scheme, especially as the hardships have been so frustrating that people begin to eating anything.

Adverse effects on cholesterol

If dieting rebounds by weight, the weight rises slowly but surely, the rate of "good" cholesterol, them, follow suit, but down ...

The data published in the Journal of the serious American College of Cardiology from a study conducted on 485 women, 130 had a history of "yo-yo" weight (19% of women had at least three times in their lives oscillations in weight between 4.5 and 8.5 kg, 6% between 9 and 22 kg and 2% over 22 kg.). All were under examination for chest pain suggesting coronary artery disease (fatty deposits narrowing of coronary arteries nourishing the heart). On average, the "women yo-yo" had a rate of "good" cholesterol decreased by 7% compared to those with stable weight. On the other hand, larger women were also those who had weight changes of the largest and had the lowest levels of good cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, considered to play an important cardioprotective role.

And risk of cardiovascular disease potentially increased

If the mean difference in HDL cholesterol is minimal here (- 7%, 4 mg / dl), it still represents a risk factor for cardiovascular significant. There is an inverse relationship between the concentration of HDL-cholesterol and the incidence of cardiovascular complications.

This study does not allow to conclude a direct causal link between the "yo-yo" weight and CHD. It would, therefore necessary to follow a larger number of women on a time probably long enough, the arteries "fouling" fortunately slowly.

Eat a natural response to stress

2010-07-01T23:19:00.000-07:00

Some obese overeat because they are stressed and can not find comfort in food. In summary the thesis advanced by Dr. Jean-Philippe Zermati nutritionist Paris and vice-president of the Research Group on Obesity and Overweight (BIG).

He said the stress caused by an "stressor", generates negative emotions. This stressor is generally opposed to using specific responses adapted to use the skills of each. However, when problem can not be resolved, people rely on nonspecific defense mechanisms that help to reduce anxiety and negative emotions. This translates into buying clothes, going on weekend ... or eat. Consumption of food, especially those that you appreciate, would be a natural response to nonspecific stress, intended to provide comfort.

The food beliefs responsible for disturbances

For Dr. Zermati, obesity and overweight are due for some people to a failure of the relationship between food intake and comfort. If this mechanism stops working, the person begins to eat compulsively, to obtain a comfort that she can not find. This problem is caused by food beliefs including the notion of permitted foods and forbidden foods. The person with weight problems can no longer find comfort in swallowing food it believes responsible for his condition. She ate a greater quantity of food "allowed" but remains anxious and stressed.

Loss food sensations

This disorder leads to other eating disorders. When falling for a food "forbidden", it promises to do it again in the future. She feels compelled to eat as much of that food before facing the future scarcity: when is a discrepancy, it is no longer a square but the whole chocolate bar is engulfed by example.

These beliefs are food, according to Dr. Zermati, also lead to a loss of sensation: they impose on persons rhythms of meals and quantities of food to eat. By following these guidelines, the person is no longer guided by his own feelings of hunger or satiety and no longer able to independently regulate food intake.

Denounce the regimes and simplistic explanations of obesity

Dr. Zermati is Vice President of the Research Group on Obesity and overweight (BIG). This combination of nutritionist, psychiatrists, dieticians, general practitioners and specialists for goals, among others, to seek the complex mechanisms of obesity and identify new therapeutic approaches. On the website of BIG, many explanations of the mechanisms of obesity and the evils of most existing schemes are available.

Dangers of piercing as it passes the oral

2010-06-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

Lips, cheeks and even language, everything is up for piercing. But between the love of body-art "and stay healthy, it may be able to choose. For the piercing of the tongue or body parts around the mouth is not without its dangers ...

The piercing is fashionable. It is no longer a body area that escapes him, the most common: ears, nose ... the less classic nipples, sex ... In the United States, and to a lesser extent Europe, it has become commonplace in some circles of piercing the tongue, uvula, lips or cheeks. Beware though. Not only does this practice exposes the usual problems of body piercing, when it is not practiced good hygiene: possible transmission of hepatitis B or C through blood or, worse, an infection HIV, but it also poses risks for very specific.

Potential problems of bleeding or asphyxia

Oral Piercing: Out of danger pain and swelling that can result when the jewel is not tolerated, an increase in unpleasant salivary flow can be observed, even the development of a hypersensitivity or allergy to metal. Sometimes, the device also modifies speech abilities chewing and swallowing and may lead to the formation of scar tissue or damaging the nerves of the tongue. Finally, trauma may occur in the teeth, either during insertion or during a one bite if it is mistakenly directed against the jewel.

Two risks have reacted the American Dental Association (ADA), which has stated on numerous occasions his opposition to oral piercing:

* Firstly, the possibility of airway obstruction in relation to the swelling of the throat or inhalation of jewelry;
* Second, the occurrence of serious bleeding secondary to a section of arteries supplying the language, because this muscle is richly vascularized.

Certainly, no one yet seems to have died of this cause. But if we are to believe the spokesman of the ADA, Dr. Michael Messina (Cleveland), this possibility can not be eliminated.

A major risk of infection

To this must be added the problem of infections, even more acute than for other parts of the body. The mouth naturally containing many bacteria, various infections can indeed develop if the jewelry has not been disinfected prior to installation. Infection extending to the mandible and around the mouth has been detected in a patient 25 who had had his tongue pierced. He had to be intubated, and then made *.

Also, if dental problem, the diagnosis is made more difficult because the jewelry may hinder its presence radiographs. It may be necessary to remove it.

Finally, note that the reckless dare yet to venture into, it happens that the language is the seat of a small hole when you remove the jewelry. What is not always pretty, pretty, admit it!

Insist cleanliness

In reality, it would be prudent to abandon the piercing in this area, so fragile, body. For those who can not resist the charms of this mode, recommend at least some common sense advice. Verify that the person with whom you are going to do the piercing and this gesture is used to require that equipment be disinfected, preferably by autoclaving, before insertion. That's the minimum!

Teens: Make peace with your body

2010-06-16T22:59:00.000-07:00

Mirror, mirror, why am I the ugliest? That is the question you ask as many girls in adolescence. However, you must accept the changes to reconnect with your new body.

At puberty, in a few months the body changes. This stage between childhood and adulthood is often seen with more difficulty than the transformation is irreversible and uncontrolled. And the result is not necessarily the one expected: while the body has not reached its adult proportions, puberty is often accompanied by weight gain, rapid growth legs relative to the bust or the appearance of skin problems like acne. So, look in the mirror sometimes becomes a torture!

Truth or illusion? If it was only the mirror that you referred this horrible picture! Nay Magazines and television seem to confirm what you think: you're an ugly duckling to swan country!

The weight, new enemy?

The few extra pounds made at puberty must encourage you not to eat anything that does not snack between meals, in short, to adopt a new eating habits.

Some girls, are doomed to be thinking big, start eating compulsively, but could not control themselves: meet her eating disorder is not a remedy for the difficulties of adolescence, it is better to regain self-confidence, verbalize the discomfort caused by changing body.

Other young girls - or the same, alternating between the two behaviors - do not support the idea of having a sexual body, like their mother, and refuse their femininity. Under the pretext of regime, they eat less and less to the anorexia and believe they regain control of themselves, preventing their bodies to exist. Very poorly experienced by those around who feels guilty, this attitude requires the girl to deceive non-stop with his family and friends. And well-being she feels momentarily no longer need to eat, has sometimes irreversible physical consequences that require hospitalization and work of psychotherapy.

Loving Simply

In reality the situation is not so dramatic as we think the difficulty is to adapt to his new body, namely the bear, as you wear a garment with style, your center gravity in a different place, and, with more breasts, you feel heavier. Like the comic actor who gives himself airs of obese buttocks while walking back, belly first, show yourselves your new figure, as if she was deformed. That's because you do not please, that others do not find you attractive.

Taking possession of his body

Puberty is a second birth. Once you've admitted that you are not visiting your new body, you will taste treat and the highlight. You have to find now models and colors to suit your new shapes! Relearn to walk! Do not slumped in a chair! And soon you will see: the body, which you seemed monstrous, became an object of pleasure and seduction!

Puberty and the transformation of voice

2010-06-10T22:45:00.000-07:00

Puberty is the entry of children into adolescence. It occurs under the action of many hormones, at the age of twelve years in boys. The changes are numerous (genital maturation, onset of hair ...). One step is the most notable change of tone of voice or molting.

Normal transformation

In fact, this change is dependent on the rest of the changes due to puberty, the body grows and expands. Now the larynx, vocal cords headquarters, is no exception to this rule is growing. The vocal cords lengthen and thicken. And the tone of voice is directly related to the thickness of vocal cords vocal cords vibrate thin quickly, giving a shrill voice when the vocal cords vibrate thick slowly and give a voice.

A voice more or less serious

The boy's vocal cords, by getting thicker, so will vibrate more slowly and give a voice serious adult. Of course, the transformation depends on people. On average, the voice down an octave, but declining slightly more important or very slight. This little cause some problems when the child is part of a choir for example. The transformation takes about a year before the boy finally finds his voice.

Mustache, beard, pubic hair and arms

2010-06-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

During puberty, the body, stimulated by sex hormones called androgens, is covered with hair in a particular organization: first pubic hair, a triangle for girls, or Descending from the navel to the penis for boys, and underarm hair. Then the hair that covered his arms and legs have thickened; for boys, hair grows at the center of the torso and around the nipples. Finally the men's faces grow mustaches and beards, while some girls are shown a fine down at the same location.

The waxing and shaving: a choice, not an obligation

Depending on your tradition, fashion or personal taste, you'll eliminate some of that hair. For women, there are several techniques: waxing cold or hot, the shave (not recommended because it strengthens the hair regrowth), depilatory creams (to handle with care not to irritate sensitive skin armpit or pubic). Some of you, the hair thicker, will pluck the legs and often discolor the hair on their face. You will perform this care yourself or you use a beautician.

You, boys, you'll have the desire to keep or not your beard and your mustache. To maintain it, you use an electric shaver or mechanical (out for a shave part), being careful not to irritate the skin of your face with soaps and lotions poor.

Sweating and hygiene

Starting at puberty, the body secretes various substances to the strong smell: wash daily, paying particular attention to the external genitalia and underarms to remove sweat, oil or, for girls, vaginal secretions. By cons, no need to lather the vagina is "self cleaning".

Beware of clothing or shoes that are sweat (synthetic underwear, sports shoes, jogging suits, nylon, etc.. ...). In the bad odor they give your skin added another drawback: the fungus, fungi that cause burning or itching.

Take special care of your face, it sometimes "buds" and covered buttons: the acne is cured, provided you follow the treatment is long. Do not hesitate to consult your doctor.

Puberty before the hour

2010-05-30T22:26:00.000-07:00

As puberty occurs increasingly early, scientists struggle to explain this phenomenon. Having pointed out the influence of diet particularly rich, the lack of physical activity or exposure to chemicals, they argue today a genetic hypothesis. This research is especially interesting that the early onset of sexual characteristics is considered a risk factor for breast cancer.

According a study of puberty published in the journal Pediatrics in April 1997, puberty appears more and more young girls. The average age of breast development and appearance of pubic hair is a little over 9 years for girls of Caucasian and 8 years for African-American. Conducted on 17,077 girls, this study significantly lowered the criteria that were in force. The authors called and pediatricians to rethink their definitions of an abnormally early puberty.

More recently, a study by the University of Bristol conducted on 14,000 children came to similar conclusions. A girl of six show early signs of puberty at the age of eight years against a girl in a hundred in the previous generation.

How to explain this younger age after puberty?

Obesity, chemicals and sex on TV. To explain this early development, the assumptions are many and sometimes surprising, include:

* Overweight and obesity induced by a diet too rich;
* Exposure to sex hormones or pheromones from men unrelated;
* The stress induced by single parents;
* The increase of sexually explicit images on TV would have an influence on sexual maturity as food causes salivation;
* Exposure to volatile chemicals used in the manufacture of various plastics that mimic the effects of estrogen (female sex hormones).

But can we explain everything in focusing on environmental factors? The generation burgers, Sex on TV and game consoles is not she the prey of other influences contribute to the onset of sexual characteristics? If, as Professor Fred Kadlubar advancing a genetic origin.

The gene responsible is not who you think

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Prof. Kadlubar reported the results of a study of 192 girls aged 9 to 10 years. His first assumption was to determine the gene or genes responsible for hormone levels of estrogen, in all likelihood responsible for the early onset of sexual characteristics. But the views of results, no such link, if theoretically indisputable, has been revealed!

Researchers have identified another charge: a gene produces a liver enzyme responsible for degradation of testosterone. 90% of girls who have two copies of this genetic variation called CYP3A4 * 1B/1B presented a development of their breasts at nine and a half years against only 56% of those with one copy and 40% do not have this genetic characteristic . Unlike previous studies, these results are independent of the ethnicity of the girls.

The authors of this study, the production of estrogen and decreased testosterone concentration is in part caused by this gene are the cause of hormonal changes leading to the development of the chest. This discovery is important because early puberty is considered a risk factor for breast cancer.

Precocious puberty is a risk factor for breast cancer

Previous studies have determined early puberty as a risk factor for breast cancer. So the next stages of this research appear now multiple

* Would it be useful in future to carry out genetic screening of this feature to delay the onset of puberty in some girls with special attention to reducing other risk factors such as diet high or low exercise, etc. ... ?
* This gene did the same influence on the sexual development of boys?

Until further research can not answer these questions, the researchers recommend limiting the time already spent by your child watching television by encouraging them to practice a sport while limiting visits to fast food ...

First the rules: how to talk?

2010-05-26T22:21:00.000-07:00

The onset of menarche does not sign the beginning or the end of adolescence, but entrance into womanhood. It is an essential step in puberty. The first time that counts, and each remembers!

On informed

"I am the youngest of three daughters ... and I feel I have always lived among tampons and sanitary towels: there was always someone who at least had her period at home! So I was briefed "To make things worse, my mother, science teacher, explained everything to me since 8 years old ... too well, with charts and lectures on hormones and reproduction, but I mixed it all because my beard! It was only later that I appreciated having received clear information and clear, not like some girlfriends ... "says Anna, 29.

Comment: It is not necessary to talk too much about before, if the girl does not seem interested. We can simply address the topic (as we talk about how babies are made), then propose to answer her questions when she wants. The path will naturally become more curious and with age.

Ignorant

"Nothing, I knew nothing, a real goose! My mother was hiding, and when I discovered one morning the condition of my underwear, I thought I was sick. After a few days I I talked to my cousin, which was very close and that explained everything. But never, never have I talked with my mother, "says Mathilde, 68 years.

Comment: nowadays, the girls who have received no information on why and how rules are much more rare. However, some mothers (and some fathers when the mother is absent) does not quite know what to say or how to say. The easiest way would be to give physiological explanations, then return a book or magazine on the press to meet youth to many questions in their letter pages.

Adolescence, the dawn of adulthood

2010-05-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

You are not a child and you do not accept that treats you quick. Yet! Adults continue to not take you seriously and you do not like it. Then you send all walk, even if you do not think half of what you say. You become irritable. Around you, we talk about adolescent angst, what annoys you tremendously.

What happens then? You turn back to childhood and the principles that you have been patiently taught. You want to choose your own way of life. But this independence that you learn, you do not know yet where it will take you!

As if all this were not complicated enough, now that, under the influence of sex hormones produced by your body, the appearance of your body changes. Your boy's cheeks are not so smooth, and the morning, you have to shave. Under your shirt girl pointing small buttons and you add to your wardrobe a new accessory, the bra. Anyway, here's puberty at the end of this change, your body will become adult.

A schedule that varies

Everyone is equal before puberty. The transformations are done over several years, averaging between two and five years. There is no official date to begin to grow and evolve. Girls are generally earlier on the subject than boys their training can begin at about ten and a half years, sometimes earlier, but waited patiently until some fourteen years before seeing their breasts! The boys, they are waiting on average until the age of thirteen to fifteen years to begin to have a beard.

Height: agree with his new body

Puberty, this means growth: a few months your body will grow, sometimes magnify, and you will not know or how you dress or how to hold you. Slumped in a chair, or head down for fear of bumping the ceiling, you will hesitate to look in the mirror, unless the contrary, you like your new look much longer you leave your mirror.

Do not worry, you soon acclimatise to your new skin, you will learn to maintain it with the appropriate physical activity and appropriate lifestyle. And very soon, girl or boy, you'll use it to seduce!

The typical profiles of teens

2010-05-13T13:33:00.000-07:00

Difficult to understand teens, their behavior and their strange world! A large national survey examined the profile of these adults become and was able to distinguish five groups. Attentive to the anxiety through the satisfied, these young persons learn to see with new eyes.

According to a survey by Ipsos for the Health Foundation Wyeth, teens in 2006 are feeling pretty good!

Teens "all Bathe"

These types of profiles of teens represents 30% of young people. They are good in their skin, and do not feel too much pressure in their daily lives. They have a positive vision of society, and are confident in their personal future. Moreover, they are rather ambitious and optimistic about their future performance. They give a privileged place in the family and moral values.

The teenagers type: students in vocational tracks, children of workers.

Teens 'satisfied'

They represent a teenager four. They look realistic and critical of the society around them, and they know they are more privileged. Their future is centered on family and leisure rather than working life. They want to get involved to move the company (as part of associations, for example).

The teens type: female students in general education, children of executives.

Teens sitters

They also represent one in four children. They are undecided about their future and do not in fact pose many questions about their future. They let the events happen, waiting to see. They are also poorly defined in their opinions. However, they have good grades.

The teens like: boys children or senior officials.

Teens worried

They are a little more than one in six teenagers to be worried. They have difficulty in school or family. They are wrong in their skin, and are under pressure. In their priorities, love means more to them than academic performance. Moreover, they are quite pessimistic about their future in a rather egalitarian society.

The teenagers type: daughters of employees and workers in professional fields.

Anxious Teens

They are one in twenty to be so worried about their future. It must be said that their situation is worrying: they do not have many friends, do not talk with the parents ... They feel disadvantaged and society are unjust. They have no plan and live day by day.

The teenagers type: collegian or high school
student whose parents are separated.

Teens well in their shoes!

2010-05-09T13:27:00.000-07:00

No youth will not that bad. They are even quite happy. This was highlighted by a recent survey of young people across France. They have friends, parents with their parents, they are resistant to pressure school and they plan their future with serenity! Overview reassuring on the mental health of our youth!

Who said that teens should be wrong in their skin? According to a survey by Ipsos for the Health Foundation Wyeth, teens in 2006 are feeling pretty good!

They are well

Teenager is the surprise of the survey. Contrary to popular belief, teens are going rather well! You thought that young people were isolated, lonely? 95% reported having many friends. For you, they have problems of communication and understanding at home? 80% say they speak "fully and freely with their parents." And generally, 71% are satisfied with their lives. Finally 75% of teens feel more socially advantaged. Not really so exclusionary, even if recent events in the suburbs may suggest that the situation is not uniform in France.

Academic press

And teenagers feel excluded from the education system instead. They are 79% said to feel good at school. While 42% reported living often under pressure, because of the demands of school performance. And parents and teachers are directly accused of pushing too young, focusing on achievement scores. Because they made it clear that it is to succeed in life! Despite these pressures, children have their feet on earth: they are among the priorities of family life, friends, love health and prior academic performance.

Resourceful

The fact that teens go well may seem paradoxical, when you see the look extremely critical that they have on society and that shines through in some answers. Thus, they do not think that the world of tomorrow will be better than today, they believe that money is the lifeblood of society and they know that not everyone has the same chance of success. But read keep smiling because 85% think that the system D and the sense of resourcefulness can get by in life. And they especially feel they will be able to make things happen.

A malaise

Certainly there are some spots that should be emphasized. Thus, in addition to the pressures of school performance that are pointing the finger, one in four teens has difficulty reaching out to others and one in six do not feel good about yourself. And if you look across the board adolescents who accumulate the problems it has been a fringe concern than 5% of adolescents who are isolated, have no plans for the future, etc.. For them, it is necessary to act to prevent them from falling into solutions that are not. Because while teens are going well, they should know the signs of trouble to prevent tipping.

Adolescence is not a disease!

2010-05-03T13:22:00.000-07:00

Countless television on, a magazine dedicated to youth issues. ... They even have a "home" just for them with specialists in physical and mental ... Yet adolescence has never been a disease! Besides, most teens are quite good! Small booster shot for parents who think having children of problem ...

Many parents dread the teenage years and his crisis. But the child does not suddenly turns into a monster! Instead was a step that can be fine, provided you have some benchmarks and avoid misconceptions.

What crisis?

AdolescenceLa crisis of adolescence is as well-his name? For when a child becomes a teenager, he changes necessarily ... But this is not always a crisis. Some psychiatrists prefer the term "transfer" ... To Philip Jeammet, "is a chance of being a teenager today. They have an incredible openness to the world. Besides, most teenagers are happy today (read our article The teens well into their shoes!). The sociologist Michel Fize, "There is a dark side of intelligence, composed of intelligence, effort and talent." With you to discover!

Understand and guide

The best way to manage the transition to adolescence, it is on to try to understand your child! You've already told the child what you expect of him at school or at home, but have you ever wondered what he sought? Do you know his doubts, his problems? And it is not only understand but also to help them see more clearly. Your child does not see how it will necessarily find its place in this world, in the midst of unemployment, insecurity, precariousness. Parents are there to explain the rules of the adult world.

Just accept?

But understanding your teen, this does not mean accepting everything. For example, it is normal that seeks to differentiate itself from its parents, often through actions that will condemn you ... which is indeed what he wants. No doubt if you find lovely piercing he wants to, it would immediately less interest! In any case, please tell him that you do not accept certain things and set limits. As noted by Philip Jeammet "many parents are afraid of losing the relationship with the child when he becomes a teenager and they do not say anything to avoid upsetting him. As a result, they sometimes find themselves with terrorists at home!" .

Another important point: be positive! For parents who live with the disappointment, which have a negative view of society, difficult for the young to develop its future. Of course this does not mean hide the reality, but to have a constructive criticism with the teens, and consider alternatives for him to find a place in a better world.

The adults are too concerned for teens

2010-04-28T13:16:00.000-07:00

Fear of the future crisis of adolescence, the pain of living ... This picture of adolescence has a hard life in adults. No, today's teens are much, much better than what their parents think.

A poll conducted by Ipsos Health at the 4th Forum of Adolescence Foundation Wyeth paints a portrait of the unexpected Adolescent Health.
Teenagers are better than the adults think

How Teens teens go? No sooner have you finished your question that adults show uneasiness adolescent psychological distress that is so characteristic of the adult in the making ... And although teens are better than one might think! Amateur cons-foot gap between two real or perception? The Wyeth Foundation for child health and adolescent presented the surprising results of a survey conducted from March 14 to 27 among 850 adolescents, 600 teachers and 200 school nurses.

While 19% of teens say they are wrong in their skin, 72% of adults think they are. 72% of youth are most often satisfied with what happens to them, but only 35% of adults think. Nearly 80% of teens say they talk easily with their parents while only 3% of teachers and 1% of school nurses think it's really the case. 87% of teens feel they know who to contact in case of difficulty when a teacher is convinced two.

6% of teenagers in real trouble

So life is always rosy when you are teenager? Do not spend a caricature to another. Besides the majority of teens who goes well, we identified 6% of them who face the greatest difficulties (stress, unhappiness ...), a fringe meeting that noticeably less adults, is most often sense of belonging to a lower social class, and had at last a quarter grade average lower than 10/20. It was among adolescents aged 18 the proportion of young people gathering a bundle of signs of discomfort is higher (10% vs 6% overall). "There are a number of teenagers and those in severe pain, these require a professional care. But the great majority of them are good, even if they live this" malaise "of this specific period of life, which is a period of transition "summarizes Caroline Thompson, a psychoanalyst and family therapist at the Hospital de la Pitie-Salpetriere.

More information, less moralistic

Despite this good overall health, a majority of teens (73%) say they are seeking a "health education". They want to be informed, but respecting their privacy and not give them any moral lesson. Among the topics highlighted, 87% believe that there should be more concerned with suicide attempts.

Another result of the investigation: Hygiene and cleanliness are top-rated what is beneficial to their health (note 9 / 10) before sleep and morale. Taking drugs is the risk they consider most important to their health (rating of 9.3 / 10). Then having unprotected sex or drink alcohol regularly. This risk is more easily relativized as having dark thoughts or difficult relationships with teachers ... Discussing with a physician is not as beneficial to health (score of 5.4 / 10) same with a teacher (4.7 / 10) or Nursing (e) school (4 / 10) .

On the occasion of the 4th Forum Adolescence, several concrete proposals were put forward: a health education provided by a physician, testimony and meetings rather than moralistic message, an hour and a half week to talk freely about the health school, service school psychologist Goodwill in high school, the establishment of nursing school for boys, multiply specialized centers such as family planning or safe havens for anorexia ...

The secrets of anti-sleeping pill

2010-04-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

After medication for sleep, scientists have developed the pill cons sleep! One tablet, and you do not close over the eye of the night, without you feeling tired the next day. Intended for narcoleptic, falling asleep all the time, this medicine is already diverted by students and executives across the Atlantic. So should you stop coffee to get you to Modafinil?

We occupy approximately one third of our lives sleeping. And if it was possible to spend those years with my eyes wide open?

Waking neurones

Anti-sleep pill pill anti-sleep actually exists. It was developed by French researchers and is now marketed by Cephalon Lab. Modafinil, marketed in France under the name of Modiodal ® keeps eyes open for several hours. Although other psychostimulant drugs can hunt Morpheus, such as amphetamines. Drugs such as cocaine are also known to have such effects. But these substances, which act by activating the central nervous system, can have significant side effects (palpitations, hypertension and heart disease ... high dose). They also pose risks of dependency. The mode of action of modafinil is still unclear, but it looks like a miracle pill: no risk of addiction, it also stimulates memory and concentration. Only negative effects include upset stomach and headache may occur.

For hypersomniacs

Who is officially for this medicine? It has specific indications:

* Narcolepsy: This disease affects a person officially on 2000, the same as multiple sclerosis. Affected individuals fall at any moment in a state of deep sleep. They also have cataplexy attacks, that is to say, a sudden loss of muscle tone. Victims should sit a few seconds or sometimes fall, without having had time to react. The Modiodal ® can then limit these events extremely disabling and sometimes dangerous.

* Hypersomnia: Hypersomnia is excessive sleepiness during the day. This disease is very rare. In some cases, we find no obvious cause. The Modiodal ® can then be a good solution. It can also process hypersomnias related to sleep apnea: This problem causes micro-awakenings during the night, preventing sleep to be restorative. Suddenly the apnea are continually tired. But beware, it is essential not only treat the symptoms of apnea, but also treat the causes. Because this disease may be responsible for serious complications.

Until the end of the night

In addition to these indications for specific diseases, one can easily imagine the uses that could be diverted to make this miracle pill. Moreover, the United States, it seems that the diversion are legion. First to be tested in non-medical purposes: the military, who wanted to have soldiers operational 24 hours 24.

What to eat during exams?

2010-04-14T13:04:00.000-07:00

During exams, to boost your brain and put all the odds on your side, it is essential to treat the contents of your plate. Here are tips to avoid Doctissimo both blackouts and munchies in the stomach.

The ferry, competitions and academic events approaching? This is the final straight to your revisions. To stack the odds in your favor, do not make a mistake in your plate!

Regular injections

What to eat during exams? In a period of revisions and tests, it should zap any meal. Energy needs are important and they are not insured, the body is less efficient. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and possibly taste cues are to keep. Not only the meals that structure the day can cut the working time allocated to each subject, but they provide the brain with a regularity in the input. But this is crucial: indeed, if the power does not provide any brain cells what they need, they will get what they lack in other organs, the risk of weakening them.

Diversified meals

The brain needs a quarantine of different substances to function: vitamins, minerals, trace elements, amino acids, essential fatty acids ... But one food may not contain all these elements. To find them, we must diversify as much of its diet. Concretely, this means that during the week of revisions, it must try to eat differently to each meal. The scheme "pizza-pasta" for a week or 10 days, because we have no time, should be avoided. If you live with your parents or your mother has not time to prepare good meals, opt for frozen foods which offer a wide variety of foods and dishes. While preparing the meal takes some time, take it as a pause that allows you to start afresh and be more effective in your work.

Bumps and pumps

At rest, the brain is already very greedy: alone, it uses 20% of the energy provided by food. And when he is approached by long and complex mental operations, its energy needs increase. If all the macronutrients (protein, lipids, carbohydrates) provide energy, rather than the brain is glucose, from carbohydrates. For providing regular, it must rely on a good carbohydrate "slow" or more precisely in the current terminology, low glycemic index. That is to say foods that slowly assimilated by the body, help keep blood sugar in the blood at a constant level. During meals, focus on low glycemic index foods such as pasta, beans, peas, cherries, grapefruit, apple or peach, yoghurt. Tanks energy, these foods will help you cope. In the middle of the day or during the tests, do not hesitate if the need arises to make a sweet snack (cereal bars, bananas, chocolate bars possibly).

Manage stress and anxiety

The day before the exam, the pressure rises. To allay anxiety wager a meal of rice or pasta: actually food rich in carbohydrates and low in protein would increase the secretion of tryptophan, an amino acid that is converted into serotonin. However, this neurotransmitter is involved in the fight against depression and anxiety. For dessert, choose ... what you like best. Pleasure promotes the production of endorphins, substances similar to opioids, which calms anxiety.

To the pan, do not do anything!

2010-04-10T12:56:00.000-07:00

The ferry is approaching and you are all looking for ways to have for sure ... Please do not do anything! Legal products (or not) to boost your brain to the other means "cheat sheet", there are many tricks supposed to boost your abilities. But they are particularly likely to make you miss your exam when they do not threaten your health! Overview ...

With the stress of examinations and revisions, we are sometimes tempted to use everything that we come to hand to increase its capacity. Warning!
Beware of "doping"!

Your best buddy, your big brother or a vague knowledge you have spoken of substances that can improve your mental performance? They offer you under the mantle, or you have indicated how to order online? Station! The dopants are often very dangerous. Here are some examples:

*Amphetamines: These substances stimulate the attention and concentration and reduce fatigue. Warning, these compounds are banned from sale because they are very dangerous. They have an impact on the cardiovascular system and can cause psychiatric disorders. At high doses, they can cause death! Needless to say that you will not have tray posthumously ...

* Steroids: They are sometimes used by some for their anti-fatigue and their action on brain function. The substance fashionable among students is pregnenolone, called "the memory hormone. Attention, steroids can cause infections, chronic fatigue and major cardiovascular problems.

* Beta blockers: These substances, which act on the heart rhythm are sometimes used for their anti-stress. But their use can cause voltage drops and even depression.

Complements: no excess

Rather than attempting dangerous and illegal substances, you had better opt for dietary supplements that can possibly fill in some gaps (to be sure you read our article What to eat food during the exams?). The purpose is to full of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients essential for the proper functioning of the brain: Vitamin B1 and B9, iron, iodine ... An example Urgo Vital intellectual, which contains B vitamins, vitamin C and E and Omega 3. You can also include supplements ginseng or caffeine to avoid the blows of fatigue. For example, Vital + Arkopharma Laboratories, which has the advantage of being sprayed directly into the mouth for an immediate effect. You can also opt for antiasthenic stronger. You can also opt for low micronutrient supplements: Magnesium Granions / Lithium Granions cons stress, Granions Selenium / Gold Granions cons fatigue.

But be careful not to take anything on race day, without knowing whether or not you support the product! In all cases, ask your pharmacist for advice.

Clean house!

And before considering medications and other supplements, it must first chase your bad habits! So eating varied and balanced is the first step to take care of your intellect. Get enough sleep, because a sleepless night cramming you will do more harm than good! And the revisions do not hesitate to give you a break whenever the need arises, and take the air out from time to time to breathe and oxygenate your brain.

These drugs can make you miss the boat!

2010-04-05T04:20:00.000-07:00

Impaired memory, concentration, drowsiness, all these effects are unwelcome in a review. Also, there are medications to avoid before or the day J. Among these are mainly found compounds acting on the central nervous system. Some substances are very well known to cause amnesia. This page offers an overview of pills forgotten.

For months you are reviewing, you not go out for weeks and you preserve your night .... No doubt, you're ready for the exam! But did you sort through your pharmacy? Because some drugs may well make you fail!

Anxiolytics and hypnotics: beware of amnesia!

Reviews médicamentsLes sleeping pills and antianxiety benzodiazepine family are well known to cause anterograde amnesia. These "memory holes" refer to events that occur after taking the product. Anxiolytics are not recommended for revisions and review! Less risk prior to sleeping pills because you learn rarely during sleep. It's still better to spend the night before the exam because they can cause an annoying residual sleepiness.

Benzodiazepines to avoid Anti-inflammatory Anti-concentration!

Other drugs, widely used these, can cause insomnia, difficulty concentrating and ideation (formalization of ideas). This is an anti-inflammatory drugs used to fight against pain, inflammation, etc.. All substances are concerned with a frequency greater or lesser extent. In the current state of knowledge, diflunisal is more "risky" with sleep problems and dizziness in 1-3% of cases and lightheadedness in less than 1% of cases.

The anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent beta blockers: relaxed but not too much!

Beta blockers, commonly used for various cardiovascular diseases (including hypertension), are known to cause fatigue, insomnia, nightmares and even memory problems. But we know that these effects appear only when treatment followed over several days. Do not worry if the doctor prescribed this type of product on time to the most emotional fight against stage fright and its manifestations (tremor, sweating, increased heart rate, etc..). There is virtually no risk of side effects occur cited above.

Beta blockers to prevent anticholinergics: nothing is as it

Some substances with anticholinergic properties, that is to say that block a certain type of nerve messenger, can cause behavioral problems, confusion that may affect the proper conduct of the examination. Most often these drugs are intended for seniors. There is little chance that a student encounters them. Examples of medicines to fight against incontinence as oxybutynin. But there are also some anti-allergy ...

The anti-cholinergic to avoid other enemies of success ...

The drugs most often responsible for effects on memory or concentration are not commonly used drugs. We find the medication used in heroin withdrawal (methadone or Subutex particular), opiate analgesics (morphine, nalbuphine, pethidine, fentanyl, pentazocine, oxycodone, codeine, dextropropoxyphene, tramadol), some drugs used in treatment of psychosis (neuroleptics ) or neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. Anticancer drugs or protease inhibitors used in AIDS treatment are also involved.

To pass your exams ... Sleep!

2010-03-28T04:14:00.000-07:00

Exams, competitions ... You must pass a test and soon your life is just cramming, sleepless nights, stress and especially memory problems ... Do you take pills that facilitate learning? Maybe sleep, simply, is the solution ...

The memory is she sleeping? Many experts who worked on the issue today provide an answer: yes, sleep is absolutely necessary. And without sleep, the memory could not be built. But can we therefore learn while sleeping?

Sleep to be fit

Know first that sleep is vital. The quality of your nights will depend that your days. Besides its primary function of rest, he has a role in the consolidation of the organization. It was in cases of deprivation that one realizes: balance disorders, behavior, alertness ... And many other problems that may affect the personal and professional life.

In other words, it is better to sleep to be fit and at any age. For while you sleep, your brain is activated. According to one of the main theories in force, he saw everything you learned during the day and stores, which strengthens your memory. This nocturnal activity corresponds to a few hours of review and more, which is not bad!

Review bedtime

Recent studies to identify active areas of the brain have shown that brain regions function during periods of learning, were back at certain stages of sleep. Warning, this is valid only if you have worked before I sleep, that is, if your attention has already focused, while awake, the thing to remember. This is not the act of listening while you sleep tape that tells you your history class that you will retain. However, proofreading and revising the eve of a query will allow your brain to "rework" the night.

Eating and exercise

Sleep is the first casualty in the review period. Try not to shorten it too, this could weaken your intellectual abilities. And remember that good sleep is not enough, you also eat healthily (ie, avoid coffee and sandwiches, preferring the carbohydrates (pasta) and other foods vitamin), and do minimal exercise . By applying these simple tips, your memory should be more effective. And even if sometimes you feel you have forgotten all your knowledge on waking, do not panic! If you have worked the night before, your brain too!

Of exams ... No jitters!

2010-03-24T03:51:00.000-07:00

You have studied all year, you're prepared seriously, but the day of the examination, the tractor can make you lose all your ways. How to overcome it?

Soon the ferry, the partial ... Stresses you out, you do not feel ready ... The written tests, pass again, but the pills? How do you who can not open his mouth once more than two people look at you?

The reasons for the jitters to the exam jitters

The review is the conclusion of a school, and therefore the recognition of a level of study. A specific day where you have to prove yourself by giving your best. Your future depends on it. It is precisely this issue which is creaking; candidates most invested in the preparation of a diploma are those who most stage fright: fear trying the close of the jury for fear of having to repeat a year ...

How not to be afraid?

Even if the nerves born of emotional investment in the review, it is better to be prepared. But do not limit yourself to the acquisition of knowledge! Get in condition:

* Feel free to engage with relatives, to discover what kind of questions you destabilizes to learn how to react.
* Present a positive image of yourself. Do not pronounce the phrases you devalue. Go win rather than trying to know what opinion one has of you.
* For the written examinations, prepare ahead of your hardware and check its proper operation, nothing like a fountain pen or a calculator write more useless to panic!
* Choose clothing in which you are comfortable and you do not sweat or accustom yourself to advance to the clothes you will wear that day.
* All are good relaxation techniques: yoga, relaxation therapy ... In writing, clear her head a few minutes is sometimes necessary and very effective. If you can, take a nap between events in the morning and those in the afternoon for example.
* To not have the jitters, you must be comfortable with your body! Avoid hypoglycemia and thirst to eat a fruit or a cereal bar restores energy. In summer, in the examination rooms overheated, it is essential to take along a bottle of water.

Defuse the situation

You had not anticipated this question, yet the program, you forgot to revise this part of the course ... The world falls apart when you realize you have no chance of passing the test. Pick it up! Rather than grieve you, gather your energy to avert disaster. Sometimes, oral, just be honest and admit his ignorance on the subject: the jury may offer you a second chance and another question! Otherwise, you can not quite ignore: calm yourself and try to bring your memories. Focus not on the idea of failure but on some knowledge that might earn you points.

Oral or written: How to avoid the pitfalls?

* Nothing like to imagine what the jury expects you to pass a test. By throwing in his logic, you write or pronounce the words he wants to read or hear, instead of limiting yourself to an answer too academic.
* Do not be fooled by the cold or the provocations of the examiners, they have the same behavior with each candidate and test your strength. Eventually, imagine them in an awkward position: for example, slipping in the bath. Relax and seek to be efficient rather than to understand what makes them so aggressive to you.
* Note the comments of the other candidates: there are real professionals discouragement. Under the guise of kindness or pretext to disclose confidential information, those pronounced "the phrase that kills". Avoid them at breakfast alone or with real friends. For the oral, for the more sensitive it is sometimes easier to be among the first to go. So you do not compare yourself to anyone before the event.

A final tip: do you trust! This is the key to success ...

My race student

2010-03-19T03:40:00.000-07:00

When is studying, it is important to feed his or her brain! The problem is that U-city or in the studio, it is difficult to prepare meals worthy of the name! So whether you enjoy restaurant-U in the evening too, either you follow our advice ...

Print this list and take it to shop!

Fruits and vegetables

My student races Okay, you're not a fan of cabbage, celery and other turnips. But it is important to eat fresh produce, to vitamins that will supercharge your brain. Choose fruits that are shelf and take pre-packaged salad, more practical to consume.

* Oranges;

* Apples;

* Bananas;

* Prepackaged salad;

* Lamb prepackaged.

In the dairyman

Calcium is essential for your bones. It would be a shame you break something during your internship at skiing!

* Milk beverages (type Yop ...);

* Cheese

* Yogurt fruit.

The butcher

Chicken Thigh Okay, you do not have the time or means to cook meat. But do not abuse the sausage or salami!
Prefer:

* Ham;

* Chicken

* Turkey.

At the fishmonger

You can cook the fish, it's ideal! You will enjoy its fatty acids and its minerals, including phosphorus! So do not hesitate: this is perhaps what makes the difference in a contest!

* Salmon;

* Tunny

* Sole.

The grocer

Cap on starchy! They are the fuel for your brain! This will allow you to listen all day course and keep your skills at the top for the exam.

* Rice (take the "quick cooking" in bags to avoid wasting time and assayed easily);

* Pasta;

* Semolina.

Should separate girls and boys at school?

2010-03-13T03:33:00.000-08:00

The mixed school is still under debate. For Michel Fize, sociologist, it is necessary to separate girls and boys, not to challenge the educational system but to respond to emergencies.

You are accused of advocating a rollback in recommending the end of the mixed school. What is it?

Michel Fize: First, I never asked anything. In my book, I contented myself with exploring some ideas with respect to expectations that were raised around me. But I am not a fan of the return to the separation of the sexes! I just did a history of coeducation, and a state of affairs in France and Europe. My observation is, moreover, that the landscape is mixed across Europe, particularly in certain disciplines or girls and boys are separated: physical education, sex education ...

Michel Fize: More precisely, I propose several scenarios of possible developments of the education system. With respect to primary school for example, I consider that it should not be mixed but less than it would take more! Because we can not defend the mixed classroom and leave large separations occur in the playground. I also mentioned the state colleges, which is that which has been the most stigmatized, with the violence of the boys on one side and the biggest success of the other girls. Now restore the separate classes is not the solution: the performance of girls do not vary depending on the mix of class. And as regards the violence of boys, she also expressed against other boys in the lowest single-sex classes. I just think it should be offered to boys and girls who suffer find a more serene moment, creating one or two single-sex classes. This is a timely response to an emergency.

But do not you think, as noted Elisabeth Badinter or Education Minister Luc Ferry, especially the need to restore respect rather than opting for the purpose of mixing?

Michel Fize: Of course! I am the first to advocate the fight against violence and to advocate respect. But meanwhile, what do we do? We can not let people suffer. While restoring, even temporarily, some single-sex classes is not a panacea. But it actually solves a real problem and respond to emergencies. But it is clear that the debate on mixed hides a larger problem: that of violence and the real inequality of opportunity between girls and boys today.

What do you think of the opening in New York of a class reserved for homosexual students, victim of violence? You understand this process?

Michel Fize: My role is not to say whether this is good or not. All I can see is that homosexuals are often living in very difficult situations, whether at school or family. Besides, there are five times more suicides among them than in the general population of same age. It is therefore necessary to take into account this reality!

Social phobia responsible for school failure?

2010-03-03T03:29:00.000-08:00

Your child is extremely shy? He avoids situations where he must face an audience? Warning, this fear can cause you to miss his studies! In fact people with social phobia would be more likely to find themselves in school failure. How to deal with this phobia?

Excessive shyness, morbid fear of facing the crowd, unable to speak in public ... These are some signs of social phobia. This pathological form of anxiety often spoil the lives of those who suffer.

Problems in work and personal life

A study 1 on this particular form of phobia has been conducted in Canada. It covered more than 8000 people aged 15-64 years. According to the results, approximately 13% of people suffer or have suffered from social phobia. These anxiety were eight times more likely to complain about problems in their work or their personal lives. They were also three times more likely to suffer from depression. Generally, people with this type of phobia were less satisfied with their quality of life.

Afraid to speak

But the most interesting discovery of these scientists is that this phobia is also responsible for many school failures. Thus, those who suffered from this form of anxiety were more likely than others to repeat a year or stopped their studies earlier. One reason is the fear of speaking before a group. This phobia becomes very debilitating, limiting the participation of the student. In extreme cases, the mere fact of being in a classroom, surrounded by people, can cause anxiety that interferes with listening and learning.

Single stage fright or social phobia?

It is normal to have the jitters before taking the floor or be intimidated against strangers. However, it turns into a real problem when the fear becomes chronic when it remains insurmountable. Then we talk about social phobia. In fact, this anxiety is primarily a fear of being evaluated negatively by the environment, to be criticized, etc.. This usually leads to reactions of avoidance of situations that may lead to a speech in public. This pathological fear causes so many problems, whether professional or private. According to a study allemande2 the phobic and have more problems than average unemployment or work stoppages, more likely to use psychotropic drugs and are less satisfied in their relationships. This disease affects more women than men. In all cases, spontaneous remission is rare and should not hesitate to consult in case of stage fright or shyness really excessive.

Learn to learn!

2010-02-26T03:22:00.000-08:00

Whether at work or exams approach, you would like to become more efficient and learn better. Yet, despite all your efforts, can not hold everything you need to know! If you find that your memory is capricious, tame it!

Often difficult to withhold information or to learn new methods or new lessons. However, it is possible to learn to learn!

Discover your type of memory

Learn to learn! For some, simply read a text to know and be able to repeat it. For others, it must be understood. A third category still prefer to write to save it. The former have a visual memory, the latter, a brief hearing, the third, a brief scriptural. In fact these three forms of memory can be rotated, even if each of us favors an. And when you feel rebellious and learned from, do not hesitate to mix techniques: read aloud, copy, look. By dint of insisting, you will triumph over the difficulty!

Expect to learn

Everyone has experienced at one time or another how-term memory proves effective: a lesson it learns just before he is to recite the sweat on your fingertips when needed ... but missed the moment of According! Because the brain has no time to fix the information. So a technique to use exceptional circumstances!

A great read, copied or broadcast in the evening just before bedtime, seems to remember any one sleep in the morning, we remember in detail or it is learned more easily than usual . So even when you're tired and that it no longer has the strength to work, it may be wise to prepare the day after learning that way there.

Better understand what we want to go, rather than learn mechanically. However, do not hesitate to use the reflexes "Pavlovian" in some cases, the repetition of formulas or sentences to automation, which allows to set a definite information.
Respect your biological rhythms

Some work well only in the morning, others are in fine form in the evening and night: of course, school tests, including tests, can not adapt to individual rhythm, but during the preparation and follow your preferences! Beyond personal choice, however, some remarks are needed:

* The mid-morning until lunch time corresponds to a peak of quality in learning. The morning is probably the best time to study.
* Just after lunch, the focus is less good. Where possible, please make a short nap! A few minutes of slumber can recover energy and concentration.
* Around three o'clock, the attention back. Of course, it is better not to overload the midday meal for fear of encouraging drowsiness!
* The night owls certainly, too, found certain time where they concentrated more: usually after midnight when most people sleep, they experience a peak of excitement which allows them to be more efficient.

Maintain the physical!

A healthy diet provides better results. Avoid consumption of simple sugars (candy, cakes, white bread ...) and carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, whole grains ...) by cons, are beneficial to the memory!

A poorly oxygenated body learns evil does not stay confined for days in the middle of your books! Better to take the air, doing sport. The time that you "lose" out, you will regain efficiency in your work. After one hour of study, think about taking a break, your attention would be more efficient to recovery!

SMS texting: say "I t'M" with the thumb!

2010-02-23T02:32:00.000-08:00

In recent years, mini-messages or SMS messages have conquered all owners of mobile! So much so that the thumb has evolved into a full communication. Who today still sends a love letter in the mail for Valentine's Day? A text message is enough! But that shows that habit? Discover the hidden side of text messaging ...

sms textosPlus 72% of people own a mobile phone in Europe. And SMS have become an essential part of this digital revolution. In England, more than one billion messages are sent per month. In France it is 35 million electronic greetings that were exchanged January 1, 2006.

Who are the "texters"

But who are the agitators of the thumb? If everyone sends messages from time to time, the true followers, who prefer this medium, are mainly younger. 90% of teens would prefer to send messages to talk over the phone. And young adults are not left: 78% of French 18-24 year olds are accustomed SMS. And 80% of those under age 45 believe that sending text messages is the most useful function of their phone. Women are slightly more text messages than men without being able to speak of the feminization thumb. And do not believe that SMS is used only for their practicality or function. Less than one third use it for this purpose. The majority would use the messages of love, friendship and other functions rather relational and social. The development of texting is such that some specialists do not hesitate to speak of addiction, and clinics even offer detoxification (see our article The texting, it makes hammer!)

A World Apart

But especially today Text messages have become a full contact its network of relatives. And this applies almost exclusively to the circle of friends: a British study has shown that the "texters" do not send SMS either had their entire address book. They send text messages intensively to a small group of friends. Text messages are sent less easily to a member of the family. This circle is also close to almost permanently connected keyboard interposé.Et paradoxically, this type of virtual link would be stronger! For SMS communications are more numerous and less superficial

Note that new features, such as access to instant messaging software on the mobile web should reinforce this.

The thumb of the weak

Some experts are texting, even more than discussion boards, the lifeline for very shy and phobic social. In clear, all those who have difficulty speaking face to face. These true "socially handicapped" are reduced to avoid even the telephone conversation she has taken text message. Scientists have shown that people who tend to make friends instead in the virtual world of the Internet are also more attracted by text messages. Text messages are even used by some in the manner of a "cat". And exchanges instant, anytime, would make real SMS unstructured discussions ... without words. With the advantage for the timid to have more time to consider his answers.

Y KLK1?

If the SMS has become a way of full disclosure, it also has its own language ... which also bristle hair purists. Writing Phonetic letters that replace syllables ... It is almost a pun on the small screen. This further reinforces the feeling of belonging to a group, with its language and codes. But his detractors point out that this simplification limits the richness of the discussion. Difficult indeed to philosophize texting ... It should be noted, however interesting initiatives, such as the fables of La Fontaine published by Phil Marso SMS (her website offers a course of CP's SMS.).

Even if you are a fan of SMS, remember still meet your friends in real life. And then turn off your phone!