{"id":23496,"date":"2019-10-12T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=23496"},"modified":"2019-10-12T10:47:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T14:47:28","slug":"5-friday-faves-married-life-on-guitar-anxiety-in-children-refugees-the-day-of-the-girl-and-life-without-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=23496","title":{"rendered":"5 Friday Faves &#8211; Married Life on Guitar, Anxiety in Children, Refugees, the Day of the Girl, and Life Without Sugar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Blog-Friday-Faves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15038\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Blog-Friday-Faves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4225\" height=\"2671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Blog-Friday-Faves.jpg 4225w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Blog-Friday-Faves-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Blog-Friday-Faves-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Blog-Friday-Faves-1024x647.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4225px) 100vw, 4225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here you go and Happy Weekend!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Married Life on Guitar &#8211;<\/strong> Pixar&#8217;s 2009 animated film <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Up_(2009_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Up<\/a> captivated all of us with its love story combined with buddy adventure<strong>. <\/strong>The tenderness of the story is accentuated by the music score composed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Giacchino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Giacchino<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F2bk_9T482g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> &#8220;Married Life&#8221;<\/em> <\/a>is the musical theme of the movie and appropriate to the story &#8211; both joyful and sad. Just so lovely. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/beyondtheguitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Mills<\/a>&#8216; arrangement and performance are spot on. All the feels, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/beyondtheguitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond the Guitar<\/a>. Thanks!<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixar&#039;s UP - &quot;Married Life&quot; Classical Guitar Cover (Beyond The Guitar)\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LPEhc-Ta5Pc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Anxiety in Children<\/strong> &#8211; By the nature of their development, children are smaller than adults. They should not be made to feel small by our interactions with them. Author <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.psychcentral.com\/childhood-behavioral\/author\/wcummings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W. R. Cummings<\/a> has written extensively on childhood behavioral concerns. her piece on childhood anxiety hit me hard regarding the role of adults as negatively or positively influential in this struggle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.psychcentral.com\/childhood-behavioral\/2019\/09\/when-you-make-a-child-feel-anxious-you-steal-their-ability-to-think-rationally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>When You Make a Child Feel Anxious You Steal Their Ability to Think Rationally<\/em> &#8211; Whitney Cummings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-anxiety-in-children-kinderling-kids-radio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23587\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-anxiety-in-children-kinderling-kids-radio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-anxiety-in-children-kinderling-kids-radio.jpg 960w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-anxiety-in-children-kinderling-kids-radio-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-anxiety-in-children-kinderling-kids-radio-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kinderling.com.au\/news\/8-tips-to-discipline-kids-without-yelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kinderling Kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We mean well, but we focus more on immediate change than we do on long-term success. Instead of teaching kids skills to make independent choices, we teach them how to obey our demands&#8230; <span class=\"entry-content\">When the change agent for a child\u2019s behavior is fear of how they\u2019ll be treated by a trusted adult if they don\u2019t behave, the only thing we\u2019ve taught them to do is how they behave around US. We haven\u2019t given them any real tools on what to do around other adults, and we haven\u2019t taught them a thing about intrinsic motivation. We haven\u2019t taught them to be honest or kind or self-confident&#8230; We don\u2019t need to lecture kids until they feel small. We don\u2019t need to set them up for failure by asking them questions they don\u2019t know the answer to. We don\u2019t need to point out their poor choices in front of other people. We don\u2019t need to use a voice tone we\u2019d be ashamed to use in front of other adults. We don\u2019t need to yell, scream, push, move, or punish kids.&#8221; &#8211; <\/span><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.psychcentral.com\/childhood-behavioral\/2019\/09\/when-you-make-a-child-feel-anxious-you-steal-their-ability-to-think-rationally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"entry-content\">W. R. Cummings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t really want to guilt or shame our children&#8230;or make them feel afraid&#8230;or small. In choosing the above quotes, neither do I want to guilt or shame parents. Parenting is hard sometimes. Cummings&#8217; short piece goes on to encourage a different direction to take in parenting our children well. Take the time to read <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.psychcentral.com\/childhood-behavioral\/2019\/09\/when-you-make-a-child-feel-anxious-you-steal-their-ability-to-think-rationally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> and think about another way to correct or guide children. Sometimes it takes such a little detour &#8211; a small course change for us to become more loving, effective parents. If you are affirmed in your parenting by reading her blog, bravo!<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Refugees<\/strong> &#8211; I am for refugee resettlement in the US. Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<p>It is a right thing&#8230;and we should make possible a viable and vetted path toward residence\/citizenship. Slowing down the process will not serve well.<\/p>\n<p>We are a wealthy nation, compared to most in the world. We have a system of vetting and receiving that works. Changes need to be made, for sure. Decreasing the numbers of refugees we receive will not improve our immigration system; it will only become more sluggish. We have a non-governmental organizations who team with our government agencies to effectively resettle refugees. When we drop numbers of refugees we receive, those non-profit agencies will not be able to maintain their infrastructure. Some will have to close. The resettlement of refugees is not the problem in the US. The problem seems to rest in the immigration system itself and the handling of those who try to go around our broken system in their desperation to enter and stay in the US.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have the answers necessarily, but I&#8217;m certain there are solutions more creative and constructive than just dropping the numbers of refugees we receive in the US.<\/p>\n<p>In 1903, a plague was mounted on the Statue of Liberty. The script on the plaque is the poem <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_Colossus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The New Colossus<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emma_Lazarus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Lazarus<\/a>. See the poem below.<a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Refugees-Give-me-your-poor-Emma-Lazarus-Democratic-underground.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23594\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Refugees-Give-me-your-poor-Emma-Lazarus-Democratic-underground.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1199\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Refugees-Give-me-your-poor-Emma-Lazarus-Democratic-underground.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Refugees-Give-me-your-poor-Emma-Lazarus-Democratic-underground-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Refugees-Give-me-your-poor-Emma-Lazarus-Democratic-underground-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Refugees-Give-me-your-poor-Emma-Lazarus-Democratic-underground-1024x792.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/1016237429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Underground<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much has changed in the world in these over 100 years since that poem was posted to the podium of the Statue of Liberty. What has not changed is moral responsibility, human decency, and <a href=\"https:\/\/relevantmagazine.com\/god\/what-bible-says-about-how-treat-refugees-update-new-headline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the call of God<\/a> to care for those in difficult straits. We can&#8217;t turn our eyes away and pretend not to see. Decreasing numbers of refugees will only make it harder for those driven from their own homeland to find a home anywhere in the world. We want to do better than that&#8230;to be better than that.<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/september\/evangelical-trump-refugee-resettlement-cuts-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Evangelical Advocates Feel the Sting of More Trump Refugee Cuts<\/em> &#8211; Kate Shellnutt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2019\/september-web-only\/ripple-effect-refugee-ceiling-reduction-international-churc.html?fbclid=IwAR2uA7aMf79siV0aJYoW6k2eVDuCczcn2Y1x7uJK_EH33X93sRQZON-o7pM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Don&#8217;t Underestimate the Impact of Lowering the US Refugee Ceiling<\/em> &#8211; Matthew Soerens<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4) The Day of the Girl<\/strong> &#8211; Today is the<strong> International Day of the Girl Child<\/strong>. We don&#8217;t have to look very far in the news to see that being a girl in many countries of the world is not a positive thing&#8230;in fact, it can be a deadly thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-International-Day-of-the-Girl-2019-Jagranjosh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23596\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-International-Day-of-the-Girl-2019-Jagranjosh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-International-Day-of-the-Girl-2019-Jagranjosh.png 622w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-International-Day-of-the-Girl-2019-Jagranjosh-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagranjosh.com\/general-knowledge\/international-day-of-the-girl-child-1570704395-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jagran Josh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Day-of-the-Girl-Jena-Powell-Facebook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23598\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Day-of-the-Girl-Jena-Powell-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Day-of-the-Girl-Jena-Powell-Facebook.jpg 496w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Day-of-the-Girl-Jena-Powell-Facebook-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=International%20Day%20of%20the%20Girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jena Powell, Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We in the States often hear the lament of women in the workplace and the impenetrability of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glass_ceiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;the glass ceiling&#8221;<\/a> for most. For too many in the larger world, even the opportunity for education and work she chooses is entirely too out of reach.<\/p>\n<p>What can we do about it? The link below offers options for all of us, no matter our nationality or political ideology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90415955\/10-ways-to-actually-help-girls-on-international-day-of-the-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>10 Ways to Actually Help Girls on International Day of the Girl <\/em>&#8211; Melissa Locker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) Life Without Sugar &#8211; <\/strong>Every January, I try to eliminate sugar from my diet for a month at least. Well, added sugar anyway. It is more challenging than you might think, but the article below by Lisa Drayer helps each time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/06\/09\/health\/sugar-detox-food-drayer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>One-month Sugar Detox: a Nutritionist Explains How and Why<\/em><\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisadrayer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa Drayer <\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past January, I didn&#8217;t do a sugar detox and have suffered for it with reckless eating and weight gain. My resolve is building and hopefully curbing carbs in earnest is just on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Writer, biologist Olivia Judson tells a fascinating story about her own reasoning about and journey into <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/my-life-without-sugar?utm_source=pocket-newtab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a life without sugar<\/a>. Really good read.<\/p>\n<p>I hope never to become my own or someone else&#8217;s sugar police. Holidays and special occasions carry their own sweet indulgences. The key here is the word &#8220;indulgence&#8221;. Sugar has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/08\/14\/magazine\/sugar-slave-trade-slavery.html?mtrref=www.google.com&amp;gwh=FED16DC6B795F051F630B8BE7FD3B64F&amp;gwt=pay&amp;assetType=REGIWALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a long dark history<\/a> including slavery. The impact of sugar on our health is huge, especially regarding long-term chronic illnesses.<a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Sugar-Smithsonian-mag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23589\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Sugar-Smithsonian-mag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Sugar-Smithsonian-mag.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Sugar-Smithsonian-mag-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Sugar-Smithsonian-mag-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-Sugar-Smithsonian-mag-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/unsavory-history-sugar-american-craving-180962766\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all know this and a no-sugar lifestyle is probably impractical. However, a low-sugar lifestyle is doable. Helping our children to avoid a sugar addiction from an early age will give them a headstart on a healthier, longer, and stronger life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/momtomomnutrition.com\/food-and-recipes\/20-no-added-sugar-snacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>20 No-added Sugar Snacks for Kids<\/em> &#8211; Katie Serbinski &#8211; Mom to Mom Nutrition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-no-sugar-Mom-to-Mom-Nutrition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23588\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-no-sugar-Mom-to-Mom-Nutrition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-no-sugar-Mom-to-Mom-Nutrition.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-no-sugar-Mom-to-Mom-Nutrition-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Blog-no-sugar-Mom-to-Mom-Nutrition-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/momtomomnutrition.com\/food-and-recipes\/20-no-added-sugar-snacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mom to Mom Nutrition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mysugarfreejourney.com\/americas-national-institute-of-nutrition-and-the-barbaric-history-of-sugar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>America&#8217;s National Institute of Nutrition and the Barbaric History of Sugar<\/em> &#8211; Aarn Farmer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonuses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/inside-a-father-daughter-business-bringing-neighbors-together-70251589661?fbclid=IwAR25FSPBSPXXNOX7vrNEvTlESO-8pf-19rDPk5n_v9I_d6tZYuX-rYTmul4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Neighbor&#8217;s Table &#8211; Inside a Father-Daughter Business &#8211; Bringing Neighbors Together<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A.J. 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