Tips for parents and kids facing fears and coping
Emily Clearwater fears insects and shots while her mother offers strategies from pediatric psychology experts. The guidance emphasizes attachment, gradual separation, trusted routines, nightlights, security objects, and distraction during injections to ease childhood anxiety.
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Jennifer Clearwater
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Chronicle staff reveal newsroom fears in candid survey
McClatchy Newspapers photos reveal newsroom staff fears from drowning and bridges to elevators and centipedes. Reporters, editors and photographers share phobias and quirky worries while keeping names secret to avoid pen theft and desk pranks.
Helping scared kids with gradual exposure and calm modeling
Pediatric psychologist Andrea Begotka and clinical psychologist Kathleen Longeway advise gradual exposure to fears and modeling calm parental behavior. They note security objects can help, and define a phobia as fear that disrupts daily functioning. If concerned, consult the pediatrician.
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Kathleen Longeway
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Understanding gluten and its role in bread making
The article explains gluten formation in wheat flour, showing how kneading and mixing develop gluten threads that trap bubbles for risen bread. It contrasts gluten in wheat with other flours and introduces seitan as almost pure gluten, noting gluten's health relevance for Celiac disease patients and the existence of gluten free foods.
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