Birth,Bath, and Beyond: The Science and Safety of Water Immersion During Labor and Birth

The 2014 objection to birth in water voiced by both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in ACOG Bulletin #594 on immersion in water during labor and birth is nothing new. The Committee on Fetus and Newborn published the very same opinion in 2005, based on a case report that was published in 2002 in the journal Pediatrics. What has changed since 2002 is a growing body of evidence that reports on the safety and efficacy of labor and birth in water. This article reviews the retrospective literature on water birth and explains newborn physiology and the protective mechanisms that prevent babies from breathing during a birth in water.     

Leading the way: Inside the experiences of high‐achieving African American male students

More than two‐thirds of all African American males who begin college never finish. This and a legion of other discouraging facts about African American males are the usual headlines. But what about those among this population who beat the odds, make the most of college, and achieve in multiple ways inside and outside of the classroom? Who are they, and what can they teach us?     

Through the Dąbrowski Lens: Empathy and the Syntonic Continuum

Kazimierz D?browski’s five-level theory of personality development, the Theory of Positive Disintegration, is one in which the experience of all emotions is essential for the process of individual growth toward the personality ideal. In this article, we synthesize D?browski’s conception of syntony and the development of empathy. We discuss the genesis of empathy within the lower levels of human personality development and visually demonstrate the multilevelness of the development of empathy through a diagrammatic representation of syntonic and empathic responses with examples of these traits mapped to the varying levels of development within D?browski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration.     

主人,来玩!

狗狗的世界很简单,只要有得吃、有得玩、有主人的陪伴.它们就很幸福了。也许我们有时应该向它们学习学习、不要给自己那么大的压力,把自己搞得那么累,人生在世,当及时行乐才不枉走这一遭。现在一定是早上;我饿了。我听到有人洗澡的声音,感到阳光照在我的背上,所以我猜老大已经醒了。我把头伸到床边,朝走廊望去。我也想洗个澡。有时,我会想办法进去,但是他不会让我这样做的。真无趣。现在的早上他不像以前那么开心了,一切都变了。我想这都是因为压力。