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Throughout our lives and, as social beings that we are, we form different ties with our equals. From the superficial and instrumental, of courtesy, to the most intimate of communication, trust and deep affection. In this way we are building a network of relationships that constitute our social fabric . Four levels of approach Depending on the degree of […] … learn more→
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From superficial to intimate relationships: these are the ties that define our social fabric
Do you have a girlfriend? Why we should never ask a child this question
When a mother asks Nicolás, 4 years old, if he has a girlfriend on his way out of school, the boy looks strangely at his father and says: “Dad, do we have a girlfriend?” the latest model of food processor. On a children’s birthday, one of the parents approaches Olivia, 7 years old, to ask […] … learn more→
Young people learn about relationships from media. You can use books and movies to start discussions
Chanel Contos’ recent petition called for an overhaul of sexual education at schools and for consent to be taught earlier on, and better. Adequate, formal sexual education is important for young people, but discussions about consent can take place in many situations outside the sex education classroom and outside of school. Novels, films and plays create […] … learn more→
The big chill
Tolstoy could have been talking about research supervision when he said: ‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way‘. Supervising a research student involves relationship work. Relationship work can be difficult; when it goes wrong it goes REALLY wrong. But when it goes right, the supervisor/student relationship is the […] … learn more→
Race plays a role in the pace of some romances
Among young American adults, relationships between white men and minority women move into sexual intimacy and from sex to cohabitation significantly faster than white-white couples or minority-minority pairings, reports a new study by a Cornell demographer. Despite rising intermarriage rates in recent decades — a sign of declining social distance between race groups in the […] … learn more→
