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Consider the Health of Others this Holiday Season

Sharing is caring. This is a mantra you probably first heard at a young age, and it tends to come up often during the holiday season. Is sharing always caring, though? In the case of food gifts, I’m not so sure that it is. While there are many things I love about the holiday season, […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, MPH, RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Amy Meehan, MPH Healthy People Program Specialist, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • Chieh, Helander & Wansink (2016). Weight Gain over the Holidays in Three Countries. New England Journal of Medicine; 375:1200-1202. Available at http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1602012.
  • Yanovski et al. (2000). A Prospective Study of Holiday Weight Gain. New England Journal of Medicine; 342: 861-867. Available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336296/.

Got Money?….for College

With one son in college, one in his senior year of high school and a daughter in 8th grade, the topics of college and money come up a lot in my house. From a young age, we have always been very open about finances with the kids. We have discussed various financial issues and concepts […]

WRITTEN BY: Misty Harmon, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Perry County

REVIEWED BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Pixabay. Found at: https://pixabay.com/en/puzzle-money-business-finance-2500328/

SOURCES:

  • Flay, B. (2017). How to Pay for Your Children's Education. Debt.org. Found at: https://www.debt.org/students/parents-pay/
  • Ramsey, Dave. College Funding and Your Retirement. Found at: https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/college-funding-and-your-retirement
  • Federal Student Aid, The U. S. Department of Education. Found at: https://fafsa.ed.gov/
  • Johnson, Mia. 2017, October 2. 12 Myths about the FAFSA Form and Applying for Financial Aid. Home Room, The Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Education. Found at: https://blog.ed.gov/2017/10/12-myths-fafsa-form-applying-financial-aid/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term
  • Press Office. The U.S. Department of Education. 2017, October 3. 2018-19 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Opened Oct. 1st. Found at: https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/2018-19-free-application-federal-student-aid-fafsa%C2%AE-opened-oct-1
  • National Center for Education Statistics. College Navigator. Found at: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
  • Wang, M. 2012, October 4. No Income? No Problem! How the Gov't is Saddling Parents with College Loans They Can't Afford. ProPublica. Found at: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-govt-is-saddling-parents-with-college-loans-they-cant-afford
  • Flay, B. (2017). Students and Debt. Debt.org. Found at: https://www.debt.org/students/
  • Open Education Database. Found at: http://oedb.org/advice/hacking-financial-aid-33-ways-to-get-money-for-college/
  • Federal Student Aid, The U. S. Department of Education. Found at: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/choosing-schools/consider/costs
  • Next Gen Personal Finance and McKinney. Found at: https://www.timeforpayback.com/
  • Martin, A. & Lehren, A. W. 2012, May 12. Degrees of Debt: A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College. The New York Times. Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/business/student-loans-weighing-down-a-generation-with-heavy-debt.html?pagewanted=all
  • Edvisors Financial Aid Newsletter. Found at: https://www.edvisors.com/plan-for-college/advice-for-parents/mistakes-that-affect-aid-eligibility/

REFERENCES:

  • Flay, B. (2017). How to Pay for Your Children's Education. Debt.org. Found at: https://www.debt.org/students/parents-pay/
  • Ramsey, Dave. College Funding and Your Retirement. Found at: https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/college-funding-and-your-retirement

Embrace Conflict

I hope your parents told you that one of the toughest challenges you might face is maintaining a long-term relationship. With that information you might better realize that the pathway of a relationship may have well-paved sections, but it may be littered with potholes and obstacles, as well. I borrow and adapt a portion of […]

WRITTEN BY: Joseph Maiorano, PHD, Family and Consumer Sciences, Harrison County Ohio, maiorano.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Misty Harmon, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Perry County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/landscape-scenic-mountains-outdoors-2082827/

SOURCES:

  • The American Heritage Dictionary. Found at: https://ahdictionary.com/
  • Conflict Definition: Found at: https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=conflict
  • BFF definition. Found at: https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=BFF
  • The Gottman Institute. Https://www.gottman.com/

REFERENCES:

  • Dickens, C. (1867). A Tale of two cities, and Great expectations. Ticknor and Fields
  • Lisitsa, E. (2012). Manage conflict: The six skills. Found at: https://www.gottman.com/blog/manage-conflict-the-six-skills/#

Equifax data breach – A personal follow up

I went ahead and followed the advice to freeze my credit score as a result of the Equifax data breach in August. Barbara O’Neill, an extension colleague at Rutgers University, posted a blog recently highlighting step-by-step credit freeze information(PDF)Links to a PDF document.. I found the suggestions in this blog helpful and I thought I’d […]

WRITTEN BY: Caezilia Loibl

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods

A Walk In The Woods

I am a city dweller, and have been for many years. I’ve always enjoyed the excitement and bustle of living in a space where people are constantly on the move, but it sometimes takes its toll. Studies show that city dwellers are more likely to experience stress, and are at an increased risk of developing […]

WRITTEN BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed. Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, CFLE, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Amanda Woods

SOURCES:

  • Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, October 18, 2017, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171018113515.htm?utm_content=buffer0e62f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
  • Bratman, Daily, Levy, & Gross, Landscape and Urban Planning Volume 138, June 2015, Pages 41-50, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204615000286
  • Allison Aubrey, Morning Edition, July 17, 2017, http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/17/536676954/forest-bathing-a-retreat-to-nature-can-boost-immunity-and-mood
  • Li Q1, Otsuka T, Kobayashi M, Wakayama Y, Inagaki H, Katsumata M, Hirata Y, Li Y, Hirata K, Shimizu T, Suzuki H, Kawada T, Kagawa T., 2011 Mar 23, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431424
  • Gregory N. Bratmana, J. Paul Hamiltonb, Kevin S. Hahnc, Gretchen C. Daily, James J. Gross, PNAS vol. 112 no. 28, http://www.pnas.org/content/112/28/8567.abstract

The Power of Acceptance

A few years ago my kids were diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that initially caused them pain and suffering… and it caused me even more suffering as a mom. In times like those, it’s common to question why something like that had to happen. Why did they have to get this disease? Why couldn’t they […]

WRITTEN BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County.

REVIEWED BY: Patrice Power-Barker, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Lucas County

SOURCES:

  • Absenger, W. (2015). Mindfulness and the Stages of Grief in Chronic Disease. Mind Body Med by Absenger Cancer Education Foundation.
  • Carter, S. (2015). What is Mindfulness? Live Smart Ohio Mind and Body Blog by Ohio State University Extension. Retrieved from: http://livesmartohio.osu.edu/mind-and-body/carter-413osu-edu/what-is-mindfulness/
  • Carter, S. (2016). Sparkle Like You Mean It. Live Smart Ohio Mind and Body Blog by Ohio State University Extension. Retrieved from: http://livesmartohio.osu.edu/?s=sparkle

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