Humbug? I'm not quite there yet -- it's only the middle of December -- but the holiday season can be overwhelming for so many reasons. So if you need some holiday help, The Conversation is here to help! And if you don't want to read another word about the holidays, I've added some of my favourite non-holiday-themed stories from around our global network.
Have a great weekend and we'll be back in your Inbox on Monday.
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Weekend Reads
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Nikki Martyn, University of Guelph-Humber; Elena Merenda, University of Guelph-Humber
Hide the credit cards and instead build traditions with your kids. Supporting a child through gift disappointment is important to their emotional, cognitive and social development.
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Sheri Madigan, University of Calgary
Children start developing empathy and compassion as toddlers and should have a good understanding of generosity by age nine. Here are five thoughtful ways parents can help foster these behaviours.
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Karen Rodham, Staffordshire University
How to become a lover of Christmas ... or embrace being a Grinch.
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Geneviève Sicotte, Concordia University
En préparant les plats des fêtes, nous commémorons des époques révolues auxquelles nous cherchons symboliquement à nous rattacher. Mais pouvons-nous réinventer les traditions?
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Sharon George, Keele University
Only a quarter of Christmas jumpers are reused.
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Stacy Rosenbaum, University of California, Los Angeles
Male gorillas who spend more time with infants are expected to sire about 5 times more babies.
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Donica Belisle, University of Regina
Powerful forces in Québec have long kept tabs on women's dress codes, and therefore women's bodies.
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Carly McCann, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Two-thirds of people who report workplace sexual harassment say they lost their jobs or are retaliated against in other ways. Most never receive any money.
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Jen Schradie, Sciences Po – USPC
There’s an orderly fashion to so-called disruptive "manifestations", as they’re called in French. But the "gilets jaunes" didn’t follow the rules. So who exactly broke the rules?
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Chris Stafford, University of Nottingham
Looking back, it's a wonder the party is still together after years of arguing about this issue.
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