Dr. Svec’s Health and Wealth Newsletter

• The Stress of Summer Vacation
  2009-06-29

  You’ve waited for this all year. It is time to be away from work, head to the cottage, or your place of relaxation, and unwind. Your children will be out of school, and you’ll be able to spend more time with them, bonding as parents should. However, you may be surprised to notice that after the initial joy of this summer break, stress and anxiety may begin to set in. Why would you start feeling more stress when on vacation?

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• The Joke Is You-WestJet
  2009-06-24

  At a very early age humans learn to begin to understand the importance of trust. Psychologists, for many years, have understood the importance of developing a sound basis of trust by an infant’s caregiver as a key to mental health. As we grow and develop, trust becomes a concept that is very important in relationships, both personal, and of a business nature. It is hard to build up, but once established, trust can be the launching point of a very successful, and mutually rewarding, life.

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• Are You Ready to Pay for Full Day Kindergarten?
  2009-06-17

  Another stupid idea by the government! Let’s send children to school for a full day at the age of 4, because an academic believes that is what is best. Take the responsibility away from parents, and let the government raise your children. I suppose there may be some benefit to teaching children at an early age to do what they are told by strangers in a big place, but there is no clear evidence to support that this idea is better for the child, the parent, or our Country. The idea is also designed to break the Ontario Teachers Union, as the government wants to put ECE teachers in the schools instead of teachers, paying them less, for the same work.

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• Ok Smart Guy, What Would You Have Done with GM?
  2009-06-09

  In a previous newsletter I discussed the issue of the GM bailout, and how it was ridiculous that government was getting involved with the running and bailout of business. Many of you asked for my solution to this problem in a very kind and gentle way (or not) through e-mail to me directly.

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