Economy
France: Don’t buy your kids pens!
On the eve of the new school year, the French Federation of Consumers UFC-Que Choisir is urging parents not to buy pens for their children because they contain a "cocktail…
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Culture
Sweet only on Saturday: the Swedish tradition that teaches children the things of life
• The "Saturday sweets" tradition began in the 1950s • Children decide for themselves how much of their budget they will invest in candy • The benefit of this tradition…
Culture
Beards, baths, salt – The most unusual taxes in Tsarist Russia and the USSR
For beautiful eyes and a clean body, substantial sums were paid The fees depended on the social status of the people US residents pay taxes to the government for diapers,…
Culture
What Skills and Perspectives Do Interfaith Peacebuilders Need?
This United Religions Initiative’s (URI) Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide to support the foundational work of forming and sustaining interfaith groups begins with methods for promoting tolerance, respect, and understanding among peoples…
Education
The Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide by the United Religions Initiative
Guide in the Context of Peacebuilding Peacebuilding is a relatively new term. It was coined about a decade ago by the then-Secretary General of the United Nations Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali to…
Culture
Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky out from Ukrainian textbooks
The Russian language and literature are completely dropped from the curriculum in Ukraine after the sixth grade, the Ministry of Education and Science announced in the country. Pushkin, Tolstoy and…
Education
Proverbs referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies (2)
FAIRIES Where the scythe cuts and the sock rives,No more fairies and bee-hives. Laugh like a pixy (i.e., fairy). Waters locked! waters locked! (A favourite cry of fairies.) Borram! borram!…
Education
Proverbs referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies
CHAPTER XIII Of Fairies, Witches, Gypsies,My nourrice sang to me ,Sua Gypsies, Fairies, Witches,I alsua synge to thee." ("Denham Tract.") DR. KRAUSS has in his work, "Sreca, Gluck und Schicksal im…
Education
European Population and its Drug Problem, a 2022 overview
Being present across European countries and in direct contact in the streets, markets, any kind of shops, associations, schools, administrations, and agencies, with the youth, parents and the populations at…
Education
The child is a small mirror of your family
New research related to mirror neurons has confirmed the fact that if you observe someone engaged in a certain activity at the moment, then you activate exactly the same neurons…