High schools try therapy pets, 'recess,' no-homework nights to lower 'epidemic' student stress

[liberal_at_heart]

9. just two or three generations ago

the way of life was simply surviving. Intellectual pursuits and having loving relationships were considered luxeries people couldn't afford. Even couples didn't show love for one another. The man worked. The woman brought up the children and cooked dinner. The children worked on the family farm and went to school. And nobody showed anybody any affection. I've seen the affects of this kind of lifestyle in my father, my father in law, and even in my mother in law. Not very happy people. Not saying all people brought up that way are unhappy, but the ones I personally know who grew up that way are. My father in law is a very emotionally detached person. He can even be cruel sometimes. Doesn't have a good relationship with anybody. He is alone and although he can't seem to change who he is, not sure he really wants to, I can tell as he gets old he seems to regret not having anybody around. In the end of a person's life if it is the love they remember, not the fact that they knew how to be independent.