Martha Carrick
Martha Carrick is a mom of two living near Portland, Oregon. She enjoys writing in her, rather limited, spare time. She is a trained biologist turned stay-at-home-mom and she puts her research skills to good use by applying them to parenting topics.
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5 Strategies To Help Anxious Kids
Anxiety can be a brutal thing to have to deal with as an adult. But as a child, the mind of which hasn’t fully...
Five Great Spooky Games For Halloween
Leaves are crunching underfoot; pumpkins adorn almost everyone’s doorstep. Stores are decked out in spooktacular fashion. There’s no doubt that Halloween is right around...
Pupils To Learn About The Dangers Of Female Genital Mutilation
The dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be on the curriculum in English secondary schools by 2020 as part of new government education...
The Key To Physical Attraction: The Surprising Reason We Pick The Partners We Do
The peacock’s dazzling tail feathers do not exist for them to carry out everyday activities such as eating or sleeping, but because their colourfulness...