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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Stress, copers and non-copers
  • Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:53:44 -0700


"Some of it is genetic, some of it is how you were raised, and some it is just your personality," Dr. Bruce McEwen, director of the neuroendocrinology laboratory at Rockefeller University, said.

"Just your personality"? How unhelpful.

My non-professional observation is that self-image is everything. With a strong self-image based on multiple past accomplishments, a child or adult can keep striving toward a goal without succumbing to stress even though they suffer serious and prolonged setbacks. Smart parents stage small successes and build on them.






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