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Does the amount of friends you have in Facebook matters?

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Today, many people rest their popularity and self confidence on the number of Facebook friends they have and how many friends like their posts or took the time to write on their timeline to wish them Happy Birthday. I know of some friends who ‘dramatize’ their lives for the sake of being able to posts [...]

Physically there but not really there- The Smartphone frenzy

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Most of us trying to juggle to do too many tasks all at once. The wonders of multitasking: At work, we are on the phone speaking to someone and at the same time reading our emails; during lunch we are eating with our colleagues and at the same time we try to talk, play Candy [...]

To love in sickness and in health- a wife’s enduring love

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The role of the caretaker is never easy in taking care of a loved one. For 2 years, my uncle lovingly took care of my auntie, who was reduced to a vegetative state as the result of stroke. He would visit her everyday to lovingly speak to her and take care of her- for 2 [...]

Smartphone Addiction and how it ruins families

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In the front page of the papers today, the article titled Phone Junkies- Addiction to Smartphones is damaging the family system.  Issues that arise as for example: people are no longer talking to one another- glued to the virtual worlds of their Smartphones paying huge bills from updating Facebook and Twitter accounts children are “talking” [...]