【推荐2】Having a healthy family life can lower risk of heart attack and boost your chance of living longer.     1    .

Caring for an elderly loved one is a wonderful way to show compassion and service, and it doesn't mean you have to sacrifice everything.     2    . Kids and marriages can be powerfully impacted by how these decisions are handled，both negatively and positively. They thoroughly think through the potential impact of moving an aging parent into the home or providing extended care. A good boundary with an aging parent is to do occasional outgoings.

Cultivate an attitude of gratitude

Healthy families set a culture of being grateful for the things you appreciate in life, big and small. Set up a respectful space where at the end of each day, each family member share what they are grateful for.     3    .

Keep treats out of sight(and out of mind)

What you see is what you want to eat.     4    . Put the sugary treats out of sight and leave colorful fruits and vegetables out on the counter or on the most visible shelves in the fridge so that you're more likely to reach for a nutritious snack.

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Healthy families will create a safe environment for healthy communication, where each individual feels like their feelings are acknowledged. When conflict arises, they don't have to agree with each other but they still need to acknowledge each other's feelings. They still feel their opinions are valued. They also learn tools for how conflicts can be resolved. No one shuts down, or runs away when there is disagreement. They work it out.

【推荐3】By teaching your children healthy eating habits, and copying the behavior in yourself, you can help your children keep a healthy weight and normal growth. Also, the eating habits your children form when they are young will help them keep a healthy lifestyle when they grow up.

Your children’s health care provider can evaluate (评估) your children’s weight and growth and let you know if your children need to lose weight or if any dietary changes need to he made.

Some of the most important parts of healthy eating are portion control and cutting down on how much fat and sugar your children eat or drink. Simple ways to reduce fat intake in your children’s diet and improve a healthy weight include serving：

Low-fat or nonfat dairy products

Poultry without skin

Lean cuts of meat

Whole grain bread and cereals

Fruit and vegetables

Also, reduce the amount of sugar-sweetened drinks and salt in your children’s diet.

If you are unsure how to select and prepare a variety of foods for your family, ask a registered dietitian (营养师) for advice.

It is important that you should not place your overweight children on a restrictive (限制性的) diet. Children should never be placed on a restrictive diet to lose weight unless a doctor takes charge of one for medical reasons.

【推荐2】Archaeologists used DNA taken from a broken clay pipe stem found in Maryland to build a picture of an enslaved woman who died around 200 years ago and had origins in modern-day Sierra Leone. One researcher called the work “a mind-blower.”

“In this particular context, and from that time period, I think it's a first,” team member Hannes Schroeder told The Washington Post. “To be able to get DNA from an object like a pipe stem is quite exciting. Also it is exciting for descendant(后裔) communities... Through this technology, they're able to make a connection not only to the site but potentially back to Africa.”

The pipe stem was found at the Belvoir plantation in Crownsville, Maryland, where enslaved people lived until 1864 and where a likely slave cemetery was recently found. DNA taken from the pipe linked back to a woman either directly from or descended from the Mende people, who lived in west Africa, in an area now part of Sierra.

Julie Schablitsky, the chief archaeologist with the Maryland state highway administration, told The Post the discovery, based on saliva(唾液) absorbed into the clay pipe, was a “mind-blower”. She also said records show the existence of a slave trade route Sierra Leone to Annapolis, plied(定期往来) by British and American ships. "As soon as people stepped on those slave ships in Africa," she said, “whether they were from Benin or whether they were from Sierra Leone, wherever they were from, that identity was lost. Their humanity is stripped from. Who they are as a people has gone.”

The new analysis is part of ongoing research around Belvoir that has given descendants of the people enslaved there new insight into the lives of their ancestors. Speaking to The Post, Nancy Daniels, a genealogist from Laurel, Maryland, who thinks she is a descendant of enslaved families from Belvoir but was not linked to the research on the pipe, called the discovery “overwhelming.” “I'm sitting here about ready to cry,” she said. “I'm sorry. I'm so happy ... Thank God for the DNA.”

This year, events and ceremonies are being held to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved people in America, at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. Slavery was effectively abandoned in the US on 1 January 1863, with the issue by Abraham Lincoln of the Emancipation Proclamation. It formally ended in December 1865, after the civil war, with the approval of the 13th amendment(修正案).

【推荐3】Look inward for better career advice

Sometimes we turn to others for advice on major career decisions.     1    Warren Buffet’s father discouraged him from entering the securities(证券)business.Walt Disney’s brother and wife both tried to talk him out of making Snow White.

Why does so much career advice end up being misguided?     2     We often listen to the wrong sources. I’ve watched many students rely on their parents and grandparents   for guidance, forgetting that they were raised in an area when it was common to spend an entire career in one organization.

What about going to people who are qualified to give advice?    3     Advisers often focus too heavily on their personal preferences and experiences rather than take our perspective(视角)。

At some point,you have probably noticed that you’re wiser when giving advice to others than you are in making decisions for yourself. You’re not alone. It often happens because we have more distance from other people’s problems than our own.     4     Sure enough, psychologists find that our reasoning becomes wiser when we think about our own problems from a third-person perspective.

Advising others doesn’t just help us make better decisions, but it also leaves us more motivated to follow through.In one experiment, it was expected people were more motivated when receiving than giving advice.     5    It was people who gave advice who became more motivated.

If you want to get better career advice, you can start by reflecting on what you would tell someone else with a similar question. Listen to the advice you give to others. It’s usually the advice you need to take yourself.And it might be the best way to motivate yourself, too.