Why is the Sky Blue?
Sunlight contains all colors, but the sky looks blue. Why? Read More

Are you Frugal? Or just Cheap?
When John Lastovicka set out to understand frugality, he discovered what once was a major part of day-to-day American life is long gone. While some people still adhere to grandma’s notion of “waste not, want not,” Lastovicka found that only about 15 percent of modern Americans could be described as frugal. Read More

Bad Kids? Or Bad Coaching?
When your son or daughter swings a bat, shoots a basket, kicks a ball, or slaps a hockey puck down the ice, are they becoming a better moral being? Maybe not. Read more

Who Cares?
There are plenty of books and videotapes and other resources that offer tips for caregivers. But no one has really studied what is important to these people to find out their biggest needs. ASU gerontologists are working to find those answers. Read More

Keeping Divorced Dads Involved
Custodial parents listen up: The more involvement a noncustodial parent has with his or her children, the greater the financial support he or she will be willing to contribute. That is the finding of recent companion studies by ASU psychology professors Sanford Braver and William Fabricius. Read more

The Chore of Chores
Are there good reasons why parents should assign their children household chores? You bet there are! ASU sociologist Sampson Lee Blair did the research to tell you why. Read more

Ten Keys to Unlocking Temperament
Temperament is each person’s first and most natural way of responding to the world. It can offer an understanding of the personal characteristics and inborn behavior styles of just about everyone. http://researchmag.asu.edu/stories/10keys.html

The Power of Parenting
Psychologists in the Prevention Research Center have developed the prescription for keeping children of divorce mentally and emotionally healthy, and they plan to share it with the world. (PDF file)

things to see

Rattlesnakes!
Visit the Life Sciences Center, A wing, to see reptile displays, including the only complete living collection of all eighteen sub-species of Arizona native rattlesnakes and a gallery displaying skulls and skeletons of indigenous wildlife. Located at Tyler Mall and Palm Walk on the ASU Main Campus in Tempe. More information

things to do

Make a Bird Feeder
Attract birds to your yard or patio with a homemade bird feeder. Learn more from Chain Reaction