Article: An emotional affair does not involve sexual relations. There are thoughts, emotions, and often behaviors, however, which are not appropriate to a non-marital relationship. Some argue that without sexual infidelity, such a relationship is not really "an affair". This sort of relationship is often extremely damaging to a marriage, just as much or more so than a physical one. The healthy bond between spouses are threatened because one (or both) spouses are investing time, affection, and attention to a "friend" which really should be spent with the spouse. The same emotions one may feel in an extra-marital affair is present in an emotional affair. This can be complicated, as an emotional affair means you have formed a strong emotional bond with another person. There may be a lot of affection and even love to the other person. But when such a relationship has crossed healthy boundaries, you may experience the following: Guilt: In an emotional affair, the person having the affair may feel guilt the amount of time spent away from the partner/spouse, the time spent with the other person, and doing activities that really should be spent with the romantic partner, and so on. Vulnerability: The person having the emotional affair may "over-share" intimate or sensitive information about the romantic partner, and this information may violate boundaries, privacy and so on. In a slightly different type of vulnerability, the emotional affair can avoid having difficult conversations or dealing with issues in the emotional affair, which does not solve the problems. Threatened: The romantic relationship is threatened by the direction this emotional affair is taking. Emotional affairs can lead to lying or being misleading about your the person whom you are having an emotional affair, and your actions. Be honest when assessing what is happening with respect to this third wheel in your life. You probably already know deep down that there is an element of dishonesty and cheating involved with the other person. Facing this squarely may be very difficult but some of the things to help you realize you're skating on thin ice include: You know the level of depth of intimacy and connection with this person has become inappropriate. Your commitment to your partner is threatened or destabilized by someone else being so knowledgeable about the lives and happenings of the two of you.
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Understand the definition of an emotional affair. Identify feelings that indicate an emotional affair. Dishonesty:
Article: Everyone gets bored eventually during lecture-style learning moments. And elementary school children have a much shorter attention span than most older students, so this is not an effective teaching method to employ with 4th graders. Try employing games in your classroom to boost students' energy levels and to improve their active involvement in the learning process. There are many examples of educational games that you can find on the internet. Find some that you think your students will be interested in and adapt them to your particular topic/subject if necessary. As you use the games in class, you'll figure out what works and what doesn't. Then you can adjust the activities for the next time so that they are better suited for your specific teaching style and subject matter. Here are some helpful websites that have in-class games appropriate for 4th grade students: www.learninggamesforkids.com www.funbrain.com www.abcya.com www.knowledgeadventure.com www.education.com www.vocabulary.co.il www.jumpstart.com Unfortunately, many 4th grade students have yet to discover the joy of learning for learning's sake. Try implementing a system of rewards that will motivate your students to stay on task and to complete projects satisfactorily. Note: Try to provide incentives for input activities (things that students put time into like reading and homework) rather than on output results (like grades and scores). This will be more effective because students can control how much time they spend on activities, but they may struggle more with achieving certain grade levels. So if you assign incentives based on something students feel is largely out of their control, like what grade they get on a project or assignment, they may become flustered with the incentive program and give up trying to achieve the incentives altogether. Most 4th grade students learn best by having hands on experience within the learning process. Ask your students to bring in an object they have in their house that relates to the topic you are currently studying. This will make them think about the subject matter and apply it to their own life in order to find a suitable item to bring to class. For example, if you're discussing Native American history, try to find an authentic arrowhead and show it to your class. Then ask your students to bring something from their own house that is related to Native American history in some way. They could bring a leather vest, a beaded purse, a toy horse, a picture of a hunting bow, or any other object related to the topic.
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Use games as a means of learning. Use rewards as incentives. Do a show and tell activity with your students.
Article: Have the child bend over at the waist. Place your hand under her chest for support. To perform this maneuver properly on a child, you'll likely need to kneel on the floor. Don't try to pull the object out of the child's mouth if the child is conscious. Try to get it out with the Heimlich maneuver instead. You can also place a child across your lap face down, if that is more feasible. Use the heel of your hand. Whack the child on the back directly between the shoulder blades five times. These blows should be fairly hard. They shouldn't be hard enough to knock the child over with your support, but they do need to be relatively sharp. The American Heart Association doesn't teach back blows when performing the Heimlich; the Heimlich alone (abdominal thrusts) can be effective without them. Look to see if the object has dislodged. You may see the object fly out, or you may notice the child has started breathing again. Put your arms around the child. Use one hand to make a fist and place it directly above the child's navel. Try to get below the breastbone. Cover your fist with the other hand. Pull your fists upward into the child's abdomen. Make this thrust quickly. Repeat four times or until you notice the object choking the child dislodges. If no one is around and you've tried the Heimlich once, be sure to call 911. You want help to be on the way. If you asked someone else to call 911, make sure the person has done it. If it didn't work, continue moving back and forth between back blows and abdominal thrusts. Keep going until you see the object come out, the child begins to breathe normally again, or the child becomes unconscious.
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Bend the child over. Give five back blows. Place your fists. Pull upward. Call 911. Check to see if it worked.