Female Care

Choosing a babysitter is always a daunting task. How do you know if a person is safe? Reliable? What do you need to know, as a parent, and what information is important for your sitter to have on hand?

Trying to find a responsible and reliable babysitter can sometimes feel like attempting to locate the proverbial needle in a haystack. Sure, there may be a lot of children who are anxious to start babysitting and making a little extra money, but are they really ready for this kind of responsibility? Not only can it be frightening to relinquish the care of your precious angel over to a stranger, but it’s all the more difficult to leave your child alone with another who is little more than a child, themselves. For this reason, ensure that your babysitter is a minimum of 14 years of age; while there are exceptions to every rule, most children are not responsible, nor are they emotionally ready to take on the responsibility of watching another child. In fact, a good rule of thumb is that, the younger your child, the older your babysitter should be. Continue reading »

A hand with a will of its own. In the cult film Dr StrangeLove, staring Peter Sellers, we are introduced to a character whose hand strangles its owner. This situation is a reality for some people.

This condition is known as Anarchic Hand. It is a neurological condition whereby a person appears to have no control over one of their arms. A person realises the hand is theirs but is frustrated by an inability to dictate its behavior.

Recorded incidences of Anarchic hand:

• Della Sala et al 1994 : A women at dinner finds that her left hand takes some fish bones from a finished meal and stuffs them in her mouth. Later it grabs the ice cream her brother is licking. Her right hand intervenes, admonishes her left hand and the ice cream falls to the floor. The woman is irritated with her left hand. Apologises greatly and says it has a will of its own.

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