World News and Trends: Hostility and our children's health
Hostile kids who mistrust others are much more likely than their peers to develop physical symptoms linked to diabetes and heart attacks in the future, a pioneering new study [conducted at the University of Pittsburgh] suggests," says USA Today.
Psychology tends to affect biology. More and more scientific studies are affirming and confirming the commonsense proverbs and the Christian way of life found in the pages of the Bible. Solomon said: "A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones" (Proverbs 17:22). And the apostle Paul advises: ". . . Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4).
Behavioral pediatrician David Schonfeld of the Yale Child Study Center declared that "angry kids are often in a high-stress 'fight or flight' mode because they think people are out to get them." Frankly, many are taught to be angry by parental example.
On the positive side, teaching children how to manage their anger and resolve disputes by reason and diplomacy may well lengthen their lives. This is accomplished both by example and patient biblical instruction. Those who may want to follow up on this theme should request our free booklet Making Life Work. (Source: USA Today.)
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Good News Magazine: January - February 2003
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John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
