Family and childhood

The best thing parents can give their children is time. Proper time. Not a few snatched minutes here and there while kids are rushing them off to ballet or violin lessons, but time spent playing with them, talking and listening to them. If were mum, I would encourage my kids to play the piano, but only to amuse themselves. The wouldn´t have a PlayStation but the would watch a little TV.

Nowadays children are packed of to all sorts of lessons at an ever younger age. They are expected to achieve more and more younger and younger, and are made to feel a failure if the don´t reach the targets.

I think the rivalry between parents at school is particularly sad- as if anyone cares whose child learns to ride a bike first, or learns to read before anyone else!

Childhood is the only time in your life when you can play and not have the worries that adults have. Summing up, try to care about your parents, and make them happy with a smile.

Interesting news. How do people die?

How do people die? Global mortality and causes of death visualised
What kills people around the world - and how does it vary from place to place? As part of the international research into the global burden of disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation have created these visualisations which allow you to explore the data. Click a link below and explore how our world is shaped by mortality


Causes of death

What diseases and injuries cause the most death and disability globally? Compare how each cause affects specific age groups or regions in terms of death and disability. You can change age group or region, year, and metric to view results for absolute numbers, rates, and percentages. You also have the option to further explore each cause group and view specific diseases, injuries, or risk factors - click the navigation buttons at the top of the chart to use it

How has it changed?

How has the burden of different diseases, injuries, and risk factors moved up or down over time? Explore ranks and changes for causes or risk factors based on deaths, years of lives lost (YLLs), years lost to disability (YLDs), and Disability-adjusted life year (DALYs) for 1990 and 2010. You can explore these ranks by age group, sex, and region.