Best aging books according to redditors

We found 46 Reddit comments discussing the best aging books. We ranked the 24 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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u/theaustinkid · 36 pointsr/AskHistorians

This is important. It should also be noted that Japan is an interesting case study in the belief vs. practice aspect of religious expression.

While Japanese people may identify as non-religious in belief, they still participate in certain rites that most would classify as imbued with a certain religious power (concern, to borrow from Paul Tillich).

John Traphagan's The Practice of Concern is a pretty involved study of this dichotomy in Japan.

u/rebelkitty · 22 pointsr/Parenting

If she was mine, I'd tell her to own it. What's done is done, so the best thing she can do now is hold her head high and not be ashamed if her naked, drunken self is plastered wall to wall.

After all, it's not like she's the first or last girl to get herself photographed like that. It doesn't mean there won't be consequences (ie, any hope of getting a job as a school teacher may be pooched), but she can mitigate some of the worst of it by refusing to let it define her.

Then, having told her this, I'd refocus the conversation on what the hell she's planning to do with her life. Does she have a job? Is she going to school? Are you paying for her school? Where does she plan to be next year? And the year after that?

She's an adult, and it's time to start treating her like one. That means, if she's living at home, it's for a good reason (ie, she's in school) and you get to set some ground rules (grades above a certain percentile and no drunken naked party pics). If she has no good reason to be living at home, then yes - it's time for her to leave and start becoming self-supporting.

But don't make leaving home a punishment! Help her. This is the next big step in her life, analogous to learning to walk. So buy her a copy of "Good to Go" and help her put together her first budget. Walk her through the steps of becoming independent.

And then let her go, to make her own mistakes and (hopefully) learn from them.

u/[deleted] · 7 pointsr/AskHistorians

I'm not an expert in this area, but I do know where the best reading is to be had on the subject, so here are the books:

http://www.amazon.com/Arktos-Polar-Science-Symbolism-Survival/dp/0932813356 - This is the number one source on the Nazi North Pole thing. The guy who wrote it is kind of a genius of occult scholarship. I bet the Iron Sky writers read this book.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Occult-Roots-Nazism-Influence/dp/0814730604/ - I didn't personally like this book (as Nixon74 correctly pointed out Nazism did not have occult "roots" but merely drew on occultism vaguely), but it's the number one source for the subject, and the author wrote a sequel too

http://www.philipcoppens.com/wewelsburg.html - If you don't want to read a book here are some creepy pictures.

u/LaCockle · 4 pointsr/Teachers

This is a really great list of suggestions! I would only offer some counter-point to #5.

There are alternative methods of teaching discipline than using punishments and rewards. Consider reading the book, Positive Discipline. Also, focusing on #2 and #7 to eliminate much of the need for punishment will make your job more satisfying.

Ultimately, being a good primary school educator is more about building relationships and exemplifying the character you ask from your students. If it's hard for you to always face down challenges, show infinite compassion, never lie, never act out in frustration, always finish perfectly, and embody impeccable discipline... just imagine how hard it is for 6-12 year olds.

u/K1ngN0thing · 3 pointsr/Showerthoughts

This, more than anything, is why we need to start taking aging seriously as a problem only yet to be solved scientifically. It's only a matter of time. The sooner we get behind this idea, the sooner it will happen. For an idea of what this will likely look like, I recommend Thid talk as an introduction. Beyond that, there are longer, more-detailed presentations, as well as debates.Here's one from earlier this year. More of the why, and the how.

u/LolaRockabella · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

There are tons of great books written for young adults about to leave home for the first time. The better ones have checklists for everything from an apartment walkthrough to pantry essentials. Check Amazon.

Edit: This is the one I bought my little sister She says she still refers to it, and she's on her 4th place.

u/jobie285 · 2 pointsr/toddlers

A friend recommended this: Positive Discipline: The Classic Guide to Helping Children Develop Self-Discipline, Responsibility, Cooperation, and Problem-Solving Skills https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QWZJI6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_bd7HzbG7P5JAR Which, I have bought but only just started.

u/EmoticonIlliterate · 2 pointsr/2X_INTJ

I found a lot of the books geared towards mums like What to Expect The First Year and The Toddler Years by the same author/publisher to be a little condescending and where I wanted to know how the brain worked and why my daughter thought like she did, these books answered a little too superficially for my taste, and I also disliked the format. I found myself referring to a textbook I had from college (I started as a nursing major but ultimately went a different route when I discovered I wasn't very good with "customer service"). This book is readable but explains more the physiologic and psychologic changes the child, adolescent, and ultimately adult goes through, and I found it way more helpful than the "mommy" books. Any similar textbook would probably work. I bet they have child development textbooks that would be even better.

I try to live by the "treat others as I would like to be treated" adage and I think the same applies to be successful with children. I don't think being INTJ would be a hinderance to enjoying or relating to children. In fact I think their simple, honest, forthright nature is actually easier for us to understand.

u/hibryd · 2 pointsr/AskHistorians

> But if the kids are crying because they want attention, and you are too busy/have your hands full, then tough, they just have to cry for a while.

I keep flashing back to a parenting book I read which compared letting your kid/baby cry for extended periods of time to keeping them in a room of toxic fumes, in the sense that long crying jags were causing permanent brain damage. The book also warned of a host of emotional and psychological problems that would be caused by negligent or uninvolved parenting.

Whether that's true or not, it speaks to the modern, 1st-world concerns of parenting: it's not enough that we raise kids who survive and help with the family, they have to be 1) smart and 2) happy. If they aren't, it's proof of bad parents.

u/Michaeldee28 · 2 pointsr/DanLeBatardShow

My fiancé picked up The End of Old Age the new book from @MarcAgronin of @MIAJewishHealth. She’s a doctor of geriatric occupational therapy and swears that book is the best she’s read. Marc is brilliant. Very cool that the show is calling attention to this great institution.

u/piggybankcowboy · 1 pointr/books

It's rough, man.

Take a peek at this Amazon page. Just a random book on the subject I looked up, but scroll down to the part where it says "customers also bought..." and scroll through those, see if any look familiar.

I wish I'd have caught the article and could help you more.

u/segfaults123 · 1 pointr/PublicFreakout

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I started using my own words, and it lead me to agree with you on many issues. Since you enjoy reading, and I enjoy reading, I thought I'd share a good book for you:

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Critical-Thinking-Fundamental-Intelligent-ebook/dp/B07JWBKNVG/

u/amazon-converter-bot · 1 pointr/FreeEBOOKS

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u/bostoniaa · 1 pointr/Futurology

2 - check this book out. I haven't read it but I've heard good things. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008SMB56A

u/Jamesteaking · 1 pointr/taoism

This post makes me very upset for a number of reasons, but mostly because you have essentially made what amounts to a character attack on me without doing any work to research the "mystic words" that I am talking about.

I want to avoid making another long form post, lest I risk you further trying to diagnose me, but I want to address why I use that language and what some of it means so that we can have some basis for communication here.

First, we are on a Daoism subreddit, which means that people post things relevant to Daoism. What I posted about is a very well established practice in Daoism with more than 1000 years of history.
Here is the wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neidan
The art is somewhat like Zen, but with more theory and coming from a Chinese Daoist background rather than a Japanese Buddhist background.

The wiki article doesn't cover all of the terminology I cited in my post, but that terminology is native to Neidan and if you google any of it in reference to neidan, you will find multiple hits, both in English and Chinese. The reason why I posted my experience is because it serves as a CV to people who know about Daoism. I probably shouldn't have taken it for granted that most people here would be familiar with those terms.

None of the practices in Neidan are based on mysticism and the things I mentioned are real physical experiences that accompany meditation practice.
It just so happens that they use archaic Chinese terminology to describe them, since Daoist practice is moored in Ancient and Medieval Daoist thought. I am not changing the terminology to make culturally bigoted Americans happy.

These concepts are native to Daoism, which I have been trained in for more than a decade by a Chinese teacher named Yang Hai.
This is his website
www.internalstyle.com

Yang Hai studied with the head of the White Cloud Temple in Beijing (Cao Zhenyang) who was one of the top priests in the Complete Reality Sect of Daoism at that time (late 1980s early 90s).

I am a translator and writer on the subject of Daoism and have work published in multiple places, including a book which was released by Tambuli Media in 2015, which can be seen here.
https://www.amazon.com/Internal-Elixir-Cultivation-Nature-Meditation/dp/1943155135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493516052&sr=8-1&keywords=internal+elixir+cultivation

It was very upsetting to read your post which in effect makes the claim that I am a lunatic. I would really appreciate it if after looking at the links I sent you, you would be willing to either retract your post or at least thresh it out with me, because given that my profession relies on being seen as a legitimate commentator on Daoism (that is how I get work published), then having people making claims that I am a crazy fraud is very bad for business.

Also, just to address this:

"I can't diagnose anybody online,"

So then why did you just do so?

"But I would be wary about giving money to anybody claiming to have secret or arcane knowledge."

Those are your words, I didn't say I have either secret or arcane knowledge. Also, I completely agree, caveat emptor is a very important principle, but hopefully people who are interested and have done their research will understand that I am not making any outlandish claims here.

I will also reach out to you privately, since my feeling is that this is largely based on misunderstanding, but I do hope that you will consider retracting this very damaging post.

Thanks,
Rob.

u/docbond · 1 pointr/AskMen

Positive Discipline because my oldest son is driving me nuts.


The Writer's Journey because I enjoy writing short stories and screenplays.

u/InterviewTea · 1 pointr/selfpublish

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This book will provide practical advice that you can use in the real world. It was designed to modify your way of thinking, point out the hidden rules in life, that were put in place to restrict you from achieving success. I want to make you aware of the influence that these hidden rules will have indirectly on you. When you are able to view life under a different lens, it will allow you to modify your behavior, personal life choices, career path, and allow you to take control of your future.

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u/whosthedoginthisscen · 1 pointr/AdviceAnimals

I'd love to sum it up for you, but I'm afraid you'll have to put in the same time we did and try reading Positive Discipline, for example. That's just ONE of the books that we read so we'd have a "toolbox" of ways to handle tough parenting situations. Think of it like a stand up comic having a ready-made toolbox of retorts for various kinds of hecklers, or practicing stress questions before a big job interview.

I don't expect my 3 year old to "remember everything", as you put it. This is a false equivalence, suggesting that the choices are them "remembering everything" or being spanked - this is no different than telling someone they should eat better and them saying "well I'm not going to go around eating lettuce all day" as a retort. But there are some things for which there is zero tolerance around here - one of those is hitting or kicking someone else or the dog. Another is throwing food or intentionally breaking things. In each case, you need to take the time to talk to your child about why things are right and why things are wrong. And for sure, waiting until you're already IN the supermarket checkout line to teach your kid right from wrong is too late - your kid needs to learn things in an easier environment so they're prepared for the supermarket checkout line. And for your part, when your kid is melting down in the cereal aisle b/c you won't buy Cap'n Crunch, it's too late to Google "child tantrum effective methods".

As to your issue with your kid's grandfather, I don't know exactly the kind of roughhousing you're talking about, but for instance, this morning my 3 year old and I played "Tangled", where I was the thief guy and she was Rapunzel. She had me "tied up" with her "hair" (a small blanket) and every time I "woke up" and asked where she hid the crown (a yellow ball), she'd "hit" me with a "frying pan", like in the movie. But I told her to find something soft so that it wouldn't be like real hitting. She looked around and settled on a nylon camera strap. I asked her if she thought that would be soft enough that it would be ok to pretend hit with it. She thought about it and decided (correctly) to find something softer (a small sock). So she got to "bop" me over and over while we played the game - but this doesn't at all give her mixed messages about hitting. If anything, it reinforces it. And we got to talk afterwards about what a good job she did doing gentle playing so that no one felt sad or hurt.

I'm lucky - I married someone with a graduate degree in Early Childhood Development who was way overqualified to be a kindergarten teacher, but perfectly qualified to be a parent (as well as a guide to her otherwise clueless spouse - me - who would otherwise probably yell at the kid and give guilt trips as a discipline technique). Emotional abuse is still abuse, and that's probably what I would have brought to the table if I hadn't educated myself and made my wife give me daily lessons in positive discipline.

Hitting a kid and them stopping the behavior in the sort term tricks you into thinking it worked - like hitting a dog and watching them slink away tricks you into thinking they just learned never to pee in the living room again. If you've ever had a dog, you know that's not how it works. And it sure as hell doesn't work with kids. As you see, you're using an easy solution to buy yourself a few weeks of peace.

u/sacca7 · 1 pointr/Integral

A breath of fresh air. Thank you.

Not to dissuade any discussions about Gebser, but has anyone read Lachman's book A Secret History of Consciousness which this article seems to be based on or even reprinted from? I've not, but would like to hear.

u/Vasukki · 1 pointr/taoism

https://www.amazon.com/Embryonic-Breathing-Taoist-Method-Opening/dp/1537777068
Do you know if this is a good guide? Or where should I learn embryonic breathing?

u/Neo_Mala_Propism · 1 pointr/confession
u/Yangel · 1 pointr/occult

http://www.amazon.com/Arktos-Polar-Science-Symbolism-Survival/dp/0932813356

Savitri Devi and Miguel Serrano would be the best bet for the 'occult' angle.

u/BookCrateDotOrg · -1 pointsr/suggestmeabook

If you're interested in reading this, I'll ship a copy to you for free (provided you live in the US and give it away, swap, or donate it when you're done). https://www.amazon.com/Advancing-Conversations-Advocate-Indefinite-Lifespan/dp/1785353969