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Older Fatherhood Isn't All Bad: Testosterone Rates Drop About 1% Per Year As Men Age, Making Them Less Reactive And More Patient, And A Professionally Established Middle-aged Man Is Likely To Have More Time And Money To Devote To His Kids Than A Twenty-something Who's Just Getting Started.

We Pride Ourselves On Being The Only Species That Understands The Concept Of Risk, Yet We Have A Confounding Habit Of Worrying About Mere Possibilities While Ignoring Probabilities, Building Barricades Against Perceived Dangers While Leaving Ourselves Exposed To Real Ones.

Certainly, People Can Get Along Without Siblings. Single Children Do, And There Are People Who Have Irreparably Estranged Relationships With Their Siblings Who Live Full And Satisfying Lives, But To Have Siblings And Not Make The Most Of That Resource Is Squandering One Of The Greatest Interpersonal Resources You'll Ever Have.

The Brain Sits Snugly Inside The Skull, But It's Not A Completely Flush Fit - There Is Still A Layer Of Fluid Between Bone And Soft Tissue That Serves As A Natural Shock Absorber. Some Shocks, However, Can't Be Absorbed, And When The Head Gets Clobbered Too Hard, The Brain Can Twist Or Torque Or Rattle Around Inside Its Skeletal Casing.

As The National Football League And Other Pro Sports Increasingly Reckon With The Early Dementia, Mental Health Issues, Suicides And Even Criminal Behavior Of Former Players, The Risk Of What's Known As Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (cte), Is Becoming Clear.