The children of economically stressed parents were also less likely to engage in positive social behaviors like helping others and volunteering.

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With his place in the classical music world secure, Anantawan now wants to focus on helping others like him.

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And one of the things that I'm very proud of in this administration that nobody, except maybe Friedman and a couple others, have paid attention to is, we are actually initiating more education reform, tougher education reform, than just about any administration over the last several years, and people like Randy and others are helping us in this process.

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Like a handful of other trans men in North America, Europe, England, and Japan, I began to do public education, to write about our experience, and to educate legislators and policy makers, helping them change the laws, hoping to ease the suffering of others like ourselves who would follow in our footsteps.

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And while I think success for start-ups like hers is absolutely necessary for changing the food system, the ethos of the meeting put more value on helping others than on making money.

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For example, categories like fast food or beer rely less on strong affiliation among their users but can still tap into social currency by helping others to learn from each other (beer) or by strengthening the identification level with other patrons (fast food).

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