The feeling of fabrics
We often do it unconsciously, but when we look at furniture, clothing or cushions in the store, we run our hands over them. Even with other mostly natural…
Raising teenagers: how do you do that?
Many parents will recognize it: endless discussions with their teenage son or daughter about the smallest things. Adolescents trying to take control at home. Adolescents who get out…
Origin of the Earth: the Gap Theory
The Gap theory is known in the Netherlands as the theory of restitution. This theory is somewhere between the theory of creation and the theory of evolution. People…
Military Social Work as an identity broker
Military personnel and veterans identify strongly with their military identity. In this piece I want to pay attention to identity in general and the importance of military identity…
The multi-systemic approach to criminal behavior
There has been much discussion about treatment for criminal behavior. What works and what doesn’t work? Which approach is most effective in the long term? Just punish or…
Inadequate development of conscience and crime
Much research has already been done into the motivation for criminal behavior. Can crime be explained on the basis of a single theory? It is precisely for that…
The cultural approach as an explanation for criminal behavior
Much research has already been done into the motivation for criminal behavior. Can crime be explained on the basis of a single theory? It is precisely for that…
How do I survive the evening, have to go to the obligatory boring dinner
Eating out in an expensive restaurant is sometimes fun, but often also deadly annoying. If you know in advance that you will have to sit next to one…
Few women at the top, men have higher positions
More women study than men, they complete their studies earlier and yet only 10 percent of professors in the Netherlands are women. In the business world, too, the…
Food and emotion
Everyone suffers from it sometimes; a bad feeling. For many people, food is a good solution to neutralize this feeling of emptiness and negativity. But is it really…