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Helicopter Parenting Can Violate Students' Basic Needs
February 12, 2013 — When is it time for parents to back away? A new study shows that college students with overcontroling parents are more likely to be depressed and less satisfied with their lives. This so-called ... > full story -
Teaching Teens That People Can Change Reduces Aggression in School
February 12, 2013 — In eight studies involving more than 1,600 diverse 8th-10th grade students, researchers show that teenagers who believe people can't change react more aggressively to a peer conflict than those who ... > full story -
Differential Parenting Found to Negatively Affect Whole Family, Even the Favored Child
February 12, 2013 — Parents act differently with different children -- for example, being more positive with one child and more negative with another. A new longitudinal study looking at almost 400 Canadian families has ... > full story -
Negative Stereotypes About Boys Hinder Their Academic Achievement
February 12, 2013 — Researchers investigated the role of gender stereotypes. They found that from a very young age, children think boys are academically inferior to girls, and they believe that adults think so, too. ... > full story -
Young Children May Go Above and Beyond When Helping Adults
February 12, 2013 — Even very young children understand that adults don't always know best. When it comes to helping, 3-year-olds may ignore an adult's specific request for an unhelpful item and go out of their way to ... > full story -
Alcohol Abusers' Depression Often Related to Drinking
February 12, 2013 — For problem drinkers, bouts of depressive symptoms are often the direct result of their heavy alcohol intake, according to a new ... > full story -
Flexible Approaches Needed to Reduce Children's Pre-Operative Anxiety
February 12, 2013 — A survey of nurses anaesthetists in Sweden identified difficulties in preparing children for surgery but also found that when the hospital and the staff were flexible in their approaches, the ... > full story -
Child Development: The Right Kind of Early Praise Predicts Positive Attitudes Toward Effort
February 12, 2013 — Toddlers whose parents praised their efforts more than they praised them as individuals had a more positive approach to challenges five years later. That’s the finding of a new longitudinal ... > full story -
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ADHD Symptoms Persist for Most Young Children Despite Treatment
February 11, 2013 — Nine out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious, often severe symptoms and impairment long after their original ... > full story -
Noisy Classroom Simulation Aids Comprehension in Hearing-Impaired Children
February 11, 2013 — Training the brain to filter out background noise and thus understand spoken words could help the academic performance and quality of life for children who struggle to hear, but there's been little ... > full story
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