In the best of circumstances, raising a toddler is a daunting undertaking. But parents under long-term stress often find it particularly challenging to tap into the patience, responsiveness, and energy required for effective child rearing. Now research from a University of Rochester team helps to explain why chronic stress and parenting are such a toxic […]
Young adults whose parents monitor their social interactions may be less likely to display impulsive behavior traits and to have alcohol-related problems, a new study suggests. The level of monitoring is linked to parenting style, and the link is stronger with the parent of the opposite gender. Check the end of this report for a […]
Mothers who are often angry or irritated and those who suppress their emotional expressions can worsen the severity of their children’s asthma symptoms, especially when the children are younger. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal BioPsychoSocial Medicine studied 223 mothers for a year,investigating how their stress levels, coping styles. and parenting styles were […]
Spanking has declined in the U.S. since 1975 but nearly 80 percent of preschool children are still disciplined in this fashion. In addition, corporal punishment of children remains common worldwide, despite bans on corporal punishment that have been adopted in 24 countries since 1979. These are some of the more thought-provoking findings reported in three […]
Mothers who live in poverty and who have abused their children can stop if they are taught parenting skills and given emotional support. A new study has found that mothers in families in which there is a history of child abuse and neglect were able to reduce how much they cursed at, yelled at, slapped, […]
Contrary to Leo Tolstoy’s famous observation that “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ways. And these dual patterns of unhealthy family relationships lead to a host of specific difficulties for children during […]
Taking the time to talk to your children about current events like the Gulf Oil spill – and using mathematical terms to do so – can help students develop better reasoning and math skills and perform better in school, according to a study by a University at Buffalo (UB) professor. The results are published in […]
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