What does it take to be a good parent? We know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For example, research suggests that when parents praise effort rather than ability, children develop a stronger work ethic and become more motivated.
Date Posted: April 24, 2014
Categories: Child Development
GORates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not creeping up so much as leaping up. New numbers just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that one in 68 children now has a diagnosis of ASD - a 30 percent increase in just ...
Apr 21
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child ...
GOThree little girls sit together in a room, playing with the toys surrounding them. One of the girls - "Emma" - has clearly taken ...
Apr 19
Categories: Anxiety, Child Development
GO
A decade-long education program aimed at teaching children self-regulation and other healthy cognitive techniques is showing results in reducing aggressive behavior when the schoolchildren become adults, according to new research published in the ...
Apr 16
Categories: Aggression & Violence, Child Development
GO
Starting late last year, Internet service providers in Britain made "family-friendly filters," which block X-rated websites, the default for customers. Now any account holder who wants to view adult material needs to actively opt in - effectively ...
Apr 14
Categories: Child Development
GO
Growing up in a stressful social environment leaves lasting marks on young chromosomes, a study of African American boys has revealed. Telomeres, repetitive DNA sequences that protect the ends of chromosomes from fraying over time, are shorter in ...
Apr 14
Categories: Child Development, Stress Management
GO
According to new research, too much homework is associated with academic stress, a lack of balance in children’s lives and even physical health problems.
The new study into 4,317 students at 10 high-performing US high schools questions whether ...
Apr 8
Categories: Child Development
GO
When you've done something good, or performed a task well, it feels great to get some praise for it. And parents and teachers, especially in Western cultures, are encouraged to dole out praise to children in an increasingly generous manner. A ...
Apr 7
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GO
Violent video games really do boost aggressive behavior in children, according to a new study.
Even after accounting for parental involvement, gender, age and other factors, psychologists at Iowa State University, Ames, linked habitually playing ...
Apr 1
Categories: Aggression & Violence, Child Development
GO
This week, a research team led by Associate Professor Grigori Enikolopov of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reports online in the journal PlOS One the results of experiments designed to assess the impacts of social stress upon adolescent mice, ...
Mar 31
Categories: Aggression & Violence, Anxiety, Child Development, Stress ...
GO
Adolescents with antisocial personality disorder inflict serious physical and psychological harm on both themselves and others. However, little is yet known about the underlying neural processes. Researchers at the University of Leiden and the Max ...
Mar 15
Categories: Antisocial personality, Child Development, Teenage Issues
GO
A new study has found that the children of older fathers have a much greater risk of serious mental illness.
The findings come from a huge number of people: everyone born in Sweden between 1973 and 2001. The researchers included over 2.5 million ...
Mar 6
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GO
Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children - such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia - according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) ...
Feb 18
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism spectrum ...
GO
Research from the University of Adelaide shows that although mental health screening of children at ages 4-5 can help to predict mental health problems in future years, only a quarter of children can be accurately identified with such screening.
Feb 15
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
GO
A college savings account in a child’s name not only gives parents hope for the future, it also results in improved social-emotional health for their children.
The study, led by Washington University in St. Louis’ Center for Social Development ...
Feb 4
Categories: Child Development
GO
Children who are raised by same-sex parents do just as well in social development, education and emotionally as those raised by heterosexual couples, an Australian review of the research finds.
In Australia 11% of gay men and 33% of lesbians have ...
Feb 4
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GO1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
New evidence shows the calming power of reminiscing about happy times
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.