The unconscious mind can play a large and influential role in our lives despite lack of explicit cues. Research has shown how nonverbal cues and implicit messages can be passed on to our children and thus affect the next generation's level of social bias.
Date Posted: January 23, 2017
Categories: Parenting
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In a competitive and fast-paced Singaporean society, it's important to keep our relationship with our children close and positive. Here are some parenting tips to keep your relationship with your loved ones happy in times of stress and challenges!
Jan 5
Categories: Parenting
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Just over ten years ago, a fascinating journal article argued that some children are like orchids – they don’t just wither in response to a harsh upbringing, they also flourish in a positive environment, unlike their “dandelion” peers who ...
Nov 28
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Full-blown empty-nest syndrome - debilitating grief and loss of purpose - is mercifully rare, but that doesn't mean the transition isn't still painful and complicated, as well as exciting and discombobulating. How do parents acknowledge the past and ...
Nov 19
Categories: Family Problems, Parenting
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For millions of parents who raise children in two homes, tricky problems and emotional volatility often greatly complicates their negotiations. The pain of lost love can propel former partners to act impulsively out of hurt, anger or spite. The fear ...
Oct 22
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Family ...
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Growing up in a well-off home can benefit a child’s physical health even decades later, but a lack of parent-child warmth, or the presence of abuse, may eliminate the health advantage of a privileged background, according to a Baylor University ...
Oct 21
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GONearly all of us have ...
Oct 14
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Writer Yuko Grover offers mothers tips for reclaiming their lives
Aug 13
Categories: Parenting
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Children's mindset about intelligence is affected by their parents.
Jul 1
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Parenting
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Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Florida State University College of Medicine have conducted a study on the effect the misperception of a child's weight by their parents can have on a child's actual weight.
Apr 22
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Parents who use very overly controlling feeding practices with their children, such as using food as a reward or a treat, could be unintentionally teaching their children to rely on food to deal with their emotions.
Apr 13
Categories: Eating Disorders, Parenting
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Recently, a large Swedish study showed that grades may decline, too, when a parent is depressed.
Apr 8
Categories: Depression, Family Problems, Parenting
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The study also gives evidence that the brains of babies from bilingual families remain more open to learning new language sounds, compared with babies from monolingual families.
Apr 5
Categories: Parenting
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Parents who reported feeling distress when their child was angry, crying or fearful were more likely to engage in episodes of binge eating - and to limit the amounts or types of food they provided to their children, University of Illinois ...
Apr 1
Categories: Eating Disorders, Parenting
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Psychologists are looking at how breast feeding, oxytocin and face-to-face interactions between a mother and her baby are impacted by depression and the mother's oxytocin levels.
Mar 23
Categories: Depression, Parenting
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A new study is underway to determine whether treating a depressed caregiver will improve the child’s asthma.
Mar 15
Categories: Depression, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Parenting
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