The trait of materialism has been associated with a variety of mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety; hence, parents should naturally be concerned about the potential development of materialism in their child. A recent study showed that there may be a parenting strategy to combat the ...
Date Posted: October 15, 2018
Categories: Child Development, Compulsive Spending / Shopping, Parenting
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This article talks about ways to identify victims who have been sexually abused and the implications which follow.
Oct 12
Categories: Child Development, Sexual Abuse
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Education processes can be altered to improve one’s ability to make decisions regarding economic issues.
Oct 9
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Child Development, Health ...
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There is often a misconception between the term ‘Self-esteem’ and ‘Narcissism’. Many often think that having high self-esteem makes one narcissistic or rather, having high self-esteem means being narcissistic. The truth is from as young as a ...
Sep 28
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Parenting, ...
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Contrary to popular beliefs, studies have proven that drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are ineffective in bettering one’s cognitive functioning and can instead harm certain functioning abilities.
Sep 20
Categories: Adult psychological development, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...
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In our highly competitive society today, people often aim to be the best. This article talks about how children gradually learn to appreciate kindness over unfair and hostile winning.
Sep 14
Categories: Child Development
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Do outcomes eventually match our expectations? Some people say that we should not expect too much because then it is easier to be disappointed. However, recent studies have demonstrated that expectations may very well translate to the corresponding ...
Sep 12
Categories: Child Development, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, ...
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This article explains how childhood experiences are more valuable than we think as they contribute to a huge part of who we are today.
Sep 11
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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Ambivalence can affect a teen’s state of mind during growth process. Ambivalence is having a mixed feeling and being inconsistent in behavior and decisions, it can cause conflict and confusion in the mind. This article explains how Ambivalence can ...
Sep 6
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Child and/or Adolescent ...
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Parents who smoke and diagnosed with depression are linked to the probability of their child having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Aug 31
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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Children who face difficulties controlling their emotions and behaviors were found to have lower BMIs if their parents played with them and helped them clean up. Children who receive help from their parents in controlling their emotions and behavior ...
Aug 28
Categories: Child Development, Health Psychology, Parenting
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A video game is specially created to find out if video games can increase empathy in children and how learning the respective skills can affect brain activity. The video game is called “Crystals of Kaydor”. It is about a space-explorer robot ...
Aug 16
Categories: Child Development, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy
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How do you know when your child is displaying symptoms of psychological distress, and when is it just simply "growing pains"?
Aug 15
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Child and/or Adolescent ...
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A longitudinal study that lasted for 20 years was carried out by Radboud University regarding brain maturation. The researchers found that early exposure to stress leads to accelerated brain maturation during adolescence, and late exposure to stress ...
Jun 18
Categories: Child Development, Stress Management
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A new study finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD.
Jun 12
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child ...
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Maternal depressive mood during the prenatal and postnatal periods is related to child sleep disturbances, according to recent pilot data from a longitudinal cohort study in kindergarten children.
Jun 7
Categories: Child Development, Depression
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