A new study in Psychological Science found that parents who saw failure as a chance to learn tended to have children who had a growth mindset, whereas parents who saw failure as more negative and bad for learning tended to have children with a fixed mindset. This seems to be because parents with a negative attitude toward failure respond to […]
Read More »Encouraging kids to use failures as a chance to learn or get extra help
June 10, 2016 | Uncategorized | Click on title to comment!
ADHD and sleep
June 09, 2016 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
A new study suggests that kids with ADHD are likely to also have a variety of sleep issues: http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/news/20160608/sound-sleep-elusive-for-many-kids-with-adhd
Read More »Spanking your kids
June 09, 2016 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
According to a new survey, commissioned by the parental education nonprofit Zero to Three, most parents who spank their kids don’t actually think it’s a very effective form of discipline: http://time.com/4359686/parents-spanking-survey-does-spanking-work/ https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1425-national-parent-survey-report
Read More »Saying NO to your kids
June 07, 2016 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
This is a well written and heartfelt piece by a mom on the importance and benefits of firm boundaries with your kids: http://www.scarymommy.com/parenting-say-no/?utm_source=FB
Read More »Dads yelling at their teens
June 02, 2016 | For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
A new study found that fathers who yell at their adolescent children provoke more aggressive, less cooperative behavior out of the kids: http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-dad-yelling-causes-bad-behavior-balancing-0602-20160602-column.html http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2015-44289-001
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