Raising kinder kids

November 17, 2014  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

This article offers some tips on how to teach kindness to your kids: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life/five-tips-to-help-raise-kind-kids-20141116-11o1co.html

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Benefits of playing video games

November 17, 2014  |   For parents of teenagers,For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

This article discusses some cognitive benefits that result from playing video games: http://www.iflscience.com/brain/playing-video-games-good-your-brain-here-s-how

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Shy children

November 17, 2014  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

This article offers a great description of shyness (differentiating from introversion) as well as present research into better understanding shyness: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/11/bashful.aspx

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Note-taking

November 14, 2014  |   For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

Researchers from Mount St Vincent University in Canada did a study using the game Concentration, where the identity and location of pairs of cards need to be remembered and found that the subjects who were given supplies so that they could to take notes performed significantly worse than those who did not take notes, giving weight […]

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Impulse control

November 14, 2014  |   For parents of children   |   Click on title to comment!

A new study found that preschoolers who watched a video of Cookie Monster exercising some restraint demonstrated a few improvements in executive function and impulse control. http://www.medicaldaily.com/cookie-monster-teaches-kids-self-control-waiting-give-his-vice-310684

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