Category: Parenting & Education
Why Tiger Moms Are Great: Tiger Parents Express their Love Through Expectation of Greatness, Not in Acceptance of Mediocrity
It’s time for some tiger cubs to approvingly roar for our strict parents, their domineering ways and their inflexibly high standards. The current depiction of tiger parenting is decidedly negative. Kim Wong Keltner’s book on “Tiger Babies Strike Back” and Su Yeong Kim’s report “Does Tiger Parenting Exist? Parenting Profiles …
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The Most Common Parenting Mistake: Persistent Criticism Is Destructive to our Relationships with our Children
I am often asked, “What is the most common problem you encounter in your work with children and families?” For many years, my answer has been simple and unequivocal: “As parents, we are unwittingly too critical of our children. This statement has surprised some of my colleagues and is at …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: What American Parents Need to Do Better: Lessons from the Rest of the World
With tiger moms, helicopter parents, and permissive and authoritarian models, parenting styles differ as much in the United States as they do in any country. But can American parents learn something from their counterparts in different parts of the world? The answer is yes, according to Christine Gross-Loh, author of …
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Do We Really Need Kindergarten Graduations? Some Moms Say Absolutely!
You’re baby is through with kindergarten and that means a few things. For example, he’s probably a little more embarrassed about mommy kisses in front of his friends, he actually has an opinion about what he wears, and, it’s graduation time! For most kids, kindergarten is pretty major. After all, …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: Most Math Being Taught in Kindergarten Is Old News to Students
Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes — skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten classroom, new research finds. The findings reveal a misalignment between what the students are being …
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Brain Stimulation May Improve your Math Skills
Applying painless but targeted electrical stimulation to parts of the brain that play a role in number manipulation may in future be a way to help people who struggle with math, scientists said on Thursday. Researchers who experimented with a type of brain stimulation called transcranial random noise stimulation (TRNS) …
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Children Who Only Read On-Screen Are Significantly Less Likely to Enjoy Reading and Less Likely to Be Strong Readers
Children who read on iPads or Kindles have weaker literacy skills and are less likely to enjoy it as a pastime, charity warns. – Survey of 35,000 pupils finds majority of youngsters now read on screen – ebooks also reducing the number of children who enjoy reading as a pastime – …
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Could ADHD Drugs Spur Development Changes? Higher Dopamine Receptors Found in Patients
Those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who also take certain medications may experience periods of development changes in their brains that could ultimately impact their ability to respond to other drugs. The study suggests that adults with ADHD have higher levels of a protein called a dopamine transporter in their …
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Parenting: The Effects of Praise
Parents want their children to flourish, make good grades, get a good job and eventually be self-sufficient. “We need to be real. We’re in the real world,” said parent, Eric Zeno. There’s a variety of methods parents, like Eric Zeno, use, hoping to help their children succeed. His son, Eric …
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