April 7, 2010
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involvement, parents, kids, school achievement
Despite media fondness for reports of hyper- and helicopter parenting, most if not all parents are NOT "too involved" with their kids. While some kinds of parental involvement with kids are better than others, say researchers, any kind of involvement is better than none at all.
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Miller-McCune.com
October 15, 2009
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bully, bullies, bullying, bosses, kids
Kids who bully do so because they feel weak inside and want to feel strong. (See my story coming out soon in
Scouting magazine.) Now a study showing that bosses bully for the same reason:
Bosses who feel inadequate can turn into bullies
By Yasmin Anwar, | 13 October 2009 UC Berkeley News Center
BERKELEY — Bosses
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February 23, 2009
Tags:
parents, parenting, competition, autonomy, sports, coaching, kids, stress
Here's an excellent article on
Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids:
Grolnick to Discuss Pressure, Stress It's angled around an announcement of Wendy's next talk on our book, but the amazing feature of this article is that it seems
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November 20, 2008
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childhood depression, criticizing parents, free time, extracurricular, kids, overscheduling, overscheduling myth, parental involvement, parenting, Pressured Parents, parenting, pushing kids, self-esteem, shyness, stressed-out kids
Why do we love to criticize other parents for overscheduling their kids?
Maybe it’s a way to justify the choices that you’ve made. “You’ve decided this isn’t your lifestyle,” says sociologist Sandra Hofferth, “and rejected those of other people.”
There’s probably more criticism of overscheduling in America today than
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October 24, 2008
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parents, parenting, competition, sports, music, injuries, coaching, kids, stress
There's a very good article on kids and competition in the Oct. 17th Family Circle, also on Parents.com. Cynthia Hanson writes that kids' lives are more competitive these days partly because of TV shows like American Idol, and America's Next Top Model. "We have a whole generation of kids who fear they're going
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