Single Parenting & Divorce
Spanking Your Kids Into Juggernauts
“The odds of a child being more aggressive at age 5 if he had been spanked more than twice in the month before the study began increased by 50%,” Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1981019,00.html#ixzz0l5ShgMpS »
Mixed Signals | Psychology Today
The difference between how you see yourself and how others see you is not just a matter of egocentrism. Like Kirsten, we all have blind spots. We change our self-conception when we see ourselves through others’ eyes. Part of the discrepancy arises because the outsider’s perspective affords information you yourself miss—like the fact that... »
Dating After Divorce: What it Means for Kids – FamilyEducation.com
The power of the reunion fantasy is not to be underestimated, says Neuman, observing that some children cling to the belief that their parents will get back together even after one parent has remarried. via Dating After Divorce: What it Means for Kids – FamilyEducation.com. »
Vital Signs – Choking Game No Mystery to Children, Oregon Study Finds – NYTimes.com
Dozens of deaths nationwide have been attributed to the activity, in which adolescents try to achieve a high by briefly depriving the brain of oxygen through strangulation. via Vital Signs – Choking Game No Mystery to Children, Oregon Study Finds – NYTimes.com. »
More Than Just a Bad Dream–A Nightmare’s Impact on the Waking Brain: Scientific American
via More Than Just a Bad Dream–A Nightmare’s Impact on the Waking Brain: Scientific American. Although we are taught quite the opposite – it’s not hard to believe if you’ve had a bad one that nightmare’s actually provoke anxiety. It begs the “chicken or the egg” argument. In my practice experience however, I’ve often... »
Should Parents Spank Their Kids?: Scientific American
Most members of the task force … stand firm in their recommendation against corporal punishment, which is still used by more than 90 percent of American parents at some point and condoned by more than 70 percent of the population, according to 1995 and 2005 survey data via Should Parents Spank Their Kids?: Scientific... »
Children on Medicaid Found More Likely to Get Antipsychotics – NYTimes.com
Children on Medicaid Found More Likely to Get Antipsychotics – NYTimes.com. Once again, a sad and shameful example as to how cost reduction and general overkill may have more to do with what and how much you are prescribed. Add in socio-economic differences and, unfortunately, often times the difference in quality of service providers... »
For Some Parents, Shouting Is the New Spanking – NYTimes.com
For Some Parents, Shouting Is the New Spanking – NYTimes.com. Whether you believe in spanking or not, don’t think for a minute that yelling cannot have it’s own impact on a child’s development. No, I’m not talking about the occassional slip that most of us have or the times when it’s “needed” (like if... »