News tagged with negative parenting

Maize hybrid looks promising for biofuel

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have identified a new contender in the bioenergy race: a temperate and tropical maize hybrid. Their findings, published in GCB Bioenergy, show that the maize hybrid ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lack of free play among children is causing harm, say experts

Hovering helicopter parents who restrict their kids' unstructured play may actually harm, rather than help, children according to the latest issue of the American Journal of Play, a scholarly journal which has gathered a dist ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parents rationalize the economic cost of children by exaggerating their parental joy

Any parent can tell you that raising a child is emotionally and intellectually draining. Despite their tales of professional sacrifice, financial hardship, and declines in marital satisfaction, many parents continue to insist ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Parent-child play therapy relieves depression in preschoolers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A form of play therapy between parents and their toddlers can relieve depression in preschoolers, according to child psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior

Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by Christy Buchanan, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lack of social support tied to parental depression

The latest research from Family Relations shows that parents in low-income environments are more prone to depression when there is a lack of social support. This is especially prevalent in rural regions, where mental health ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impact of positive parenting can last for generations

A new study that looks at data on three generations of Oregon families shows that "positive parenting" - including factors such as warmth, monitoring children's activities, involvement, and consistency of discipline - not ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Parents play key role in whether teen tobacco use becomes daily habit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found new evidence showing that parents play a key role in whether or not their adolescent children who experiment with tobacco progress to become daily smokers before they ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supportive co-parenting may reduce some child behavior problems

Warm, cooperative co-parenting between mothers and fathers may help protect children who are at risk for some types of behavior problems, a new study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2