Failing to match the educational achievements of one's parents can be as distressing for men as having ethnic minority status or being divorced, new research says.
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Apr 10, 2018
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Children from low-income families risk being failed by schools – because of the belief their parents lack ambition for them, a University of Stirling academic has claimed.
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Mar 26, 2018
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Parental involvement is commonly viewed as vital to student academic success by most education experts and researchers; however, the quality of research on how to measure and improve parental involvement is lacking. Now, ...
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Feb 21, 2017
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More parents today are financially supporting—and paying more—for their children's college education, but that development also might be exacerbating economic inequality, according to a new study by a University of Kansas ...
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Dec 13, 2016
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New research shows that mental problems affect the mother's judgement and that dad is just as good as mum at evaluating the child's scholastic and social skills. This is important to consider in e.g. parental rights cases, ...
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Oct 31, 2016
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While some children spend the school holidays studying in tutoring centres, enrolled in sports camps or other structured activities, others are left to do their own thing.
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Oct 10, 2016
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So-called "helicopter parents"—those who hover over their children even into and through their college years—are often criticized for creating overly sheltered, unprepared young adults who boomerang back home.
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May 12, 2016
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A study of the diets of boys and girls living in two states in India has found that by the age of 15, boys are likely to be eating a wider variety of foods than girls.
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Apr 28, 2016
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Teenagers who spend quality time with their parents are more likely to want to further their studies, according to research from the University of Warwick.
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Apr 6, 2016
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British parents encourage their children to play musical instruments as part of a family tradition and not to boost their social status as Americans do, research says.
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Oct 27, 2015
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