Mothers who nurture, not spoil children, raise healthier adults

Examiner:

In Utah County, it’s hard to go anywhere without seeing an expectant mother. Utah women top all other states in fertility with an average of 2.6 children per woman, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau.

Mothers deserve tribute for the many skinned knees they treated on the playground, the countless sporting and extracurricular events they cheered at for their children and the countless hours spent caring for sick children.

Now scientists, who published their research in the journal Psychological Science, January 23, 2012, assert that all that nurturing by your mother may have contributed to better health as an adult.

Researchers from three universities collaborated to investigate whether parental nurturance could diminish the high rates of chronic illness among adults raised in a family with low socioeconomic status.

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