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How To Get Children To Behave Without Hitting Them
NPR: There’s plenty of evidence that spanking, paddling or hitting children doesn’t improve their behavior in the long run and actually makes it worse. But the science never trumps emotion, according to Alan Kazdin, head of the
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: White Matter Morphometric Changes Uniquely Predict Children’s Reading Acquisition Chelsea A. Myers, Maaike Vandermosten, Emily A. Farris, Roeland Hancock, Paul Gimenez, Jessica M. Black, Brandi Casto, Miroslav
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The Case for Delayed Adulthood
The New York Times: ONE of the most notable demographic trends of the last two decades has been the delayed entry of young people into adulthood. According to a large-scale national study conducted since the
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Brief Intervention May Prevent Increased Risk of Depression in Teens
A one-time intervention that educates teens about the changeable nature of personality traits may prevent an increase in depressive symptoms often seen during the transition to high school.
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Risky behavior by teens can be explained in part by how their brains change
The Washington Post: Teenagers can do the craziest things. They drive at high speeds. They stand around outside loud parties and smoke weed in front of cops. They guzzle liquor. They insult their parents —
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Psychologists say overly connected children can’t read human emotion
Quartz: How to limit children’s use of digital devices is a hot topic for many parents. They worry their children, aka the most connected generation ever, are too obsessed with looking at screens and interacting with apps