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Grandparents 'better than nurseries' for young children's development
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Grandparents 'better than nurseries' for young children's development - Telegraph
Grandparents 'better than nurseries' for young children's development - Telegraph: Spending time in a loving family environment can help boost children’s vocabulary and make them more emotionally secure, it found.
While the experience of being in a more formal setting such as a nursery can help prepare children for starting school, even this was not a major advantage in the long term, the study concludes.
While the experience of being in a more formal setting such as a nursery can help prepare children for starting school, even this was not a major advantage in the long term, the study concludes.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Bad Parenting -- Why Americans Need To Toughen Up | Fox News
Bad Parenting -- Why Americans Need To Toughen Up | Fox News: Anthropology researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have been studying American middle class families and are reporting some data that should surprise no one: We Americans focus on our children by indulging them—namely, expecting they contribute very little to the family and indulging them in lots of ways, like tying their shoes (even when they’re old enough to do it themselves), fetching their toys and talking to them in soft, soothing babyish tones even when they are closer to being adolescents than toddlers.
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