Around the world, better parenting makes for better students, new international study says (Julie Mack blog) | MLive.com

Around the world, better parenting makes for better students, new international study says (Julie Mack blog) MLive.com: Fifteen-year-old students whose parents often read books with them during their first year of primary school show markedly higher scores in PISA 2009 than students whose parents read with them infrequently or not at all.
The performance advantage among students whose parents read to them in their early school years is evident regardless of the family’s socio-economic background.
Parents’ engagement with their 15-year-olds is strongly associated with better performance in PISA.

Mental Health: Prenatal, Child, Family

Resources:
Mom-to-Be's Mental State May Affect Child's Development

Mom-to-Be's Mental State May Affect Child's Development - US News and World Report

Mom-to-Be's Mental State May Affect Child's Development - US News and World Report: Consistency in the mother's mental state appeared to be important to a baby's well-being. Development was best in babies with mothers who were either depression-free or had depression before and after giving birth.
Development was slower in babies born to mothers who went from depressed before birth to non-depressed after birth or from non-depressed before birth to depressed after birth, the investigators found.

The End of Innocence: The cost of sexualizing kids | Deseret News

The End of Innocence: The cost of sexualizing kids Deseret News: Even in a mall in Utah, one of the most conservative states in the country, bodies scream for attention. On a late summer afternoon, a teenage "novelty" shop employee stands atop a ladder in super-short shorts, midriff showing, arranging merchandise. It's not clear if she knows how very much of her is on display. But the teenage boys ogling her do.
She's just feet from a rack of T-shirts emblazoned with stick figures interacting provocatively. Further into the store, Super Mario backpacks share an aisle with a "how-to guide" showing a sex act on the cover.

Biting and Hiting

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Understanding Children Biting

Stopping Toddler Biting

Biting Topic Overview

Fighting and Biting

Aggression, Hiting, and Biting

Social Emotional Development

Please see the information at: http://www.childdevelopment.me.uk/Social_Emotional_Developmen.html
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Paents - Marriage

Perhaps the best marriages are not a perfect match; but a good compliment. While this may require more compromise, empathy, listening, understanding, and work, as a whole you become more than the sum of the parts.


Much more can and will be said about this subject.

Do names prejudice how others perceive your status? A study suggests yes

Participants of the study were asked to guess the success of students with various names on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the most successful. The highest scoring names turned out to be Katherine, scoring a 7.42, and Samuel, scoring a 7.20. With a score of 5.74, Amber ranked lowest among female names while Travis ranked overall lowest with a score of 5.55. As John Waggoner, a researcher from Bloomberg University, points out: “Katherine goes to the private school, statistically; Lauren goes to a public university, and Briana goes to community college. Sierra and Dakota, they don’t go to college.”

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Baby Names and Parenting

Naming babies is a favorite pastime of soon to be parents. Some opt for popular names, others for unusual names, others search deep into their family history and honor a favorite aunt, uncle, grandparent or distant ancestor by endowing their new child with a family name. Others look to famous people from the past or from current events; but does it really matter?


Yes it does, research has shown the importance of a name. When a child is named after a person and that person is held as a standard for the child, the child often takes upon them characteristics of that person.
The child's name can have a huge impact on how they are treated and the expectations others have for him or her.   Click below to read just some of the reported research and articles.



Good or Bad, Baby Names Have Long-lasting Effects

http://www.livescience.com/6569-good-bad-baby-names-long-lasting-effects.html

Do names prejudice how others perceive your status? A study suggests yes

Want a Promotion? Change Your Name