Divorce hurts kids’ math and social skills.
Kids of divorced parents often are more likely to suffer anxiety, stress and low self-esteem and fall behind their classmates in math and social skills, according to a new study.
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Generation Y believe in a sense of entitlement.
The young adults of today want it all but are not prepared to work for it, a new study suggests. Those who were born into “Generation Y” have an over-inflated sense of entitlement lack the work ethic to achieve their goals.
A child’s first pet has become accepted knowledge in recent years that children with pets receive numerous benefits including increased kindness toward other children, increased self-esteem, even stronger physical and emotional development. (Pics)
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Making self-improvement New Year’s resolutions often leaves people feeling worse, the British mental health charity Mind warned.
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Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? All these years, you’ve been trying to build up your child’s self-esteem, and now a growing body of research suggests you may be making a big mistake. A study published in the December issue of Child Development finds that early adolescents with high self-esteem are more likely to react aggressively when they feel ashamed than their peers with lower levels of self-esteem.
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A study done by Yale University states that treating old people like children may cut up to 8 years off their lives.
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MOST teenage girls love to talk to their friends. And talk. And talk.
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