Friday, November 12, 2010

Play with your kids - it helps!

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JULY 14:  Students at th...Image by Getty Images via @daylifeHere is one article that outlines the need for parents not be just parents, but to be parents and go down to the level of their children when playing.

There's no such thing as branding as "child's  play" when it comes to rearing kids - better kids.

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The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting (English and Spanish Edition)A new study suggests that positive interactions between parents and kids can discourage personality disorders later in life.

The research said that spending time with a child by reading with them, helping with homework or teaching them organizational skills helps to foster better psychological health in adulthood.

"The strong interpersonal connectedness and social skills that children learn from having active, healthy engagements with adults fosters positive psychological development. With it, a child develops his or her affiliation system - their connection to the world of people," said lead study author Mark F. Lenzenweger, of Birmingham University.

Good Parenting Through Your Divorce: The Essential Guidebook to Helping Your Children Adjust and Thrive Based on the Leading National Program"Without it, the way a child connects with other human beings can be severely impaired. And as I found out, it is this impairment that predicts the appearance of schizoid personality disorder symptoms in emerging adulthood and beyond," he added.

The relationships foster a willingness to engage with others, which is the psychological foundation of the human experience but for some PD sufferers, this willingness to connect with other people is markedly absent.

The study also suggests that the experience of a rich proximal process in early life foster the development of a strong affiliation system and healthier personality adjustment in adulthood.

Good Housekeeping (1-year auto-renewal)The data was drawn from Longitudinal Study of Personality Disorders (LSPD) study, which began in 1991.
The research is published in journal Development and Psychopathology. (ANI)


From the article:
Playing with your kids 'improves their mental health'



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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Older Brother: Responsible, or a Bully?

Bullying on IRFE as of March 5, 2007 (the firs...Image via WikipediaHere is a report that says something about older brothers. My older brothers weren't, so will the number of children studied really a sufficient part of the whole to be considered a representative of all?
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Older Brothers More Likely to Bully

FRIDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) — Older brothers are more likely than older sisters to bully younger siblings, a new study finds.

Italian researchers looked at 195 children, aged 10 to 12, who had siblings that were no more than four years older or younger.

Just KiddingChildren with older brothers were more likely to report being bullied at home. Boys were more likely to bully if they had a younger brother or sister. Older sisters were more likely to bully a sibling based on the quality of their relationship, rather than their age, according to the study.

The findings appear in the British Journal of Development Psychology.

“It’s likely that older sisters are raised to be responsible and protective towards their younger siblings. Older brothers are more likely to be hierarchical and seek to dominate these relationships and maintain this with daily bullying,” study author Ersilia Menesini, Universita’ degli Studi Di Firenze in Florence, Italy, said in a journal news release.

More information
Bullyproof Your Child For Life: Protect Your Child from Teasing, Taunting, and Bullying for GoodThe U.S. Health Services and Resources Administration has more about bullying.




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