Tag: kids
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Music Mind
Read more: Music MindPsychCentral relays a study about the Long-term Benefits from Musical Training. New research may help parents when they write the monthly check for music lessons…The research strongly suggests that the neural connections made during musical training also prime the brain for other aspects of human communication.
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Sibling Harmony
Read more: Sibling HarmonyScienceDaily: Essential ingredients of supportive sibling relationships. [A new paper] urges parents to think about the relationship they want their kids to have with each other–now and as adults–and to be intentional in helping them create that positive, supportive bond. How-to suggestions included in the article.
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The Unfun of Parenting
Read more: The Unfun of ParentingNew York looks at parents who hate parenting in All Joy and No Fun. From the perspective of the species, it’s perfectly unmysterious why people have children. From the perspective of the individual, however, it’s more of a mystery than one might think…
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Kids’ Chores
Read more: Kids’ ChoresA longish article at WebMD about kids and chores–the what, when, and why. “A child has to have some responsibilities. Then by the time they go off to college, you don’t have to have a three-hour lecture on the steps of the dormitory.”
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Little Negotiators
Read more: Little NegotiatorsYoung children are skilled negotiators, says a Swedish study–suggests letting kids work things out on their own. The results show that children’s negotiations form part of their play, and that these negotiations have a clear purpose: to agree on both how they can be together in their play and the content of their play.