The Science of Helicopter Parenting
Hover mothers, helicopter parents. Call them whatever you want: we’ve all seen examples of parents who closely monitor their children’s lives – sometimes even as their children stop being...
Does Becoming a Mother Affect Self-Esteem?
Having a child is one of the biggest changes you can experience in life, so it seems reasonable to guess that parenthood could bring all kinds of psychological changes....
Parental Rejection Drives Childhood Emotional Eating
Parental rejection may be an important catalyst for emotional eating during childhood – possibly more so than peer rejection. That’s according to a new study from psychologists at Ghent...
An Online Intervention for Overprotective Parents
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how giving children less autonomy puts them at higher risk for anxiety. Now a group of psychologists in Australia have proposed a...
Less Autonomy Could Mean More Anxiety in Youth
What’s one way to make a kid anxious? Give them less autonomy, apparently. A study of 88 children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 17 has found...
Harsh Parenting and Childhood Aggression Can Create Vicious Circle
If your intuition tells you that harsh parental discipline is likely to have opposite the intended effect, you’d be correct. But a new study by researchers in Turkey suggests...
Home Environment Influences Math and Science Learning
Math and science learning isn’t just something that happens in the classroom. Several new studies have confirmed that children’s parents and home environment play an important role in shaping...
Raising a Narcissist
The idea that parenting can contribute to narcissism is one that goes back to Freud. While our understanding of narcissism has evolved since then, the basic theory that certain...
Parental Monitoring Can Stop Impulsive Children From Overeating
That moment when part of you wants another chocolate chip cookie and part of you knows it’s probably time to call it quits. One one hand: that smooth chocolate...
Do Common Parenting Practices Hinder Brain Development?
When compared to 50 years ago, life outcomes for American youth are worsening, according to University of Notre Dame professor of psychology, Darcia Narvaez. Narvaez specializes in moral development...
