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STUDY OF FAMILY INTERACTION LEAD TO NEW UNDERSTANDING OF ABUSIVE PARENTS
Researchers at the University of Toronto have taken important steps toward producing a profile of an abusive parent. Prof. Gary Walters and doctoral student Lynn Oldershaw of the Department of Psychology have developed a system to characterize parents who physically abuse their children. This could [...]
Children from homes run by teenage mothers have to face almost insurmountable obstacles in life. The incidents of depression and mental health problems, the lack of father figures, and the high rate of poverty often connected to children in homes run by teenage mothers put them at serious disadvantages when compared to children raised in [...]
Many American parents struggle to answer the puzzling question of what the appropriate age children should start to participate in competitive sports. A subject like this is puzzling because there are many issues that must be addressed, because it is controversial.
Some American parents push their children too far, too young. The average American child usually [...]
Never before in the United States have parents been so disgruntled about their children’s education. The main reason behind this massive disruption is that public schools are not living up to parent’s standards. Therefore, parents are taking their children’s educations and futures into their own hands, and doing so quite efficiently. Many parents are turning [...]