Volatile, angry, aggressive toddlers are more likely to be bullied when they’re older, a new study concludes. From Newsweek:
“They’re easy marks,” says Kenneth Dodge, a psychology professor at Duke University. “You know you can get a rise out of them, you can push their buttons.”
Pushy children are unpopular with others. What goes around comes around.
The [...]
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Many 2010 Fords will let parents limit teen drivers’ speed to 80 mph, using a computer chip in the key. The theory is that 80 is fast enough for a burst of speed to get out of an emergency.
Parents also have the option of programming the teen’s key to limit the audio system’s volume, [...]
Children with lots of after-school activities are happier and less stressed than their couch potato counterparts, concludes two recent studies. From the Washington Post:
Two studies based on data about how children spend their days show that only a minority are heavily scheduled and that organized activities are linked to positive outcomes in school, emotional development, [...]
Popular kids in high school — and average kids who think they’re popular — tend to do well, psychologists say.
About 15 to 20 percent of high school students are rated as likable by their classmates, reports the New York Times.
They tend to have closer friendships, to excel academically and to get on well [...]
How do you build a “better baby?” Flash cards, apparently. From the Philly Inquirer:
Angelo Calafati munches a fistful of Cheerios. Directly across from him, his mother, Dana, coos and smiles. She holds up a stack of 10 large cards with pictures of exotic flowers, and like a gunner who has found her target, she rattles [...]
Tony Woodlief wants to develop his four sons’ work ethic “Humans need work, and they need to see that their work has a purpose,” he writes in the Wall Street Journal.
One summer I installed stairs and flooring in our stifling-hot attic. My oldest son, 4 at the time, insisted on donning his little [...]
Is your baby a sniveling wimp? Nothing But Tears shampoo will toughen up your snookums, reports The Onion.
“We at Johnson & Johnson have been making bath time a safe and soothing experience for far too long,” company CEO William C. Weldon said. “Years of pampering have left our newborns helpless, feeble, and ill-equipped for [...]
DNA could determine whether children learn from mistakes or cope with abuse, some scientists now believe. About 30 percent of people are born with few dopamine receptors, which “is linked to an inability to avoid self-destructive behavior such as illicit drug use,” Newsweek reports.
But the effects spill beyond such extremes. Children with the [...]
Step right up to the Carnival of Education
Published by August 13th, 2008 in Children and Education. 8 CommentsThis is my first time as ringmaster (barker?) of the Carnival of Education. I should do an Olympics theme, but it would be a very short carnival. Besides, a carnival should have something for everyone. Read on for Olympics-related posts, back-to-school thoughts, ideas for teachers, education debates, cotton candy, corn dogs and kewpie dolls.
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Britain’s campaign against childhood obesity banned the use of “obese” and “exercise.” Primary schools will send letters to parents telling them that their “very overweight” children need more “physical activity.”
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