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Parent Engagement Practices Improve Outcomes for Preschool Children Parent support programs improve school readiness, social skills, and academic success among preschoolers while reduces problem behaviors.	Delaying Kindergarten Until Age 7 Offers Key Benefits to Kids: Study Delaying Kindergarten until age 7 provides children mental health benefits by allowing them to develop better self-regulating skills before entering the school environment, according to a Dannish-American study published in The National Bureau of... read more
What Teens Need Most From Their Parents The teenage years are notoriously mysterious for parents, but they don't have to be. Read this year-by-year guide as to how to best parent your tweens and teens.	10 Parenting Behaviors That Create Empathetic Children Don't suppress the child's emotions...Allow the child to see you vulnerable...Display empathy toward others...These are among 10 tips for parents to raise more empathetic children.
Harsh Parenting Can Backfire with Bad Behavior From Teens Seventh-grade students who are frequently yelled at, hit, or threatened by their parents are more likely to rebel against their parents in 9th grade and instead orient toward unhealthy peer interactions, according to an American study published... read more	Parenting Style Impacts Kids’ Attitudes on Marriage, Family Supportive parenting styles -- featuring high or average values on independence paired with a high level of trust and interest shown in the child, as well as large amounts of time spent together -- is linked to not only greater academic... read more
Yes, Parents Can Make a Difference The quality of parent-child attachment in the early years makes a huge difference to that child's well-being, according to pediatric psychologist Meghan Wells. The challenge is getting past the point of blaming parents.	It Depends on How the Mother and Child Survive the First Days After Birth Swedish neuroscientist Dr. Nils Bergman presents on how skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn actually changes the brain development of the infant.
Study Finds the Tween Years Are the Most Stressful for Moms Maternal depression is most common in mothers of middle schoolers, according to an American study published in the journal Developmental Psychology.	Understanding Shame, part 3: Disconnection We can't always protect our children from trauma, but we can provide the support they need to process and heal. Without support, our children can't heal and the effect of unprocessed emotional pain on their minds and bodies can be profound.

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