As I peered over my niece’s shoulder to catch a glimpse of the book she can’t part with, I read, “Blair Waldorf reached under the tablecloth and squeezed Nate’s knee. The candlelight was making her horny. If only Daddy knew what we’re planning to do after this, she thought giddily” ( you know you love me, Cecily von Ziegesar ). Suddenly, my palms became sweaty, my throat clenched, and that familiar voice yells from the caverns of my soul, “DON’T BE YOUR MOTHER, DON’T BE YOUR MOTHER!”.
Age 11, I reach for a new book placed high on my mother’s bookshelf, Are You There, God?, It’s Me, Margaret (Judy Blume). A reluctant reader, the title peeked my interest. As I opened the title page, I heard the “You should be ashamed voice” bellow from my mother. “PUT THAT BOOK DOWN!”ricocheted off the walls of the room sucking the air from my lungs and making my shoulders tighten with fear. Embarrassed, I dropped the book, and shuffled to my bedroom. We never spoke about the incident again.
The dilemma. To let them read or not let them read. To be my mother or not to be my mother. Parents monitor their teenager’s television programs, internet use, friendships, and activities but what about their books? Most parents rejoice to see their 13-year-old daughter engrossed in a book instead of causing trouble with friends or sitting in a backseat with her boyfriend. I found the book in the teen section, and it is on the best seller’s list. It must be ok, right? But is it?
Many of us have seen the recent stories. Reporters taking inventory of all the mature issues wrapped in pretty plaid book jackets marketed for your teen’s pleasure. Anchormen warning us of the dangerous subjects hidden in these books. Series such as The Clique, Gossip Girl, and A-List receiving a great deal of negative press. If I listen to the media and blame the Gossip Girl Series and the Pretty Committee ( from the Clique series) for teen pregnancy, materialism, drug use, and oh yes – everything else that is wrong with adolescence today, am I becoming my mother? The one who bans the books, who never has those important conversations, or am I being a responsible parent? To this day, I have yet to read that Judy Blume novel. Just mentioning the title fills me with dread and guilt for disappointing my mother with my curiosity.
Here’s a new idea, instead of telling our daughters to drop the book and back-away with hands raised, let’s embrace the activities that fill our teenager’s life as opportunities to establish trust and respect. First, celebrate that our children choose to read in their spare time. Go ahead, pat yourself on the back! In a world plagued with illiteracy, give your child and their teachers a nod for taking steps towards extinguishing this epidemic. It may not be Chaucer, but it is a step in the right direction. Second, accept that a teenager is a peculiar species. They speak their own language, rarely smile, and have 57 ways to roll their eyes – each with it’s own meaning. We as parents are given very few opportunities to communicate with our pubescent children. Yes, that awful “C” word, communicate. Therefore, let’s take advantage of every opportunity made available to us. If we spent less time banning these books based on media hysteria and more time exploring them, we would see them as a goldmine for starting real conversations about the issues our teen faces every day. For example, use the mistake Sophie made with Chaz, in, What My Mother Doesn’t Know, to discuss internet safety. The risks that accompany on-line relationships, and how to make responsible decisions about whether or not meet these people Let Blair, from the Gossip Girl Series, be a catalyst for a real discussion about abstinence. I’m not referring to the lecture your mother called the “birds and bees”, but a real dialogue about the pressures of an intimate relationship. Teenagers connect with these characters, hence their popularity and position on the best seller’s list. Let’s stop labeling these books as smut and see the plethora of opportunities they offer parents to start an honest discourse about contemporary issues.
Now let’s be realistic. Parents don’t have time to sit down and read every book their teenager picks-up. Most parents have a hard enough time figuring out how to balance car pools, practices, games, recitals, and many more unnecessary extracurricular activities their child is involved. Fortunately, there are resources to help parents understand what their teenager is reading. Websites such as bookbuddies4parents.com and teenreads.com are two resources. Many more offer guides that can be used to start a book club. Explore the internet, and you will find many, many more. Unsure how to search the World Wide Web? This may be another one of those rare opportunities to connect with your teenager! Well, until next week’s headline convinces you to disconnect from your internet provider
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From Infancy to Adolescence
December 16th, 2009From Infancy to Adolescence by Viola Morgan From infancy to adolescence, environmental influences play a major role in the development of our personality. Similar to animals, our social adaptation is stemmed through the process of observational learning. Therefore we can conclude that most children act on how they see their parents act. If a child happens to see their mother or father drinking wine out of a glass, he or she will probably want to do the same. If a child sees his or her father abusing his or her mother, it’s probable that the child will grow to have an aggressive behavior. Or even, if a child sees his or her mother painting the wall, the child, not knowing any better, will most likely pick up his or her crayon and color the wall. While some parents respond positively to their child’s misbehavior, other parents act negatively, hitting and scolding their child. This is the worst thing to do to a child, for it is the parent’s fault. A child’s brain is not fully developed until he or she, at least, reaches puberty; so a child finds it hard to discriminate between ‘what is right and what is wrong’. The most popular method of teaching a child ‘right from wrong’ is through punishment. For years, many children have been spanked and severely abused for their misbehavior; but, what many parents do not realize is that punishment is just a temporary suppression of a child’s bad behavior. Author David G. Meyers, also a well-known psychologist, affirmed this in his evaluations with children. For example, a child who learns through spankings not to swear around the house may swear elsewhere. Or, if a child is spanked for accidentally saying a curse word, the child will begin to curse more regularly elsewhere. Therefore, punishment increases a child’s aggressiveness by showing that aggression is a way to cope with problems. It can also create fear, and build feelings of helplessness and depression in a child. The best way to begin to raise a newborn child is to first develop an intense bond with the child through body contact, such as cradling and holding. The more sensitive and responsive a parent is, the more his or her child will become securely attached. Most securely attached children approach life with a sense of basic trust – a sense that the world is predictable and reliable; so a child who will let his or her parents leave is a child who trusts they will return. Those children with loving, sensitive parents will form a life-long attitude of trust rather than fear. From ages 1 to 3, when a child is learning to speak and comprehend speech, parents should teach their child that No means No. Parents must make their children believe that they are the authority; but again, avoid punishment. Punishment doesn’t stop the misbehavior; it just temporarily prolongs it. Instead, parents should show their child what is the right thing to do. For example, when a 3 year old child picks up his or her crayon to color the wall because he or she sees their parent painting the wall, the parent mustn’t scold and hit their child; instead, lift up the index finger and say the word “No” then pull out a piece of paper or coloring book and direct their child to color with their crayon on there. Any normal child can understand the word “No”; meaning “Bad Thing. Not Good. I Made A Boo Boo.” Babies become more familiar with the word when they hear it from their parent’s mouth. As a result, throughout the child’s development, he or she will learn that they cannot get everything they want and they cannot just do anything they want. While developing from a child to an adolescent, parents should give positive feedback and rewards to their children for their good behavior. This also helps shape a child. The more the child sees that he or she is rewarded, the more he or she will most likely continue their positive behavior. They will learn that in order to gain something, one must first earn it. This will prepare them for the competitive world of today and for the future. In the adolescent stage, the time of transition, there is an onset of rapid growth, developing sexual maturity and a need for social independence. As teenagers, they yearn to know who they are; what’s their purpose and role in the world; and what special qualities and uniqueness they possess. Most parents, during these teen years, act negatively and are overprotective of their teen because they fear that, as a result of their teen’s confusion, their teen will get into drugs, possibly get pregnant, or drop out of school. Because of the lack of trust, most parent-child relationships grow distant. There is no longer a bond between the child and the parent. That is why parents must be open-minded, encouraging, and understanding. Teach the child to be a leader, tell him or her about sex and the consequences of it, and teach the child that there is no one perfect in this world; we all make mistakes. Tell the child some of your past mistakes so they can understand what you mean. Hopefully, in the end, you will have raised your son or daughter successfully. As an adult, they can look back on their childhood and say “My father and mother were the best parents a child like me could ever have. They taught me everything I needed to know in life.” And, when they have their children, they will use the same child-rearing method you used. ©copyright 2008 Viola Morgan. All rights reserved. Viola Morgan is the editor and publisher of RisingSunBooks.org – Blog – Parenting Children and Executive Director of RisingSunBooks.org. She lives in Stamford, CT and is continuously raising awareness and providing solutions to family & relationships issues through selected best-selling books, articles and links, and through the sharing of her own personal experiences as a mother, veteran, and freelance journalist.
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Cooking Up Some Fun With New Kid’s Music Cd: Shake and Bake, Songs About Fitness and Food
December 11th, 2009Childhood obesity rates are reaching mammoth proportions. Parents, teachers, and medical personal are wondering what steps to take in order to fight the fat. Caroline Figiel and Danny Jones have created a fun children’s music CD, to help children learn to make healthy choices. The United States Department of Agriculture and several state health and school nutrition agencies have already given the children’s music CD a big “thumbs up”.
Noticing that children spend too much time in front of the TV, and video games, Caroline and Danny decided to combine their experiences as parents, educators and entertainers to create a CD to motivate children off the couch and away from the junk food. They focused their efforts on exercise, nutrition, and some good basic health habits by writing the CD for children preschool-3rd grade. The catchy music gets them moving and exercising. The “edutaining” lyrics that introduce these healthy concepts gets them giggling while learning at the same time. Who would think nutrition could be so much fun! The tunes are singable so just like a commercial jingle; the message stays in children’s heads. The original songs are in various rock ‘n roll and country styles. Some of the titles included are “Let’s Go Shopping,” “Veggie-matic,” “Tummy-O,” “Picky Eater”, “Germ Attack.” and “Can You Move Like Me?” “Shake and Bake” cooks up a buffet of fun, energetic music to get kids active, eating right and staying healthy! It is a dab of entertainment and a dash of education so that children and adults will be shaking and baking together as they enjoy the interactive songs. For more information, please visit: www.carolineanddanny.com .
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Getting Your Child to Stop Embarrassing Behaviors
December 9th, 2009Recently, I responded to a question posed by a mother whose seven-year-old son had gotten into the habit of pulling his pants down and showing his privates to his friends, including little girls his age. This mother shared that she and her husband had tried everything to get him to stop, from grounding the child to spanking him bare bottom whenever the behavior was executed, all to no avail. This poor mum seemed to be at her wits’ end in not knowing how to deal with this situation.
So how does a parent respond when their child is engaging in embarrassing behaviors? With this question, there were so many issues I felt needed to be addressed. First, the child seemed to be showing signs of a need to be educated on gender and sex differences; secondly, the behavior aside, this seemed to be a child who had grown accustomed to getting away with being unruly; and thirdly, his parents seemed to be understandably worried about how they would be perceived by others, rather than focusing on the developmental needs of the child. The rest of this article addresses my response to the mother’s question.
Dear Frustrated Mom,
Sounds like your son has questions about sex, perhaps more specifically gender differences between him and his peers. I wonder if this is the only unruly behavior he shows. For example, does he like to fart around others, burp or pick his nose and show off its contents? If so, what are you and partner’s typical responses? These days, thanks to the mass media, people are more conscientious about the prevalence of child abuse, but unfortunately this newfound awareness has also led to a spike in innocent parents being suspected over the unruly but innocent actions of a child. I could be wrong, but I suspect that a primary reason you and your partner want this behavior to end is possibly because you are both worried that it might reflect negatively on you both as parents.
This is understandable, but please be aware that all behaviors children display are on a continuum, and while his behavior is unacceptable, it is possibly a continuum of other unruly behaviors which you and your partner might not find to be that big of a deal.
In regards to how you get this behavior to stop, I would suggest a triple strategy approach. This consists of positive reinforcement, consistent discipline, and sex talk appropriate for a seven-year-old.
Positive reinforcement will be to shower your son on a consistent basis, every time he doesn’t expose his privates to you or anybody. Get on one knee, look him in his eyes and share with him how proud you are that he was able to respect himself and the other person for not flashing his privates. This one will be challenging as you will have to remember every time you have an interaction with your son or you witness him have an interaction with someone else.
Consistent discipline; besides the severity of the “no-no” society places on people flashing their privates to others, there are other no-no’s which are not as severe but run along the continuum leading to the flashing of one’s privates. These are the behaviors you want to target in order to exercise consistent discipline. So when your son flashes his privates and you explain to him that he is not being mindful of others through his behavior, you also want to target other behaviors which would warrant this same explanation, i.e., farting, burping, nose picking, and the list goes on. Specifically regarding what sort of discipline should be exercised, I would discourage spanking—it’s not effective. Instead, along with grounding, I would take a favorite toy and give it away every time any of the offensive behaviors on the continuum occurs. It is important that you don’t turn around in a few days and replace the toy when he starts complying; instead give it a few months for replacement.
The combination of positive reinforcement and consistent discipline, a hundred percent of the time, will prove very effective. I would also enlist his teachers in helping you in the process, so he is not getting away with the behavior outside the home. I would encourage that you and your partner try this technique for at least forty-five consecutive days, even after the behavior has stopped; you both could always go longer.
Thirdly, I would have a sex talk with your son, but make it appropriate for the ears of a seven-year-old. I would encourage you to talk about why it is important for people to not walk around exposing their privates in public, I would talk about physical differences between boys and girls, and more importantly I would encourage teaching him about good touch and bad touch from others.
Good luck and I hope this helps.
Take care,
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Five More Tips to get Your Children Eating Healthily
December 8th, 2009Article from: My Family UK
Want more tips to help encourage a healthy eater in your child? Here are five more tips to help you on your way.
1) Shape up your fridge and cupboards
It’ll be difficult to teach your children about healthy eating if they are always presented with the sight of unhealthy snacks and sweets. What you say needs to correspond to what you practice. On the other hand, your kids should not get the idea that there is something magical about these kinds of foods – it’ll only make them want more. The key is moderation. Make homemade versions of junk food, like burgers and chips, with healthier ingredients. This way you can avoid the “But so-and-so’s Mum lets them eat it” speech. Let them know there’s nothing special about it, and that they can find enjoyment elsewhere.
2) Take the kids shopping
At the supermarket or the shops, allow your children to pick out the foods you need. It’ll give them choice and freedom, and they’ll feel a little more like they are choosing what they e eat, not being forced. This is especially useful for packed lunches!
3) Let them help you cook
A lot of battles over food are, in fact, battles over control. As a parent, you have a natural authority over your children… most of the time. Refusing to eat something is a child’s way of taking back some control, as it has an immediate effect on you. But getting them involved in the cooking means they can have a say in what they eat before sitting down at the table. Before cooking, talk to them about what they’d like to eat, and plan your menu. Whilst cooking get them to try new things; it’s a great way of finding out what your child likes and dislikes, and why this may be.
4) Cupboard love
If your child is upset, has had a bad day at school or some other mishap, don’t treat them with food or snack to help them feel better. This promotes skewed values, that link food to happiness, encouraging comfort eating that can lead to downward spirals of weight gain. Give them a big hug and get them to play a game. Not only will this take their mind off things but by getting active, the endorphines produced will make the child happier.
5) Be honest
A little honesty goes a long way. There’s no need to exaggerate to children or ‘trick’ them into healthy eating. If your child rails at you for denying sweets and treats, show the what can happen when people eat these sorts of things. Today’s media is saturated with images of the overweight, and there are plenty of children in this condition. One won’t take long to find.
Check out our previous Five Top Tips to get Your Children Eating Healthily.
Further Information
For further information, and for more great ways to have fun with your family, log on to www.myfamilyuk.com. With a huge collection of articles covering everything from child safety to rainy day activities, you’ll find all the help, guidance and entertainment you need to be a great parent.
High School Drug Use
December 7th, 2009It is amazing how fast things can change; how pure innocence can turn to arrogance and adventurism. It seems up until your first year in high school, you feel safe from anything. You are preoccupied with life as how you knew it from the start, when in school you’re intrigued to hear rumors in junior high, they’re usually about who likes who, and who broke up with who. It just seems so naive. But when you stepped into high school, it becomes an entirely different ballgame. Somehow you seem to have been stripped of all your innocence. Suddenly you become vulnerable to the evils that you knew nothing about before. It seems the only thing people talk about is either sex or drug use. We all know of so many personalities who have so much potential to do great things in life, but threw it all away when they started to use drugs.
This is the daunting scenario that we have today. We are aware of it, the government is aware of it, law enforcers are aware of it but still the nagging problem persists and threatens the fragile future of our youth today. Numbers don’t lie. Nearly half of all high school seniors in America have experimented with illegal drugs and about three quarters have tried alcohol. A study conducted on the drug use prevalence among high school seniors in the US revealed the following: 41.8% have tried marijuana and at least 5% uses it everyday; 7.8% have used cocaine; 1.5% have tried heroin; 72.2% have used alcohol and 3.1% take alcohol daily; 6.5% have tried ecstasy; 8.4% have tried using hallucinogens (LSD, Magic Mushrooms, Peyote); and at least 15.4% have reported having used prescription drugs (vicodin, oxycontin etc.) to get high. These are alarming statistics but equally disturbing is how easily high school students can get hold of these prohibited drugs. The dilemma that we have today is worse than what our parents had to deal with; and at the rate things are going it is quite likely that by the time you have kids, the situation will be ten times worse than what it is today. The problem should be addressed now with more stringent measures and from different fronts. It should be a collective and conscious effort from the government, school administrations and more importantly the parents. Parents should be educated about the dangers facing their teens today because they are for real and are likely to stay if nothing is done to stem the problem. The government should make laws with much more teeth in them so as to deter drug dealers and manufacturers who are selling these substances like pancakes. Schools must have more effective screening and monitoring systems to keep drugs away from their vicinity and thus give their students a good shot for a productive college life. Illicit drugs seem to fall in and out of favor with experimental youths. But one thing is constant, more and more teens are experimenting with it. The perils are great and more threatening than ever, but studies consistently show that teens whose parents talk to them about drugs are at a much lower risk to experiment.
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Finding Foods Your Children Like To Eat All The Time
December 7th, 2009Kids need special attention from their parents especially when they are newly born or just babies. The major role of the parents is to protect them from any thing that could harm them. Parents are very aware of the things or the products that they use to make sure they don’t harm their baby’s health.While kids are mostly attracted to foods that are sweet, yummy or just plain good looking or colorful, they are not the one responsible for this kind of habit. Most parents think that when their kids eat a lot they are healthy but the truth is kids who eats a lot of foods, but they happened to be junk foods, are actually putting their health at risk.According to a new study, for the last 25 years, rates of severe childhood obesity in the United States have tripled; putting increasing numbers of children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, says a new study.Researchers looked at National Health and Nutrition Survey data on 12,384 youths, ages 2 to 19 years, and found that the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 0.8 percent in the period from 1976 to 1980 to 3.8 percent in 1999 to 2004. Severe obesity correlates to a body mass index that’s equal to or greater than the 99th percentile for age and gender.Black and Mexican-American children had the largest increases in severe obesity, along with children in families below the poverty level. For example, the percentage of severely obese Mexican-American children rose from 0.9 percent to 5.2 percent.If you are one of these parents and still are not aware of your child that are candidates for diabetes and heart disease at an early age then you should start consulting your doctors now and ask on how you can change your kids food intake. Most kids love to eat junk foods such as fries, chips, ice creams and hot dogs which do not contain any nutrients or vitamins and just supply their bodies with fats.I remember when my baby turned one year old, I was advised to feed her only with natural foods such as mashed vegetables with a bit of rice, fruits in the morning whether she eats them straight or I make a juice out of them and not just any prepared baby products that you can get form a supermarket.Parents have a great responsibility for their children and it wouldn’t stop until they get older. We must prepare their future and make sure they live healthy and longer. So it’s best to give them the proper nutrition while they are still young.
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The Five Stages of Drug Abuse
December 5th, 2009There are five distinct stages of drug abuse. The first stage is described as access to drugs but no use thereof. Teens are just curious about drug use; they may ask questions or ask to join those using drugs. They willingly listen to stories about the effects of drugs. They watch others obtaining drugs or using them. In this stage, minimizing the risk factors that make a teenager more vulnerable to using drugs are an issue. Prevention is the key element here where parents take on the lead role in ensuring the well-being of their teens.
The second stage of drug use ranges from experimentation or occasional use to regular weekly use of substances. The users experiment with drugs and discover the effects. This is usually social, recreational use carried out as part of a group, usually on weekends. This stage is critical because it may pave the way for the third stage which is characterized by the youth progressing to further increasing the frequency of using one or more drugs on a regular basis. Now the drug user has discovered the “benefits” of using drugs. Perhaps they alleviate boredom or anxiety. Problems and stresses may seem to disappear. Girls or women may use stimulants for weight loss and males may use steroids for appearance enhancement. When the positive effects outweigh the risks or any negative effects, these individuals may become regular users. This stage may also include the teenager either buying, stealing, or drug dealing to get drugs.
In the fourth stage, adolescents have established regular usage, have become preoccupied with getting intoxicated (”high”), and have developed problems in their social, educational, vocational, or family life as a result of using the substance.
The final and most serious stage of drug use is defined by the youth only feeling “normal” when they are using. They are now certified drug addicts. During this stage, risk-taking behaviors like stealing, drug dealing, engaging in physical fights, unprotected sex, or driving while intoxicated increase and they become most vulnerable to having suicidal or homicidal thoughts.
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Here’s Why You Need to Talk to Your Teen About Drugs NOW!
November 27th, 2009Like talking about sex, having a conversation with your teen about drugs and alcohol can be, well, a bit uncomfortable. Sure, you may hear about how you should talk to your children about illegal substances whenever you get the opportunity – but having the conversation itself can be so awkward that many parents choose not to do it, not to mention that many parents feel too uneducated about booze and drugs to even talk about it! In fact, a recent study conducted by Action on Addiction in the United Kingdom found that over 40% of adults choose not to have these necessary conversations with their children and teenagers, but rather leave it up to the schools. If this sounds familiar, then take note: children and teenagers often want to hear about drugs and alcohol from the mouths of their own parents rather than their health class teacher.
But how exactly do you got about having this conversation without appearing uneducated – or worse – hypocritical? Here’s what you need to know in order to best educate your kids about the dangers of drugs and underage drinking as effectively as possible.
Give Them Warnings That Are Tangible. it’s no secret that most tweens and teens think that they’re invincible. If you warn your child that drinking and doing drugs will kill them – even though your teen is surrounded by people who have not died from alcohol or certain drugs – they won’t get as scared as you’d like them to. However, if you tell your child that drinking and doing drugs can cost them thousands of dollars a year – not to mention make them smell horrible – and you’ll see a change in their behavior quickly!
Try To Relate To Your Teen. Tweens and teens have an uncanny ability to see straight through any fibs; therefore, if you are staunchly against drinking and drugs, even though you may have experimented yourself as a teen, you’ll just end up confusing your child. Be honest with your child – if you did drugs as a teen, tell them why you did it, and why you chose to stop it. Your teen will appreciate your honesty, as opposed to labeling you as a “hypocrite”.
Find Out Who His Or Her Friends Are. When it comes to raising teens, knowledge is half the battle – that’s why you should make the effort to become familiar with you teenager’s friends. You don’t have to know everything about them; rather, you want to do so in order to determine if they’re positive influences on your teen. It won’t take long for you to get a feel for your teen’s friends’ personalities – if someone rubs you the wrong way, try to limit how much time your teen spends with him or her.
Be Supportive. If you’ve discovered that your child drank at a party or took drugs, your first reaction may be to punish them. While discipline is completely necessary, it’s important for your teen to know that you’ll love them no matter what – this will teach your child that it’s okay to approach you about their upsetting behavior rather than keep it secret.
Above all, accept the fact that you won’t be around to monitor your child’s activities for every hour of every day – no matter how tempted you may be! Instead, trust that you instilled proper values within your children that will help them to make the right decisions when it counts, therefore setting them up for future success long into adulthood.
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Study: Social Status as a Teen Predicts Health as an Adult
November 27th, 2009There is currently a consolation among middle-aged people who flinch at the mere thought of their adolescent days. A new Swedish study revealed that the social standing of an individual as a teenager may be a good indicator of his/her future health status.
Likewise, in a related research, British scientists discovered that mothers who venture into a work outside the home are more likely to have children who would later engage in lifestyles that are detrimental to their overall well-being — including poor eating habits and engaging in less exercise — than children whose mothers stay at home.
These two studies appeared online on September 29 in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Ylva Almquist, the author of the study and sociologist at the Center for Health Equity Studies in Stockholm, said that the results of their study underlines the significance of acknowledging the fact that school is definitely not only about scholastic performance, but is equally so when it comes to the social interaction among children.
The proponents of the study analyzed the data from 14,000 children who took part in the Stockholm Birth Cohort Study, which monitored the long-term health status of Swedes born between 1953 and 2003. Almquist and her team particularly examined specific variables which include levels of popularity, power and status as perceived by the subjects in the study who were in sixth grade in 1966.
The information obtained by the researchers served as a personality baseline. They then analyzed the students’ health records spanning a 30-year-period from 1973 and 2003, with hospital discharge records as their primary focus. The researchers determined that the students who perceive lower levels of social acceptance as teenagers were more inclined to be at a higher risk of developing serious health problems as adults. This finding holds true for both sexes.
Here are the other significant findings of the study:
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