Studies show: 6 educational measures to get super kids
Of course, if our children behave differently than we imagine, it can be temperament, character, or just a tantrum. Or?
At least now, as far as child rearing is concerned, researchers have proven what we already knew in part: Much is due to the behavior and upbringing of the parents. Or simply on the diaper content. On huffingtonpost.de the crucial and partly groundbreaking studies are compiled. The most important findings are:
When parents often hang on their smartphones, children tend to have tantrums more often
Brandon McDaniel, a professor of family benefits, and Jenny Radesky, a pediatrician and professor (University of Michigan), succeed in attributing allegedly poor children's behavior to their parents' smartphone use. Accordingly, children whose parents are constantly distracted from checking emails, typing messages, and using social media while being together are more prone to tantrums, hypersensitivity, hyperactivity, and quirks.
Over 200 families have been observed. The children try to attract attention with their parents' smartphones. Therefore, the smartphone should be banned when spending time with the children in another room or turned off. The long-term effect of real attention pays off in the end more than the rapid success in the use of the smartphone.
Children also have to fail
Parents should not step in immediately to help children in everything not to create. And do not distract them when they are angry about mistakes and mistakes! Because the experience of failure is very important to them, prove Noelle Nelson, Selin Malkoc and Baba Shiv of Ohio State University. And that's why they have to deal with it.
Because only then they will repeat these mistakes less and the experience of negative feelings helps them on their life path. Therefore, the experts advise to set a good example and to show their own disappointments. Of course, parents should also do that in an exemplary way! Do not scream, scold or swear, please.
Violence in childhood makes violent partners
The fact that beaten children also become aggressive adults has often been the sad result of many studies. Jeffrey Temple, a professor of women's and child services at the University of Texas, and colleagues can also show that non-violent upbringing of children later reduces violence between lovers.
Less colic in newborns through help from the partner
More than 3000 families have joined in and it is indeed true! If the partner supports the mother more after the birth of the baby, the baby has fewer colic symptoms. Chandran Paul Alexander, a professor of pediatrics at Penn State, has proven that along with colleagues. Babies from such equal partnerships are developing much healthier. And another exciting side effect: Happy wife, happy life!
Tolerance is learnable
If children learn that not all people are and are not the same externally, they would later become less "generalized about groups of people" and thus less racist. At least that's what Gail Heyman, psychology professor at University College San Diego says.
In a study of more than 100 Chinese children, he and his research team prove that racial prejudice can be reduced by teaching five-year-olds to distinguish the faces of African-American people. This can allegedly save them from later intolerance.
The diaper content is an IQ test result
A simple intestinal flora means according to recent studies and smarter children. Researchers around Rebecca Knickmeyer, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, have found this out. Allegedly, later cognitive developments can be predicted from microbial communities in the excretions. Aha. More respect for the diaper content!
And more respect for the dignity of the children, a lot of love and spending as much valuable time together as possible. We should know that without studies.
