News tagged with parental participation
Can middle class families make urban schools better?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Due to the economy, more middle-class families are passing on private schools in favor of the local public school.
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Parents just don't understand
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Recent studies investigating the question of parental control in the west and in east Asian countries suggest that extreme meddling by parents can have negative effects on their children's psychological development in both ...
How schools, parents can work together for successful kids
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Aug 18, 2009 |
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It is widely understood that, ideally, schools and parents should work together to ensure that children can succeed as students and citizens. But what is the right balance? And how much do teachers want parents involved in ...
Youths see all parental control negatively when there's a lot of it
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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A new study has found that young people feel differently about two types of parental control, generally viewing a type of control that's thought to be better for their development more positively. However, when parents are ...
The straight dope: Studies link parental monitoring with decreased teen marijuana usage
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it. Continued marijuana use may result in a number of serious consequences including ...
Lack of social support tied to parental depression
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The latest research from Family Relations shows that parents in low-income environments are more prone to depression when there is a lack of social support. This is especially prevalent in rural regions, where mental health ...
Nationwide study examines youth access to indoor tanning
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Many indoor tanning businesses require parental consent for teenagers to use their facilities, but most would allow young tanners more than the government-recommended amount of exposure during the first week, according to ...
Battle of the sexes benefits offspring, says research
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Parents compensate for a lazy partner by working harder to bring up their offspring, but not enough to completely make up for the lack of parenting, says research by bird biologists at the University of Bath.
Couples who do the dishes together stay happier
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family ...
Farmers' markets harvest new business
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Something fresh is growing in Indiana. The number of farmers' markets in the state has increased at double the rate of other U.S. states; between 1994 and 2004 the number of farmers' markets in Indiana increased by an impressive ...
Women who exit welfare just as likely to marry as women never on welfare
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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A new study from a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that women who exit welfare (under TANF, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), are as likely to marry as women of similar socioeconomic backgr ...
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