Posts Tagged ‘Parenting’
Three favorite 2020 books on parenting and mental health
For a lot of families, parenting has never been harder than it was this year. Many have been struggling for months trying to provide child care and schooling at home while simultaneously working either alongside their children or as essential workers in the community, if they haven’t already lost their jobs. The theme that emerges across…
Read MoreHow children’s ADHD symptoms affect parents’ feelings & parenting behavior
——- ADHD in children puts stress on parents. In fact, parents of children with ADHD report greater parenting stress, less satisfaction in their parenting role, and more depressive symptoms than other parents. They also report more negative interactions with their child. This is certainly not true in all families where a child has ADHD but…
Read MoreStudy: Raising a teen with ADHD adds significant stress to parents–especially to mothers
Numerous studies have established that parents of children with ADHD experience more stress in their parenting role than other parents. Although it is reasonable to expect that this would also be true for parents of adolescents with ADHD, this issue
Read MoreOn brain development, socioeconomic status and parenting styles
Rich Man, Poor Man: Socioeconomic Adversity and Brain Development (Cerebrum): “..While early exposure to additional languages or music may lead to beneficial changes in brain development, early adversity can likewise have important but detrimental effects on the brain. For example,
Read MoreEpigenetics: Nature vs. Nurture?
In yesterday’s interview with Michael Posner, he says: — “There is a growing number of studies that show the importance of interaction between our genes and each of our environments. Epigenetics is going to help us understand that question better, but let me share a very interesting piece of research from my lab where we found…
Read MoreTraining Attention and Emotional Self-Regulation — Interview with Michael Posner
(Editor’s Note: this is one of the 20 interviews included in the book The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age) Michael I. Posner is a prominent scientist in the field of cognitive neuroscience. He is currently an emeritus professor of neuroscience at the University of Oregon (Department…
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