Whether a parent or a professional caregiver, anyone who has cared for children is likely to have dozens of questions about their development. With the intent of providing up-to-date information on the medical, psychological, educational and legal issues related to children and their development, a leading group of scholars has created The Child: An Encyclopedia Companion. [continue reading…]
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In an article in the latest issue of The Psychologist, Dr Nattavudh Powdthavee, of the University’s Department of Economics and Related Studies, offers an explanation to one of the most surprising conclusions of recent research into wellbeing — that having children does not increase our level of happiness.
Like many other young couples our age, my long-term girlfriend and I are thinking about starting a family of our own. Two things are currently on our to-do list. First is to get married. And second is to have two children, hopefully one boy and one girl. [continue reading…]
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Pushing and punching. Spreading rumors and name-calling. Whether it’s physical or verbal, bullying has no place at school or in cyberspace.
Parents can help children not be bullied or be bulliers, but first it is important to understand why bullying occurs, said Tammy Wilgenbusch, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist with University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.
“Bullying can start at any age but it increases and then peaks in early adolescence, between sixth and ninth grades,” Wilgenbusch said. [continue reading…]
Parents of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly twice as likely to divorce by the time the child is 8 years old than parents of children without ADHD, the first study to look at this issue in depth has shown.
Moreover, among couples in the study who were divorced, marriages involving children with ADHD ended sooner than marriages with no ADHD-diagnosed children. [continue reading…]
