Parental Anxiety can Affect Children's Achievement
Parents’ math anxiety can undermine children’s math achievement. A team of researchers led by UChicago psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found that children of math-anxious parents learned less math over the school year and were more likely to be math-anxious themselves—but only when these parents provided frequent help on the child’s math homework. Previous research from this group has established that when teachers are anxious about math, their students learn less math during the school year. The current study is the first to establish a link between parents’ and children’s math anxiety. These findings suggest that adults’ attitudes toward math can play an important role in children’s math achievement. Click here to read more
Extracts from "Parenting Without Borders" by Dr. Christine Gross-Loh
Some perspectives from around the world.
-Many Scandinavians say their young ones should nap outdoors because they believe fresh air, and being outdoors, as much as possible, is good for them.
-Many French parents teach their toddlers to sit at the table and eat politely because they want to cultivate an appreciation for food as early as possible.
-Many American pediatricians tell their patients that the best place for a baby to sleep is in a crib because they believe it's not only safest, but crucial for a child's independence and recommend that parents read aloud to their young children to hone cognitive and verbal skills .
-A German mother lamented the fact that her children barely got any time to play outdoors. It turned out that her children actually spent two hours playing outdoors daily, about 17 times more than their American peers.
-A Turkish mother when asked how long they might let babies cry looked at the author in confusion. In her worldview, a baby should always be held and comforted.
-The Author found that during life in Japan, when Japanese parents remarked on how friendly the author was with her children, it wasn't always a compliment; to them it seemed to blur the line between being a friend (which isn't what the role of a good parent is in Japan) and a guide who had her child's best interests at heart.
-In a survey of fifteen countries, the United Sates ranked second highest in the world in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) incidences. But SIDS is notably low in countries like Japan, where co-sleeping is the norm.
Source : http://www.ispid.org/fileadmin/user_upload/textfiles/articles/CPR17_Hauck_SIDS_Trends.pdf
-In Germany and India, it is common for families to drop in on each other spontaneously and spend time together.
-In Japan, one clear expectation of three-year-olds is that they walk to school (with a parent) and carry their own belongings (for a child in yochien, a Japanese term for preschool /kindergarten, there are lot of belongings: different bags for their lunch box, cup, a school bag, a book bag, an indoor slipper bag, a reusable water bottle).
-In Sweden teens of any age may legally drink in private moderation, the voting age is eighteen and spanking a child is a criminal offense.
Parenting Without Borders by Dr. Christine Goh-Loh is a fun book for parents who like to get more perspectives on parenting. If possible, buy it and read it completely. It comes well recommended.
More articles by Dr. Christine Gross-Loh, a PhD graduate from Harvard, can be read at http://christinegrossloh.com/articles/
-Many French parents teach their toddlers to sit at the table and eat politely because they want to cultivate an appreciation for food as early as possible.
-Many American pediatricians tell their patients that the best place for a baby to sleep is in a crib because they believe it's not only safest, but crucial for a child's independence and recommend that parents read aloud to their young children to hone cognitive and verbal skills .
-A German mother lamented the fact that her children barely got any time to play outdoors. It turned out that her children actually spent two hours playing outdoors daily, about 17 times more than their American peers.
-A Turkish mother when asked how long they might let babies cry looked at the author in confusion. In her worldview, a baby should always be held and comforted.
-The Author found that during life in Japan, when Japanese parents remarked on how friendly the author was with her children, it wasn't always a compliment; to them it seemed to blur the line between being a friend (which isn't what the role of a good parent is in Japan) and a guide who had her child's best interests at heart.
-In a survey of fifteen countries, the United Sates ranked second highest in the world in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) incidences. But SIDS is notably low in countries like Japan, where co-sleeping is the norm.
Source : http://www.ispid.org/fileadmin/user_upload/textfiles/articles/CPR17_Hauck_SIDS_Trends.pdf
-In Germany and India, it is common for families to drop in on each other spontaneously and spend time together.
-In Japan, one clear expectation of three-year-olds is that they walk to school (with a parent) and carry their own belongings (for a child in yochien, a Japanese term for preschool /kindergarten, there are lot of belongings: different bags for their lunch box, cup, a school bag, a book bag, an indoor slipper bag, a reusable water bottle).
-In Sweden teens of any age may legally drink in private moderation, the voting age is eighteen and spanking a child is a criminal offense.
Parenting Without Borders by Dr. Christine Goh-Loh is a fun book for parents who like to get more perspectives on parenting. If possible, buy it and read it completely. It comes well recommended.
More articles by Dr. Christine Gross-Loh, a PhD graduate from Harvard, can be read at http://christinegrossloh.com/articles/
