Good parenting matters more than the quality of a school when it comes to academic success, according to new research from the US.A study of 10,000 teenagers has found the home environment is three times more important than the school, when it comes to 18-year-olds’ test results. This is from the Telegraph… Researchers found that [...]
The Difference Between Authoritative Parenting and Over-Parenting
August 7, 2012 | Posted by
Phrases like “tiger mom” and “helicopter parent” have made their way into everyday language. But does over-parenting hurt, or help? While parents who are clearly and embarrassingly inappropriate come in for ridicule, many of us find ourselves drawn to the idea that with just a bit more parental elbow grease, we might turn out children [...]
