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Do popular school kids grow up to be rich?, 2009 Popular school children are most likely to earn more money in later life, a new study has revealed.
Essex University researchers concluded that just one extra school friend increases a person's salary by around two per cent; adding to emergent evidence that social skills are just as important as academic abilities for success in adult life.
Researchers found on average, the most popular pupils in 1957 earned more than other students, 35 years later.
Pudney, said: 'A workplace is a social setting. People have to manage each other and work in teams - you can see why social skills would be helpful.'
The study, which was done in conjunction with the University of Chicago and the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg, also found that belonging to a relatively wealthier family did not make a student more popular. View CommentsYour Comments
How to improve a toddler's vocabulary, 2009 According to newly found research from the US, it has been recommended that parents be encouraged to gesture with their toddlers in order to improve their vocabulary.
Researchers Meredith Rowe and Susan Goldin-Meadow described how they videoed 50 children from diverse backgrounds interacting with their parents at 14 months, and assessed their vocabulary skills at the age of 4.
The researchers discovered that more educated parents with higher incomes tended to gesture more when interacting with their toddlers. This consequently led to greater gesturing on the part of the toddlers, which correlated to improved vocabulary by the age of four.
Rowe said, "As a good vocabulary at school entry is a key indicator of academic success, our findings were significant". She also said, "It would not hurt to encourage parents to talk more and gesture more when they are interacting with their toddlers".
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Children’s fear of parents’ divorce grows, 2009 Research suggests there is likely to be an increase in the number of children in search for help when dealing with the distress of their parents' separations, ChildLine has warned.
Today’s financial strain caused by the downturn in the economy, are expected to put further pressure on marriages.
The phone counselling service says more than one child a day calls the hotline due to arguments at home, and recommends that parents reassure their children as much as possible.
"Divorcing parents can be overwhelmed by feelings like anger, sadness, and helplessness. This often makes it hard to focus on the wishes and needs of scared and bewildered children; whose lives are about to be turned upside down”, says ChildLine boss Sue Minto.
She added that children could be helped to adjust to divorce if they are told how much they are loved. View CommentsYour Comments
Are primary school days the best in a child’s life? UK, 2007 If you were to look back at your school life, what period would you say was the best? For children today, it would appear that primary school days are the best. A study of nearly 8,000 pupils across 25 different primary and secondary schools in the UK has highlighted some interesting discoveries. In particular, 82% of children while attending primary school at aged 10 saying they are happy – with the figure dropping to 58% at the time of their GCSE’s in secondary school. Antidote, the charity which conducted the study said the report shows that as children began working on their GCSE’s “Over 40% of them experience a low level of well being.” Also highlighting the figures showed “Where we need to focus if we want to improve the situation.” View CommentsYour Comments
The source of good parenting. UK, 2006 In today's society media plays a very important factor in how we learn, and for parents it could be fair to say you could never learn too much on how to be a better parent. However the type of medium we may become increasingly dependent on for this knowledge may for some be slightly concerning. A study of 3,938 parents by the National Family and Parenting Institute found that 83% of those who watched parenting programmes discovered at least one tip useful to them. The concern however was that 37% felt that parenting programmes such as Supernanny and The House of Tiny Tearaways, tended to exaggerate problems the families featured had. The study also showed that 72% of parents with children under the age of 16 watched at least one parenting programme shown on TV. Mary Macleod, the chief executive of the National Family and Planning Institute expressed the need for producers to act responsibly, also highlighting the various other forms of media by which parents still access information such as books, magazines and websites. View CommentsYour Comments
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