February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (youtube video): Interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Original article: February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (article): The…
Category: Mental/Emotional Health
BBC article – “Is the Western way of raising kids weird?”
2021 February. Kelly Oakes. BBC - (news web article): "Is the Western way of raising kids weird?"Expectations for sleep, togetherness, bed time, independence are different in different cultures. The key to thinking outside the Western box might be to remember…
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Adolescent Health – protective and risk factors: Findings from the US Add Health Study
The quotes below come from the Monograph, "Reducing the Risk: Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth"Download "The home environment makes a difference in the health of American youth. When teens feel connected to their families and…
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“Gender equity” style parenting resulted in more mental health problems for kids
March 2012: Study published in International Journal for Equity in Health of "gender equity" parenting (both parents spending equal amounts of time at jobs and doing child care) in Sweden finds children have more mental health problems with gender equal…
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Ottawa Citizen Article: Comments from Neufeld
Feb 2012: Ottawa Citizen article "All work and no play . . . Is not good for the developing brain, says psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld." Neufeld says, "The only resistance I get is from policy-makers."
Association for Psychological Science, “How Devoted Moms Buffer Kids In Poverty“.
This peer-reviewed study indicates that maternal nurturing and not only socio-economic status is associated with better health outcomes. The study was led by UBC psychologist Dr Gregory Miller. Miller works in exactly the field UBC’s HELP claims expertise in, yet…
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Business Profit Agenda Undermining Child-Rearing: August 21, 2011
August 21, 2011. The New York Times -article (web): "The Kids Are Not All Right" by UBC law professor, Joel Bakan, author of “The Corporation” and the new “Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children”
From the Gordon Neufeld Institute:
Neufeld on the Vancouver riots:2011. Gordon Neufeld. Neufeld Institute - article (web): "Uncovering the Roots of Delinquency" Business Profit Agenda Undermining Child-Rearing:2011. Deborah MacNamara. Neufeld Institute - article (web): "Making Sense of the Senseless" Children, Teens and Technology (broken link)
BBC news item: Parents giving children alcohol ‘fuels binge drinking’
Dec 17, 2009. BBC News - article (web): "Parents giving children alcohol ‘fuels binge drinking’"
Social policy “ruining childhood”: Childhood is being undermined by a string of “oppressive demands” from ministers disguised as social policy, experts have claimed
Social policy “ruining childhood”: Childhood is being undermined by a string of “oppressive demands” from ministers disguised as social policy, experts have claimed. June 17, 2009 web article in Telegraph.co.uk
Interview with Canadian Dr. Elliot Barker on Roots of Criminality
Interview with Canadian Dr. Elliot Barker (Natural Child - web article), child psychiatrist and founder of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He sees lack of empathetic parenting and consumerism as the roots of criminality.
Welsh parent says switch to parental care after 4 years of daycare eliminated son’s problematic behaviour revealing his true character (broken link)
Welsh parent says switch to parental care after 4 years of daycare eliminated son’s problematic behaviour revealing his true character. (broken link)
New Vanier Institute Report – Kids First Summary
The Rise in the Number of Children and Adolescents Who Exhibit Problematic Behaviors: Multiple Causes A new report by the Vanier Institute for the Family speaks of the context in which children have developed dramatically increased problematic, anti-social behaviour.It very…
New Vanier Institute Report: The Rise in the Number of Children and Adolescents Who Exhibit Problematic Behaviors: Multiple Causes (broken link)
New Vanier Institute Report: 2007. The Rise in the Number of Children and Adolescents Who Exhibit Problematic Behaviors: Multiple Causes (broken link) Kids First summaryPress Release (broken link)Globe and Mail article and readers’ comments (broken link)Recent related reports: UNICEF report…
Minding the Baby Rebecca Abrams’ review of “Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain”
July 16, 2006. "Minding the Baby" - Rebecca Abrams’ review in The Guardian of Sue Gerhardt’s book Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain