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Ed
15 yrs ago
Can extra nurturing during infancy make your child kinder and smarter?
Over the last several decades, more and more research has suggested that experiences in early life — even prenatal life — can have a disproportionate influence on the development of personality and physical and mental health. Now another group of studies, led by Notre Dame psychology professor Darcia Narvaez, confirms earlier work suggesting that children who get more positive touch and affection during infancy turn out to be kinder, more intelligent and to care more about others.
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2010/09/29/no-such-thing-as-too-much-love-spoiled-babies-grow-up-to-be-smarter-kinder-kids/?iid=WBeditorspicks
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I wouldn't equate "positive touch and affection" with "spoiling". You can be reasonably strict with a child and still be very affectionate.
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the title of the thread is simply the title of the article...certainly using 'spoiled' is more of an attention grabber...more clicks on that page that one with a more appropriate headline probably...in fact, the headline is the only occurrence of 'spoiled' in the whole article....
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Spolied - when one is given everything in materialistic terms that one desires.
Loved - when one is given affection, respect and room to grow.
That's my view on what spoiled means and in my work the majority of 'spoilt' children i have seen are far from smart, respectful and kind. They have no respect for others and think they are the centre of the universe and have no manners (no please/thank-yous), however the kids that aren't handed everything are respectable to their peers and adults, are caring and thoughtful infact there the ones that are going to go far in this world.
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