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  • Study: Children of ‘Authoritative Parents’ Are Smarter with Money

    Study: Children of ‘Authoritative Parents’ Are Smarter with Money0

    Last Christmas, family practice doctor Leonard Sax made waves when he declared that parental authority is in decline in America. According to Sax, parents have increasingly allowed their children to call the shots in deciding how they want to live their lives, instead of parents being the ones running the show. As psychologist Lisa Damour

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  • Study: Children Are Less Hyperactive When They Start School at Later Ages

    Study: Children Are Less Hyperactive When They Start School at Later Ages0

    • October 8, 2015

    The last decade has seen a rapid rise of ADHD diagnoses in the U.S. A new study released by the Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis leads me to wonder if starting children in school at earlier ages may be one cause behind it.  The study examined Danish children and the age at which they

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  • Study: Babies Can See Faces Before They See the Light of Day

    Study: Babies Can See Faces Before They See the Light of Day0

    In opening The Atlantic this morning, an interesting article caught my eye. The title proclaimed: “Fetuses Prefer Face-Like Images Even in the Womb.” I was intrigued. To be perfectly frank, I don’t believe I had ever thought about the fact that a baby in the womb might be able to see, let alone recognize shapes

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  • Study: Architecture Affects Your Brain

    Study: Architecture Affects Your Brain0

    A scientific study conducted several years ago found that the sorts of architecture once typical of “museums, churches, and libraries” has measurable effects on brain function that are similar in some ways to traditional forms of meditation. That’s potentially very significant, not only for the small elite that designs such buildings today, but for the

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  • Study: Americans Desire a Long Life, But Many Don’t Want to Work for It

    Study: Americans Desire a Long Life, But Many Don’t Want to Work for It0

    In a literal “eat your cake and have it, too” situation, Americans want to live a long time, but are not doing the legwork to make that happen. The Stanford Center for Longevity and Time conducted a survey of 2,330 American adults and found that 77% wanted to live to be 100. Another third of

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  • Study: A Manly Father Is Good for Children

    Study: A Manly Father Is Good for Children0

    In an age where feminism seems to rule, there’s a lot of pressure for fathers to start acting softer and more feminine in dealing with their children. Not a trace of that “toxic masculinity” should come through! Perhaps that is why we see increasing condemnation of competition (“everyone gets a participation trophy!”) or “dangerous” activities

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