Tag: child psychology

More families are having only two children, leaving an entire culture to fade away: middleborns.

Apparently, feeling great about yourself does not improve your chances at success.

At Aeon, Carlin Flora looks at the pros and cons of praising children and what psychologists say to avoid: Over-praising children (You’re amazing!) can make them feel your standards are very high, causing the fear that they won’t be able to keep living up to them, say the psychologists Jennifer Henderlong Corpus of Reed College […]