Children's Sensitivity to Their Parents' Praise Could Affect Their Future Mental Health

Children’s Sensitivity to Their Parents’ Praise Could Affect Their Future Mental Health

14th June, 2024

Source: Medical Xpress

A new study published in Developmental Science has found that children who were more positively sensitive to their parents’ praise when they were 3 years old had fewer behavioral and emotional problems when they were 5–7 years old. Children whose behavior did not depend on their mood also had fewer behavioral and emotional problems later.

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