by PediaBlog | Aug 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
This article in HealthDay reminds us of the old adage: “What goes around comes around”: Goodness doesn’t go unrewarded: Young children are more likely to be nice to other children who are kind, a new study finds. Japanese researchers watched the...
by PediaBlog | Mar 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Nobody likes a sour-puss. It’s good when we reject negativity and embrace those positive elements of nature and humanity. Right? Are you with me? A recent study, published this month in the American Journal of Cardiology, suggests that being an optimistic...
by PediaBlog | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Parents consistently overestimate their children’s optimism and downplay their worries, according to new research by psychologists at the University of California, Davis, Center for Mind and Brain. Do pediatricians have to take what parents tell them about their...
by PediaBlog | Aug 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Barbara Bronson Gray writes in HealthDay: For anyone raising teenagers, the idea of helping them feel grateful for everyday things may seem like a long shot; just getting them to mumble a “thank you” every now and then can be a monumental accomplishment....
