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Step Back To Build Your Child’s Independence & Emotional Health.
New research on child development and parent involvement.
It only makes sense that if you let children learn independently, they develop independence, but the effects on their emotional health might not be so obvious.
“The children of parents who more often stepped in to provide instructions, corrections or suggestions or to ask questions … displayed more difficulty regulating their behaviour and emotions at other times.” — Krysten Crawford.
Researchers at Stanford University found that children with over-involved parents had low self-control and lacked many essential executive functions, such as the ability to delay gratification and control impulses.
While research on adolescent children suggests strong parental involvement in education has significantly improved their child’s academic performance, toddler to school-age children could benefit more from parents offering less direction.
Stanford researchers found that if a child is fully engaged in a task or leading an activity such as cleaning their room…
