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Study: Using Food As A Reward Linked To Emotional Overeating For Kids
Helena Lopes / 500px/500px/Getty Images There are some days when it’s just too tempting to resort to bribery, and food can often be the way to go. Kid refusing to allow themself to get buckled into the car seat? Well, you can have a cookie when we get home. Throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store? Shhhh, have a snack. But, a new study says that these “coercive food practices” might have unintended effects, resulting in emotional overeating. Previous research has shown that around the preschool years, emotional undereating — refusing to eat when upset — gives way to...
A Retired Teacher Shares The Number One Parenting Mistake She Saw
MelkiNimages/E+/Getty Images We can learn so much from teachers — and some of the lessons take place outside of the classroom. Not only do they impart academic knowledge to our kids, but they also love and care for them in so many other ways. It follows that the greatest teachers can help parents do their job better at home, too. What are some of the lessons about raising kids that parents can learn from teachers? One retired elementary school teacher dropped by her daughter’s TikTok account, @elenanico22, to share the single biggest thing that she saw parents doing wrong during...
New California Law Looks To Relieve Homework Stress For Students
Vilin Visuals/E+/Getty Images Maybe you’ve been boggled by the amount of homework your kindergartener has been assigned, or felt your high schooler’s pain as they trudge through an hour-long assignment for each of their 5 classes. Any parent who’s had to explain long division after 8 p.m. can attest to the fact that hours upon hours of homework is no fun. That’s why a new California law is looking to tackle the issue of homework stress for its students. California assemblymember Pilar Schiavo introduced “The Healthy Homework Act” last year, inspired by her middle school daughter’s staggering homework load. “Homework...