Help needed for depressed fathers, reports NPR: Take a bow, American fathers. Dads of today are far more involved in raising their children than their fathers were. But with that greater involvement comes greater responsibility. And a new study in the journal Pediatrics finds some trouble brewing. Fathers who are depressed are far more likely [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2011/03/15/sad-dads/
Stephanie Newman, PhD asks, Can Parental Anxiety Interfere with a Child’s Social and Emotional Development? Bullets: Overplanning for your child can backfire Rejection Can Be the Kindest Cut–and limits can foster healthy development Children Need to Learn How to Be Alone
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/11/09/parental-anxiety/
ScienceDaily: Absent Mothers Can Cause Hyperactivity and Anxiety in Offspring Later in Life, Mouse Study Finds In mice, early weaning and separation from their mothers promotes long-lasting hyperactivity and anxiety . Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience describe the development of this new behavioral model, which they hope to use to investigate the [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/09/29/absent-mice-moms-and-anxiety/
A look at both from the Wall Street Journal: “I Hate School” Extreme Edition. Anywhere from 5% to 28% of children will exhibit some degree of school-refusal behavior at some point, including truancy, according to Dr. Kearney, a leading authority on the behavior, and other experts. For kids with anxiety-fueled school refusal, the fear is [...]
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/09/21/school-refusal-and-anxiety-disorder/
Keeping Kids Safe From the Wrong Dangers. Summed up: Parents tend to worry more about remote dangers (terrorists) than mundane ones (obesity, football). (NYT)
http://www.anxietyla.com/2010/09/20/parenting-risk/
