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Hitting Your Kids Increases Their Risk of Mental Illness
TIME: What if we, as a society, could cut down on the incidence of mental illness by backing away from hitting, grabbing or pushing our children? That’s a prospect raised by a new study in
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Parents Especially Dads Are Happier than their Childless Pals. (Happy Father’s Day.)
TIME: Consider it an early Father’s Day present, guys: your kids — yes, the ones who wake you up in the middle of the night and demand to be fed three meals a day —
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You Can Go Home Again
The New York Times: Just when parents thought they might finally be free of their children, many of this year’s college graduates will pick up their degrees — and move back home. Even those who
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Parents Are Happier Than Non-Parents
LiveScience: Parents may not be the overtired, overworked and all-around miserable individuals they are sometimes made out to be, suggests new research finding Mom and Dad (particularly fathers) experience greater levels of happiness and meaning
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Parents Are Happier People
Contrary to recent scholarship and popular belief, parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning in life than people without children, according to researchers from the University of California, Riverside, the University of British Columbia
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Interracial dating exposes divide between teens and parents
CNN: Luke, a white seventh grader, believes his parents would not be supportive if he dated an African-American girl. “Honestly I don’t think my parents would be too happy because … if you marry a
