Parenting effects on child altruism

Cognitive daily suggests that parenting behaviours rather than “philosophies” have the most correlation with teen attitudes towards helping:

In short, if you want your kids to value helping others in a variety of ways, this research suggests that you’re likely to be effective when you actively encourage those behaviors through conversation, experiential learning, and other actions

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  • Doug Says:
    December 4th, 2007 at 09:52

    That would make sense from a social learning perspective. Modeling is generally thought to be a great example of how to act, especially for younger people who ‘philosophy’ may be lost on. Makes sense.

    BTW, functionality aside, the pics I’ve seen of the Kindle make it look rather ‘blah’. How do you find it?

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