Education News – Kristin Decarr
“A new study from the University of Missouri and the University of Illinois at Chicago has found that parents who promote good behavior by offering material possessions could be setting up difficulties for their children later on in life. The authors of the study, “Material Parenting: How the Use of Goods in Parenting Fosters Materialism in the Next Generation,” discovered three parenting strategies that ended with greater materialism. Offering material possessions as a reward to children for something they should be doing, such as getting good grades; giving gifts to show affection; and taking away toys as a punishment.”(more)