Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a new study.
Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills Children exposed to a multi-year program of music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically trained peers, according to a new study.
Children With Low Self-control More Likely To Become Overweight Preteens Young children who do not display an ability to regulate their behavior or to delay gratification in exchange for a larger reward appear predisposed to gain extra weight by their preteen years, according to two new articles.
Teaching children to 'dive within' (Guardian Unlimited) Thanks to the Beatles, Transcendental Meditation was all the rage in the 60s. Now, with the help of Paul and Ringo, a US organisation is encouraging young people to practise the technique. But does it actually offer any benefits, asks Lucy Atkins It's extremely rare for the surviving members of the Beatles to perform together, but this month they found a cause they could both believe in - and it
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