By admin on 16/03/2009
Children exposed to a multi-year programme 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 study published in the journal Psychology of Music. According to authors Joseph M Piro and Camilo Ortiz from Long Island [...]
Posted in Child Psychology, School psychology | Tagged music tuition, psychology of music, reading skills, studying children, vocabulary |
By admin on 03/01/2009
Parenting is not easy. In the fast paced competitive society we live in, many parents are concerned with their child’s self esteem. Building self confidence in children is important, but can there be a wrong way of going about it? I once met an athletic man I’ll call, John. He excelled in a couple of [...]
Posted in Child Psychology | Tagged alcohol, alcoholism, children, confidence, low self esteem, parenting, parents, self confidence, self esteem |