Parenting

High-Speed Internet and Young Children: What Parents Should Know

As technology becomes an increasingly common part of family life, new research continues to examine how it affects young children’s development. A recent study by economists Karina Colombo and Elisa Failache examined the impact of expanded high-speed internet access on young children. The researchers found that greater lifetime exposure to high-speed internet was associated with […]

Parenting

Do Parenting Styles Impact the Developing Child?

There is a plethora of literature and research out there that tells parents their parenting style is an important factor in how their children will turn out. What are parenting styles exactly? A parenting style is defined as “a constellation of parents’ attitudes and behaviors toward children and an emotional climate in which the parents’ […]