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Added colour can benefit fussy eaters
Parents whose children are fussy with their food may find adding colour to proceedings make healthier meals more attractive to the little ones.
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Social and emotional education in schools
Overall quality of education can be bolstered through a focus on character building, new research has suggested.
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Socioeconomic status and ADHD in children
The risk of a child experiencing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be increased if he or she is of a lower socioeconomic status.
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Fitness helps performance at school
A positive relationship may exist between physical activity and improved academic performance for children.
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Children understand positive thinking
Young children have the ability to realise the benefits of positive thinking, new research has suggested.
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Truancy and mental health problems
There is a link between school absenteeism and a higher prevalence of mental health problems in later adolescence, new research has suggested.
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More time in school boosts intelligence
Intelligence may be increased by spending more time at school, new research has suggested.
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Love and trust develop in our infancy
A person's ability to love, trust and resolve conflicts with others is something that begins developing as early as infancy.
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Working mothers are happier and healthier
Mothers who work are happier than those who tend to stay at home during the day, new research has suggested.
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Suicidal thoughts can start at an early age
Thoughts of suicide can begin earlier in life than previously thought, a new study has found.
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U.S. teens say yes to sex despite abstinence programmes
Young people who are encouraged to practice abstinence still regularly engage in sexual behaviour, new research suggests.
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Understanding why teenagers take risks
Adolescence can be a challenging developmental period, often characterised by experimentation, impulsivity, curiosity and uncertainty. Young people take risks. They take chances with their health, well-being and even their lives.  
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Six tips for avoiding Christmas debt
“We expect so much of Christmas that it can be hard to not get carried away.
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Clever children more likely to take drugs
Bright children who perform well in IQ tests may be more likely to indulge in illegal drug use later in life.
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Are children's morals turning green?
Young children in northeastern USA see harms against the environment as morally worse than bad manners.
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Words can hurt
This year’s theme for
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Fatherhood reduces a man's bad habits
A man's bad habits often reduce once he becomes a father for the first time.
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Adopted children need loving family to thrive
Children require a loving and predictable family environment to thrive, so matching youngsters with suitable adoptive families is ideal, it has been claimed.
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Children and Halloween: The positive side
The rise of Halloween as a festival in the British calendar seems unstoppable, even if in many parts of the country its popularity has more to do with the reach of American television than the survival of ancient folk customs. But should we worry that an event aimed at children has such a focus on horror?
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Understanding autism spectrum disorders
It’s time to abandon the idea of autism as a monolithic entity.
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Harsh discipline makes children lie
Children who are raised in an environment of tough discipline are more likely to lie in an attempt to hide their misbehaviour, new research has shown.
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Society quoted in Westminster debate
The Society’s response to a consultation on the proposed fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Society’s Diagnostic a
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Preschool children face peer pressure too
Peer pressure is not only a problem adults and adolescents have to contend with in their everyday lives.
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Psychologists on the erosion of childhood
Several Society members were among the signatories of a letter to the Daily Telegraph about the erosion of chil
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£32m for child psychological therapy
Carole Allan, the President of the British Psychological Society’ has welcomed the news that the government is to spend £32m on psychological therapies for children an
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