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☆ Harvard-trained parenting researcher: 4 things parents should always do to raise confident girls
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This can especially be true for parents of young girls, who are more likely than boys to suffer from confidence issues. That's according to a recent survey of 61,500 parents and children between the ages of 5 and 12 commissioned by the LEGO Group toy company. This impacts the key skill of creative confidence — which can carry into adulthood," says Harvard-trained journalist and parenting researcher Jennifer Breheny Wallace. Boosting your kids' confidence and creativity can be as simple as rethinking word choices and even the way you praise your child, according to Wallace. Here are four of her tips for parents to ensure they're raising highly confident girls.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: LEGO Group, LEGO, Harvard

☆ How Donna Kelce encourages her two NFL sons the night before a big game: 'I go back and get a little nostalgia'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

She's the mother of two NFL champions, and her son Travis will play in the Super Bowl on Sunday as his Kansas City Chiefs vie for another title. "The night before [a big game], I will text my sons and will give them a little encouragement, send them a little funny picture of when they were younger, depending on what team they're playing with or whatever," Kelce told TODAY on Wednesday. A little levity can go a long way in helping to reduce anxiety and promote relaxation, research shows. "I try not to bother them on game day because they're a little busy and I don't think I'm going to get through," said Kelce. For what it's worth, Travis recently claimed he has "no jitters" ahead of his third Super Bowl appearance, and his first since he started publicly dating pop star Taylor Swift.

Persons: Donna Kelce, Travis, Kelce, It's, Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Taylor Swift Organizations: NFL, Kansas City Chiefs, University of California, Davis, CNBC

☆ Youth suicide rates rose 62% from 2007 to 2021: 'People feel hopeless,' one recent grad says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Last year, suicide rates in the U.S. were the highest they had been since 1941, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2007 through 2021, suicide rates for Americans ages 10 to 24 rose 62%, according to the CDC. Young people don't think they can make 'a significant difference'Financial instability has proven to be a large contributing factor in youth suicide. In 2014 and 2015, suicide rates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology surpassed the national average, which was about 13 deaths per year, according to CDC data. Easier access to guns is linked to increased suicide rates, as well, as gun suicides reached an all-time high in 2022, according to CDC data.

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☆ The No. 1 type of praise to avoid if you want to raise 'stronger, more mature' kids: Harvard-trained parenting expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Want your kids to grow up confident and successful? Be careful about how you praise them, says toxic-parenting researcher Jennifer Breheny Wallace. "Noticing other people's strengths, and acknowledging them, makes people around us feel like they matter," she tells CNBC Make It. Spotlighting kids' honesty, creativity and other positive attributes often helped them grow in emotionally healthy ways, Wallace's research found. People become "stronger and more mature, less by being praised and more by being known," she recalls Weissbourd saying.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace, Richard Weissbourd, Weissbourd Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University Locations: U.S

☆ Harvard-trained parenting expert shares No. 1 message for her own kids: There's no such thing as a 'good college'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Kids in the U.S. are locked in a mental health crisis. Pressure from a young age to get into a "good college," as the only path to a successful adult life, may be making it worse. That's why parenting researcher and author Jennifer Breheny Wallace teaches her own three children a very simple concept. "The first thing we need to do is get out of our heads that there is such a thing as a 'good college,'" Wallace tells CNBC Make It. You can save your kids, and yourself, a lot of stress by "deflating that myth that college prestige is the secret to success," says Wallace.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Harvard Locations: U.S

☆ If you don't 'encourage every opportunity' for your kids, you're a more successful parent than most, says Harvard-trained expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sometimes, the best way for parents to help their kids succeed is to hold them back. In many cases, she encountered parents who felt like their children were the ones insisting on signing up for difficult classes and impressive extracurriculars. "The parents that I met who had the healthiest achievers sometimes held their kids back," Wallace tells CNBC Make It. "Our kids see the dissonance between our words and our actions when we exhaust ourselves, trying to secure the best for them," Wallace writes in her book. DON'T MISS: Want to be smarter and more successful with your money, work & life?

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, CNBC

☆ Harvard-trained parenting researcher: The most successful kids are ‘healthy strivers’—here’s what their parents always do
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Raise them to be a "healthy striver," says parenting researcher and author Jennifer Breheny Wallace. Healthy strivers are resilient and self-motivated to succeed, but who don't believe that their accomplishments determine their value as people. Kids who face that mounting pressure to succeed are victims of "toxic achievement culture," Wallace tells CNBC Make It. And when parents regularly voice their concerns about results like grades or sports trophies, it sends a potentially harmful message to their kids: They're only valued for their achievements. Here's how to raise healthy strivers instead, says Wallace.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, who've, Wallace Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University Locations: U.S

☆ Harvard-trained toxic-parenting researcher: Here's the No. 1 thing I never do with my kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Teens in the U.S. are more stressed out than ever, and it's causing their mental health to suffer. Parents need to avoid adding to that pressure, says award-winning journalist and parenting researcher Jennifer Breheny Wallace. Her research for the book inspired her to make a big change to her parenting style when it comes to her own three children, she says. "When my kids come in the door, instead of asking them, 'How'd you do on the Spanish quiz?' — which I used to do before I wrote the book — I now ask them, 'What did you have for lunch?'"

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Locations: U.S

☆ Harvard grad, bestselling author, and toxic-parenting researcher who spoke to 6,500 moms and dads: The counterintuitive way to help your kids succeed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It feels natural to many parents to worry about their kids. In an increasingly uncertain world, you want to ensure they're on the right path and have the tools they need to succeed. But when your worry grows out of control and veers into anxiety, it can negatively affect mental health — yours and your child's. Various studies have found surging mental health issues for college students across the U.S. over the past decade. One recent Healthy Minds Study of 96,000 U.S. college students found that 37% reported suffering from anxiety disorders and 15% said they'd seriously considered suicide within the past year.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace, they'd, I've Organizations: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ The No. 1 thing successful parents who raise the strongest and most resilient kids do differently: Harvard study
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Jennifer Breheny Wallace | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

One of the most fascinating things that followed had to do with a particular parenting style that hurts children's confidence and self-esteem. Critical parenting can lead to a 'false self'The most successful parents don't follow a critical style of parenting. Parents who raise the strongest and most resilient kids create an environment that allows them to make mistakes and not fear failure. What successful parents do differentlyParents who raise the strongest and most resilient kids create an environment that allows them to make mistakes and not fear failure. You can still love the person, but you don't love the action.

Persons: we're Organizations: Harvard Graduate School of Education

☆ 5 ways parents can shore up a middle schooler’s self-image
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Phylis Fagell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s Note: Phyllis L. Fagell, a licensed clinical professional counselor and professional school counselor, is the author of “Middle School Matters.” Her new book is “Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times.”CNN —After a disappointing routine during a gymnastics meet, Addy Moser was full of self-doubt, so the 13-year-old tried silently encouraging herself using her own first name. It’s not easy for middle schoolers to counteract unrealistic expectations they absorb from peers, family members, the culture and themselves, which is why I devote a chapter in my new book, “Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times,” to acquiring “super security,” the power to develop a healthy self-identity. The good news is you can help your child acquire super security. Beyond offering unconditional love, which every child needs to feel secure, parents can do practical things to shore up a tween’s self-image. Parents can encourage children who use social media to be mindful about the posts they see and share.

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☆ Why Children Need Nurturing Fathers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Jennifer Breheny Wallace | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Until a few decades ago, American parents generally fell into specific gender roles, with fathers as providers and mothers as nurturers. Though many more mothers are also providers today, research suggests that fathers still lag behind as responsive caregivers. A soon-to-be published survey of more than 1,600 teenagers by the Harvard Education School’s Making Caring Common project found that almost twice as many 14-to-18-year-old boys and girls feel comfortable opening up to their mothers (72%) as to their fathers (39%) about anxiety, depression or other mental-health challenges. The gap suggests that fathers can become much more involved at home, offering the kind of emotional support that many children today so urgently need. Intimacy between a parent and a child acts as a protective buffer against the day-to-day challenges of life.

☆ The Power of Mattering at Work
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jennifer Breheny Wallace | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Feeling unappreciated at work? Among the “essentials” for well-being at work, the report states, is “mattering,” the belief that you are valued and important to others. “People want to know that they matter to those around them, and that their work makes a difference in the lives of others,” the report notes. The social psychologist Morris Rosenberg first conceived the idea of mattering in the 1980s, while studying self-esteem among adolescents. Recent research has shown that a focus on mattering can be a powerful tool for responding to the rise in loneliness, anxiety, depression and social division among Americans.

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