Parents often say that raising a child is one of the most rewarding and important roles you'll ever play. While there is no clear “best” way to raise a child, recent survey results from Kobe University in Japan have revealed the lasting effects that different rearing techniques can have on children’s personalities, wealth, and overall happiness after they’ve left the nest.
For the project, the researchers surveyed 5,000 women and men about their relationships with their parents during childhood as part of the Fundamental Research for Sustainable Economic Growth in Japan project. The adults were asked to state how much they agreed with statements such as “My parents trusted me,” and “I felt like my family had no interest in me.” According to a recent statement, the researchers used this data to identify key factors of the adult respondent’s childhood: interest/disinterest, trust, rules, independence, time spent together, and experiences of being scolded.
[For more of this story, written by Dana Dovey, go to http://www.medicaldaily.com/he...child-rearing-390070]
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