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Parents’ Perception Of Their Children’s Emotional Well-Being Likely Inaccurate

October 26, 2012 by

Parents consistently overestimate their children's optimism and downplay their worries, according to new research by psychologists at the University of California, Davis, Center for Mind and Brain. The findings suggest that secondhand evaluations by parents or other adults of children's emotional well-being need to be treated with caution...

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