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Today’s Kids are smarter than children 20 yrs ago |
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Written by Team Josh
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
Children seem to be doing better than their counterparts 20 years ago.
According to Alan Hayes of the Institute of Family Studies - “Using results from two landmark longitudinal studies we were able to make a rare comparison of children born 20 years apart. The new study, released Monday, compared behavioral issues for 2- to 3-year-olds and 6- to 7-year-olds, then and now.”
The 2- to 3-year-olds of 20 years ago were less sociable, less persistent and more reactive than those of today. The comparison of 6- to 7-year-olds found that children 20 years ago were significantly more often perceived to have conduct problems and anxiety than today’s children.
The highest rates of behavior problems for today’s 6- and 7-year-olds are restlessness, worrying, the tendency to lose their temper, fidgeting and disobedience.
The report is breaking the famous perception that the older generation were more smarter when they were young.
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