Reuters (7/8, Rapaport) reports, “Children who suffer adverse experiences tend to do worse in school than kids who don’t, but…parents may still help improve academic outcomes by simply talking to their kids,” researchers concluded after examining “survey data on almost 66,000 students ages six to 17 gathered during the 2011-2012 school year.” The findingswere published online in Pediatrics.
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— “Parents talking to kids may blunt negative impact of adversity on schoolwork, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, July 8, 2019