Insights for Home & Office Offspring When Is It OK To Fight In Front Of The Kids? - The Juggle - WSJ
Note from Jim: Lessons for home and office
Excerpts: http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/04/08/when-is-it-ok-to-fight-in-front-of-the-kids/
A new study underscores that it’s how parents fight in front of the kids – not whether they fight – that matters most. Parents who disagree in constructive ways, by actively solving problems together and continuing to show affection for each other during disputes – can actually aid their kids’ development, says research on 235 families published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Children who witnessed these kinds of parental disputes also tended to be more emotionally secure and well-adjusted socially. In contrast, children whose parents showed aggression or hostility during arguments, or behaved in passive-aggressive ways, withdrawing or giving their partners the silent treatment, tended a year later to be measurably less secure and to show more social problems, as reflected by parent and teacher questionnaires.
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This posting was made my Jim Jacobs, President & CEO of Jacobs Executive Advisors. Jim also serves as Leader of Jacobs Advisors' Insurance Practice.
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