{"id":58369,"date":"2019-08-29T06:28:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T06:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-believe.org\/?p=58369"},"modified":"2019-08-29T06:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T06:28:06","slug":"kids-with-parents-who-emphasize-kindness-over-academic-achievement-are-happier-and-get-higher-grades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/2019\/08\/29\/kids-with-parents-who-emphasize-kindness-over-academic-achievement-are-happier-and-get-higher-grades\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids with parents who emphasize kindness over academic achievement are happier, and get higher grades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to a recent study, children whose parents value kindness over academic achievements tend to have lower stress levels, less anxiety issues, better self-esteem and even better grades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers asked 506 sixth-graders to rank what they believed was most valued by their parents. The list included three achievement-oriented goals and three oriented toward pro-social behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They found students whose parents valued grades over kindness to others did not get better grades, but did have elevated stress levels, especially if the parent was critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the researchers suggested that parents should focus on being supportive when a child is struggling academically. They should ask their child how they can help, rather than being critical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more here: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.sunnyskyz.com\/good-news\/3450\/Parents-Who-Emphasize-Kindness-Over-Grades-Have-Kids-With-Less-Anxiety-Depression-And-Better-Grades (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunnyskyz.com\/good-news\/3450\/Parents-Who-Emphasize-Kindness-Over-Grades-Have-Kids-With-Less-Anxiety-Depression-And-Better-Grades\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sunnyskyz.com\/good-news\/3450\/Parents-Who-Emphasize-Kindness-Over-Grades-Have-Kids-With-Less-Anxiety-Depression-And-Better-Grades<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent study, children whose parents value kindness over academic achievements tend to have lower stress levels, less anxiety issues, better self-esteem and even better grades. Researchers asked 506 sixth-graders to rank what they believed was most valued by their parents. The list included three achievement-oriented goals and three oriented toward pro-social behavior. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}