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Research about Hyper Parenting
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Newborn to Toddler
- BRAIN-ENHANCING VIDEOS: Research from the University of Washington found that for every hour per day that infants watch baby DVDs and videos, they learn six to eight fewer vocabulary words than babies who never watch the videos. They also found that these products had the strongest detrimental effect on babies 8 to 16 months old, the age at which language skills are starting to form.
SOURCE: Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All - EARLY EXPOSURE TO TELEVISION: Exposure to television between the ages of one to three years old is associated with attention problems at age seven.
SOURCE: Pediatrics 2004;113:708 – 713; ADHD, television, attention problems, prevention.
School Age
- CHILDREN'S PLAY TIME: Since the late 1970s, children have lost 12 hours a week of free time, including a 50% drop in outdoor free play.
SOURCE: The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan - PRIVATE TUTORS: More than one million Canadian students now have tutors, even though 73% of parents who hire tutors say their kids were already earning A or B level marks. In addition, one in three Canadian parents now pay for private tutors.
SOURCE: Canadian Council on Learning - PREVALENCE OF ANXIETY DISORDERS IN CHILDREN & YOUTH: Anxiety disorders represent the most common form of psychological distress in today's children and youth. Research has consistently found high rates of anxiety disorders: at eight years old 25.7%, 12 years old 15.7%, 17 years old 21.4%.
SOURCE: Canadian Mental Health Association
University Age
- UNIVERSITY STUDENTS & MENTAL HEALTH: 17% of students surveyed had experienced depression; 12.2% had an anxiety disorder; 10.4% experienced seasonal affective disorder (SAD); 18% reported at least one of these three conditions as affecting their academic performance.
SOURCE: Simon Fraser University· - PARENTS INTERVENING ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHILDREN: 40% of first-year college and university students have had a parent or guardian intervene on their behalf to solve a problem at school. SOURCE: The National Survey of Student Engagement (a survey of US colleges and Canadian universities).
Adulthood
- MILLENNIALS MOVING BACK HOME (US stats): 10% of adults under the age of 35 report that they have moved back in with their parents as a result of the recession. The numbers are even more staggering for young people ages 18-25:
56% of men in this group live with their parents, and 48% of women are back at home. SOURCE: The Pew Research Center and the U.S. Census.
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