[House] short, mildly interesting article

[Robin Lee Powell]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 01:42:09PM -0700, J Davis wrote:
> http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/raising_happiness/post/build_happy_family

Wow, that's a lot more than mildly interesting to me.

  In fact, in Duke, Lazarus, and Fivush’s research, knowledge of
  family narrative was more strongly associated with children’s
  emotional well-being than any other factor.

Longer version at
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/the-family-stories-that-bind-us-this-life.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&

The issue appears to be (1) the discussion themselves are directly
related to familial cohesion; you can't learn about your grandpa's
first business if you're all yelling at each other and (2) if you
present life as a series of ups and downs that we overcome in the
end, children internalize that they can overcome obstacles and
setbacks.

-Robin

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