Dangers faced by children left alone tend to be exaggerated, researchers say (Audio)
Dangers faced by children left alone tend to be exaggerated, researchers say (Audio)
- August 25, 2016
- Social scientists Ashley Thomas (cog sci), Barbara Sarnecka (cog sci) and Kyle Stanford (LPS) explain on Southern California Public Radio, Aug. 25, 2016
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Social scientists at the University of California, Irvine asked survey participants about a variety of theoretical scenarios in which a child was left alone for less than an hour. ... Guest: Barbara Sarnecka, co-author of the study “No Child Left Alone: Moral Judgments about Parents Affect Estimates of Risk to Children;” associate professor of cognitive sciences, University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2016/08/25/51587/condemning-parents-for-putting-children-in-situati/.
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