Why parents are afraid to leave their kids alone
Why parents are afraid to leave their kids alone
- August 29, 2016
- Social scientists Ashley Thomas (cog sci), Barbara Sarnecka (cog sci) and Kyle Stanford (LPS) in Consumer Affairs, Aug. 29, 2016
Social scientists at the University of California, Irvine say it's because leaving kids alone on purpose often comes with a fair amount of judgment from others. ... “Without realizing it, we have consistently increased our estimates of the amount of danger facing children left alone in order to better justify or rationalize the moral disapproval we feel toward parents who violate this relatively new social norm,” said lead author Ashley Thomas, cognitive sciences graduate student.
For the full story, please visit https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/why-parents-are-afraid-to-leave-their-kids-alone-082916.html.
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