Grudges come naturally to kids – gratitude must be taught
Grudges come naturally to kids – gratitude must be taught
- August 5, 2019
- Nadia Chernyak, cog sci, via Parent 24, Chicago Tribune, and Chron.com Aug. 5, 2019
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Nadia Chernyak, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, University of California, Irvine, writes, “However, recent experiments by our team suggest that reciprocity of this kind is neither natural nor intuitive: Young children showed almost no awareness that they should repay favors to those who helped them in the past.”
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