Parents consistently overestimate their children's
optimism and downplay their worries, according to new research.
The findings suggest that secondhand evaluations by parents or other
adults of children's emotional well-being need to be treated with
caution.
Many psychologists and researchers have long held that children under
the age of seven cannot accurately report how they feel, said Kristin
Lagattuta, associate professor of psychology at UC Davis, who led the
study. So behavioral scientists frequently rely on the impressions of
parents, teachers and other adults.
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