Tough love good for children: study
Updated on 08 November 2009
Children who grow up with parents who take a "tough love" approach to their upbringing are better prepared to do well in life, a report has suggested.
Experiencing a combination of warmth and discipline means youngsters are more likely to develop skills such as application, self-regulation and empathy than those with laissez-faire, authoritarian or disengaged parents, according to the study.
The report said those characteristics boosted children's life chances, social mobility and opportunity and were profoundly shaped in pre-school years.
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