To a New Era in Parenting Research | Loes Keijsers | TEDxVenlo

Since there are no average kids, why do we think we can give good parenting advice based on statistics? Loes found a revolutionary way to turn parenting research upside down.
With their eye-rolling and grumpiness, adolescents are experts in annoying their parents. Loes Keijsers, assistant professor at Tilburg University, aims  at improving the lives of teens and parents. “The ‘terrible two’s’ are notorious, but when you ask parents what – in hindsight- was the most difficult phase of raising children, most of them say the ‘terrible teens’.”

Unfortunately, we still haven’t figured out what the magic formula for raising teenagers is. As most scientific research on parenting is based on surveys among large samples, findings tap into group averages.

“What is really needed is obtaining scientific knowledge about how parenting advice can be tailored to the unique needs and strengths of an individual family.” Loes presents a novel paradigm in parenting research, to unleash possibilities of family-specific parenting advice. Could this be the next (r)evolution in teen psychology?
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