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
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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