Title: What Science Says Parents Should Do to Set Their Kids up for Success
Headings: Science says parents of successful kids have these 24 things in common
Science says parents of successful kids have these 24 things in common
Research suggests that parents who manage stress well and maintain a positive mood impact their child's mood in a positive way.
They tend to make their kids do chores.
They tend to teach their kids social skills.
They tend to have high expectations.
They tend to have healthy relationships with each other.
They've usually attained higher educational levels.
They tend to teach their kids math early on.
They tend to develop a relationship with their kids.
They're often less stressed.
They tend to value effort over avoiding failure.
The moms tend to work.
They tend to have a higher socioeconomic status.
They are more often "authoritative" than "authoritarian" or "permissive."
They tend to teach "grit."
They tend to apply behavioral control, not psychological control.
They tend to understand the importance of good nutrition and eating habits.
They tend to give their kids bias-proof names.
When they do face conflict, they tend to fight fair in front of their kids.
They tend to let their children fail.
They usually don't let their kids watch too much TV.
They tend to let their kids make decisions.
They tend to teach their kids self-control.
They tend to pay attention to their children.
The parents tend to take parental leave.
They tend to read to their children.

Content: "By making them do chores — taking out the garbage, doing their own laundry — they realize I have to do the work of life in order to be part of life ," she told Insider. They tend to teach their kids social skills. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University and Duke University tracked more than 700 children from across the US between kindergarten and age 25 and found a significant correlation between their social skills as kindergartners and their success as adults two decades later. The 20-year study showed that socially competent children who could cooperate with their peers without prompting, be helpful to others, understand their feelings, and resolve problems on their own, were far more likely to earn a college degree and have a full-time job by age 25 than those with limited social skills. Those with limited social skills also had a higher chance of getting arrested, binge drinking, and applying for public housing. "This study shows that helping children develop social and emotional skills is one of the most important things we can do to prepare them for a healthy future," said Kristin Schubert, program director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which funded the research, in a release. They tend to have high expectations. Using data from a national survey of 6,600 children born in 2001, University of California at Los Angeles professor Neal Halfon and his colleagues discovered that the expectations parents hold for their kids have a huge effect on attainment . "Parents who saw college in their child's future seemed to manage their child toward that goal irrespective of their income and other assets," he said in a statement. The finding came out in standardized tests: