Middle School
From an article I was reading in Slate about the benefits of friendship during junior high:
"In fact, decades of research have shown that kids with close friendships are healthier, do better in school, and get don’t get bullied as often. Friendships also can minimize the negative impacts of family problems and, according to Dr. William M. Bukowski, a psychologist who researches friendships at Concordia University in Montreal, make kids less anxious about trying new things. In one University of Virginia study, researchers placed students wearing heavy backpacks at the base of a hill and asked them to estimate its steepness. The participants who stood next to a friend gave lower estimates than those who were alone."
Can we please, PLEASE take a second to note the MASSIVE leap the researchers are taking with that conclusion. Oy.
"In fact, decades of research have shown that kids with close friendships are healthier, do better in school, and get don’t get bullied as often. Friendships also can minimize the negative impacts of family problems and, according to Dr. William M. Bukowski, a psychologist who researches friendships at Concordia University in Montreal, make kids less anxious about trying new things. In one University of Virginia study, researchers placed students wearing heavy backpacks at the base of a hill and asked them to estimate its steepness. The participants who stood next to a friend gave lower estimates than those who were alone."
Can we please, PLEASE take a second to note the MASSIVE leap the researchers are taking with that conclusion. Oy.
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