Friday, November 1, 2013

The Carl Sagan of Psychology

As a parent, yes I find that a literature review of best practices for raising a child has been invaluable and I will continue to learn in order to help produce successful offspring.  Honestly, I cannot say that had I not taken this class as a parent, I would not have researched the information in the same manner.  Evaluating peer reviewed journals shows that there is not a consensus on best practices for raising children.


As I have learned throughout my six years of studying at Montana Tech, researchers will often struggle writing for the public and writing for further research grants.  What researchers need is a Neil Degrassi-Tyson or a Carl Sagan to help simplify psychology research to bring this complex information to the masses.  However with such a contentious amount of information out there, it will be difficult to develop consensus for best parenting practices.  

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