We unpack the latest science for parents with three fascinating studies this week: the positive outcomes that come from connecting online, the power of touch and how it has the capacity to ease pain, anxiety, and depression, and how anger is worse for us than we thought.

In this episode:

• A Multiverse Analysis of the Associations Between Internet Use and Well-Being by Matti Vuorre and Andrew K. Przybylski
• Internet connection and wellbeing
• Brain development
• Getting the balance right
• The power of touch
• Vagus nerve and Karen Young
• A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions
• Stress hormones damage us
• Anger Does a Lot More Damage to Your Body Than You Realize 
• Anger Kills, by Dr Redford Williams
• Anger is normal
• Stephen Covey - the space between stimulus and response

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Related links: 

• Why Getting Angry Doesn't Work
• #553 All The Rage: Taming Parental Anger

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