Open, expressive family life may reduce social deprivation effects among adopted children

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) An environment in which family members support one another and express their feelings can reduce the effects of social deprivation on cognitive ability and development among adopted children, suggests a small study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. In contrast, rule-driven households where family members are in conflict may increase an adopted child's chances for cognitive, behavioral and emo...