Sideline Rage
Folks subject to road rage also appear to be more susceptible to getting worked up while watching their children’s play sports.
Intuitively, this seems to make sense; but there’s more at play here than just hair-trigger tempers, experts say. Researcher Jay Goldstein, a kinesiology doctoral student at the University of Maryland, believes “rage”-prone parents often get worked up about apparent assaults to their egos.
“When they perceived something that happened during the game to be personally directed at them or their child, they got angry,” Goldstein says. “That’s consistent with the findings on road rage.” He adds that controlling parents are more prone to these bouts of rage than more autonomy-oriented parents. (U.S. News and World Report)
No Prescription Necessary
About 19 percent of the nation’s youth say it’s easier to get their hands illegally on prescription drugs like Vicodin and Ritalin than it is to get beer, marijuana or cigarettes, according to a recent study. The study also indicated more than a third of youth who misuse such drugs get them at home or from their parents.
“Maybe there should be a lock on the medicine cabinet now,” says Joseph Califano, chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. (Washington Post)
