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• Pushy parents are ‘biggest problem in sports performance’, say psychologists

  18-10-2025 14:00
  Unsportsmanlike conduct in grassroots football and on the sidelines at school events is on the rise. How can parents support their child in the right way?Pushy and shouty parents are the “biggest problem in sports performance”, sports psychologists have said, amid growing concern that pressure and abuse is hampering competitive sport in the UK.This week parents were banned from attending sports events at a number of south London primary schools due to “concerning behaviours&rdq
  
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• Scientists Just Debunked the Calcium and Dementia Myth

  18-10-2025 08:22 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA long-term Australian study found that calcium supplements do not raise dementia risk in older women, countering previous fears. The research, which appears in The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, followed more than 1,400 participants for nearly 15 years and revealed no harmful cognitive effects. Scientists say these results should reassure those using calcium to prevent osteoporosis, although more research is needed across broader...
  
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