The Daily Stat: Mom and Dad's Attitude About Risk Affects Kids' Achievement

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile DECEMBER 6, 2012 Mom and Dad's Attitude About Risk Affects Kids' Achievement Children of risk-averse parents have lower test scores and are 1.34 percentage points less likely to attend college than offspring of parents with more tolerant attitudes toward risk, says a team led by Sarah Brown of the University of Sheffield in the UK. Aversion to risk may prevent parents from making inherently uncertain investments in their children's human capital; it's also possible that risk attitudes reflect cognitive ability, the researchers say. Source: Parental Risk Attitudes and Children's Academic Test Scores: Evidence from the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics Share Today's Stat: FEATURED PRODUCT Accelerating Change: A PowerPoint Presentation Based on the Work of John P. Kotter PowerPoint Presentation Tapped to lead a change initiative—and afraid it will fail like so many others? You have reason to worry: 70% of change efforts do fail. Here's how to beat those odds—with Accelerating Change, a premium, customizable PowerPoint presentation with detailed leader's notes. You'll help your team embrace John Kotter's proven change process. And save yourself weeks of slide deck creation time. Each slide has extensive talking points for the presenter. And we encourage you to customize the deck—add your logo, insert new slides specific to your organization, adjust existing slides (50 of the 82 slides can be edited), and add talking points. You'll be ready to present the proven 8-step process to your Executive Committee, your change team, and everyone else who needs to buy into your particular change effort. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's Must Reads Library Set Guide to Persuasive Presentations Guide to Better Business Writing Guide to Getting the Right Work Done PREVIOUS STATS Under-the-Table Is the Way to Get Public Contracts in China Companies' Political Activities Hurt Shareholder Value Materialism Underlies Singapore's Low Birth Rate Why Firms with Female Directors Make Fewer Financial Mistakes Is Paying Down the U.S. Debt a Worthy Cause? Consumers See Worn-Out Money as Yucky and Want to Spend It Raising Corporate Taxes Is Good, not Bad, for Jobs Why You Must Have the Same Brand Salsa for Your Chips Newspapers Make Politicians Behave Better Sometimes It's a Bad Idea to Let Customers Complain Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >> Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2012 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)