Oliver James

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They F*** You Up

They F*** You Up articles

Family under the microscope
28/02/2009, The Guardian
How we react to stress is largely set in childhood - but it can be changed

Family under the microscope
07/02/2009, The Guardian
Procrastination is a growing problem - and a young person's vice

If you want a musical prodigy, you'll have to crack the whip
17/01/2009, The Guardian
Evidence suggests that seriously proficient musicianship is not so much inherited as developed through motivation and practice

Rethinking the taboo of the teacher-pupil relationship
03/01/2009, The Guardian
Rethinking the taboo of the teacher-pupil relationship is important

Genes don't determine your child's ability - nurture is key
27/12/2008, The Guardian
Scientific studies increasingly show genetic influence to be negligible

Family under the microscope
13/12/2008, The Guardian
Why isn't there more research into parenting regimes for infants?

Family under the microscope
06/12/2008, The Guardian
It's true — we do marry partners who look like our parents

Family nder the microscope
29/11/2008, The Guardian
Our narcissistic children - the real 'me, me, me' generation

Under the microscope
22/11/2008, The Guardian
Why do mothers in bad relationships feel even worse after the break-up?

Next time our player misses a penalty blame his parents
02/07/2006, The Independent
Penalty shoot-outs are the psychological case par excellence of a situation designed to make a person malfunction. At least 128 studies of performance have shown that if you are motivated by rewards and praise- prize-hunting-you wil do worse than if you are doing it for fun.

Blame insatiably demanding parents and our materialistic society
20/01/2006, The Times
Why more of us are suffering from depression

A toxic chemistry of violent images
03/06/2005, The Times
That a pack of children aged 11 to 12 could nearly strangle a five-year-old is, sadly, not surprising. Humans are the cruellest species on earth and children have always had the potential for viciousness, even children from “good” homes. But there are features of modern life that make such atrocities more likely.

So George, How Do You Feel About Your Mom and Dad?
02/09/2003, The Guardian
Psychologist Oliver James analyses the behaviour of the American president

Dr. Firmlove
30/04/2003, The Guardian
Oliver James finds out how confronting a troubled adolescence helped Steve Biddulph become the bestselling author of Raising Boys

Hooked on the rehab habit
09/04/2003, The Times
Caroline Aherne has recently left the Priory after another battle with depression. For some addicts, rehab itself becomes the addiction. What they need to do is face their problems in the real world

The Cassandra Complex
22/03/2003, The Guardian
Sigmund Freud is both revered as a giant of twentieth-century thought and derided by mainstream psychologists and psychiatrists for his lack of scientific rigour. But in recent years, Freud's inspired guesses have been put under systematic scrutiny - and many have been proved to be accurate. Oliver James, a psychologist himself, and the son of psychoanalysts, explains how

'Mummy was the light of my life'
26/02/2003, The Guardian
But Daddy was chilly and remote. Oliver James discovers what made Penelope Leach such a powerful advocate of 'child-centred' parenting

'I would love someone to look after me'
29/01/2003, The Guardian
Controversial childcare guru Gina Ford is known as the queen of routine. But, as Oliver James discovers, her childhood was anything but