Teens shown affection by mum are more likely to help others and comfort them when they're upset [DailyMail.com]

• Researchers asked 300 young people aged 14 to 19 about their mothers
• They used measures such as whether she made them 'feel better about worries'
• Those with warm mums were more likely to be kind, moral and helpful to others
• By University of New Mexico researchers, the study was published in the Journal of Moral Education 

The study, published in the Journal of Moral Education, is the first to examine whether a caring mother affects their children’s feelings about others.

Not only did people with warm mums have more concern for others, but they were more likely to say yes to requests for help. 

The authors say people with loving mothers may have ‘selfless tendencies’, as well as being used to pitching in with chores.

The study concludes: ‘Mothers who are warm may foster a deeper emotional awareness of the situations of others in their youth, ultimately promoting higher levels of empathic concern – that is feelings of sorrow or concern for others.’

To read the full article written by Victoria Allen for the Daily Mail, click HERE