Research into moral development in children finds that children who react more strongly against stories of moral violations show less aggressive behavior.
The EditorFebruary 2019
Latest Research
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Literally being able to see and hear the child’s perspective will revise our understanding of early childhood development.
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
Support conversational capacities among parents on low incomes for language development in children that can cut poverty’s impact.
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
The demise of corporal punishment is slow because of lack of clarity about effectiveness of different forms of child discipline.
Professor George W. HoldenFebruary 2019
A family systems approach to parental alienation is recommended, involving victims and perpetrator.
The EditorFebruary 2019
“Educators, parents and policy makers should all be concerned at the rapid decline in unsupervised free play for children, which may damage early child development and later social and emotional learning.”
Stuart BrownFounder and President of National Institute for Play, California, USA
Pretend play is both vital and unique to humanity even if, as research suggests, more of it does not boost cognitive learning or creativity.
Paul L. HarrisDecember 2018
Children guide their own learning. They look elsewhere when learning slows, because they’ve mastered the material or it’s too difficult. Inattention can aid child development.
Celeste KiddDecember 2018
Reduced parenting time with fathers after divorce damages emotional security in children. Increased time mitigates negative impacts of conflict.
The EditorDecember 2018
A study involving 80 fathers of toddlers found that father child attachment tended to be stronger when fathers spent time caring for their toddler on…
The EditorDecember 2018
An Assorted Pick
A comprehensive experiment is underway in the Midwest of USA to make a transition of an early school progamme from pilot to mainstream.
Richer dads should pay more but poorer dads should pay less when mom or a new husband earns well, finds unique long-term research into public…
A study that followed 1,482 young people has found links between harsh parenting at 12 years of age and lower educational attainment at 21.
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