Pretend play is both vital and unique to humanity even if, as research suggests, more of it does not boost cognitive learning or creativity. Joe…
Paul L. HarrisDecember 2018
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Reduced parenting time with fathers after divorce damages emotional security in children. Increased time mitigates negative impacts of conflict. Reduced parenting time with fathers after…
The EditorDecember 2018
Transforming supermarkets, bus stops and park benches for learning through play could cut educational gulfs between rich and poor. In the supermarket, signs prompt parents…
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. GolinkoffDecember 2018
Governments struggle to support positive, engaged fatherhood. Macroeconomics and political science might help explain what’s delaying policy reform. Fatherhood is central to raising children well.…
Jack O'SullivanDecember 2018
Child development research explains why the loss of a family relationship during divorce is so excruciatingly painful for a child. The parent-child relationship, particularly with…
Duncan Fisher OBEDecember 2018
“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
Science can now confirm, albeit cautiously, that the best interests of children are commensurate with a legal presumption of shared parenting after divorce. In the…
The EditorOctober 2018
Do children really benefit from shared parenting after divorce? The experts say yes: over 50 recent studies have demonstrated this. In 2017, 12 global expert…
The EditorOctober 2018
Early child development research shows importance of sustaining father-baby relationships after divorce and separation. Professor Richard A. Warshak, Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University…
The EditorOctober 2018
Diverse beliefs, practices and purposes of children’s play in different cultures call for skepticism that Euro-American approaches to child development are best everywhere. Our knowledge…
Professor Jaipaul L. RoopnarineOctober 2018
An Assorted Pick
Contact with paternal grandparents rises when compared to sole mother residence, while contact with maternal grandparents remains largely unchanged. Divorce often reduces children’s contact with…
New research has found links between parents’ poor relationship during pregnancy, being unresponsive to a child’s distress eight months after the birth, poor coparenting at…
Very young children are more tuned into others than you may think. Explaining needs and feelings helps them understand emotions and care for others. Mom…
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