The children’s reaction to the toys for boys / toys for girls branding was not as expected. Girls actually learned more about engineering from the…
The EditorMarch 2019
Latest Research
Articles from leading researchers, knowledge updates and more.
How empathy is developed in toddlers is important for later social development in children – greater empathy in toddlerhood is linked to later popularity, friendship…
The EditorMarch 2019
For every level of trauma children of divorce report, how they cope in the rest of their lives is likely to be less if they…
The EditorMarch 2019
New data on test scores of five-year olds suggest supporting parents to balance work and care, and providing subsidised preschool daycare, could help to limit…
The EditorMarch 2019
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
“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
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
Education’s increasingly narrow focus on tests and targets overlooks play’s harder-to-measure contributions to child development.
Jack O'SullivanJanuary 2019
Coping with family conflict and adversity creates major challenges for mothers and fathers.
Jack O'SullivanJanuary 2019
An Assorted Pick
Adolescent capacities to cope with stress, manage emotions and make good decisions are interlinked but too often they are tackled separately.
Biological science can at last predict mental illness vulnerability, allowing families and governments to intervene pre-emptively and effectively.
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