The overall sensitivity of the fathers during play in this sample of 312 families - 119 African American fathers and 193 Latino fathers - was…
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
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Sharing care of children within a community buffers children against differences in parenting between families.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
The coparenting study contributes to our growing understanding of how complex family systems operate, with different relationships influencing each other.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
Stress in children at ‘the best’ schools can triple risks of anxiety, depression, substance abuse and delinquency.
Suniya S. Luthar Ph.D.February 2020
Where infants and pre-schoolers show fear of spiders, snakes and heights, it is usually related to the occurrence of the same fears in parents.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
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“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
How common stereotypes emerge in childhood: children don’t just learn from what adults say but also from what they don’t say
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
The concept of a “community of care” should be adopted in relation to the care of children, extending beyond just mothers to include grandparents and…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
Both increasing parent-child cognitive stimulation and reducing maternal stress have cascading positive impacts on each other as the child grows up, making the case for…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
Reminiscing has been described as “emotional socialisation”, nurturing a child’s emotional development. Parents sensitively reminiscing about earlier experiences with their children is part of early…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
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One in six young US children live in with half/step-siblings. This is associated with heightened aggressive behavior - even if both parents live together.
The study emphasises the importance of addressing the impact on children’s social skills when parents are mentally unwell or highly controlling.
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