Latest Research
Articles from leading researchers, knowledge updates and more.
Lockdown learning highlights how schools fail to build on children’s natural ways of learning; through their independent curiosity and learning approaches
Professor Angeline S. LillardMay 2020
The better the parental relationship the higher the level of education reached by children, on average (Nepal)
Child & Family Blog EditorMay 2020
Research from 16,652 individuals shows that divorce affects not only children’s ability to earn but reduces their wealth by 46% on average.
Child & Family Blog EditorMay 2020
It is possible to build children’s self-esteem without turning them into narcissists, but it requires thought and care.
Child & Family Blog EditorMay 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
This research on gay fathers contradicts beliefs that fathers have less innate caring ability than mothers and challenges the historical emphasis on mothers.
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2020
This experiment, conducted in Canada, confirmed the importance of singing to babies and the positive effects that familiar songs have on them.
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2020
Children construct knowledge about death. They actively ask questions, they observe events and behaviors around them, they read books and watch films.
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2020
Study has found that mothers prone to anxiety, stress, guilt and frustration are more likely to be harsh parents if the father is not supportive.
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2020
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An Assorted Pick
Language development in infancy is influenced differently by well-educated mothers and fathers, even though they read to their young toddlers (1 to 2 years old)…
The study shows a clear potential biological connection between father loss and later health problems.
Warm, supportive relationships with adults to whom children are attached, can reduce effects of chronic stress.
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